Tired of trying to memorize the same complicated enzymes and pathways? Learn these concepts quicker with the following mnemonics:
Glycolysis intermediates: “Goodness Gracious, Father Franklin Did Go By Picking Pumpkins (to) Prepare Pies”
Does memorizing the glycolysis pathway leave a bitter taste in your mouth? Remember the intermediates easily with this sweet mnemonic!
Goodness - Glucose
Gracious - Glucose-6-Phosphate (G6P)
Father - Fructose-6-Phosphate
Franklin - Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphate
Did - Dihydroxyacetone Phospate (DHAP)
Go - Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate (G3P)
By - 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate
Picking - 3-Phosphoglycerate
Pumpkins - 2-Phosphoglycerate
(To)
Prepare - Phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP)
Pies - Pyruvate
Glycolysis enzymes: “Hungry Peter Pan And (The) Growling Pink Panther Eat Pies”
The enzymes involved in glycolysis can also be remembered with a pie-related mnemonic! The order of enzymes in glycolysis are:
Hungry - Hexokinase
Peter - Phosphoglucose Isomerase
Pan - Phosphofructokinase
And - Aldolase
(The)
Growling - G3P Dehydrogenase
Pink - Phosphoglycerate Kinase
Panther - Phosphoglycerate Mutase
Eat - Enolase
Pies - Pyruvate Kinase
Krebs cycle intermediates: “Can I Keep Selling Soda For Money, Officer?”
Mastered glycolysis? Learn the Krebs cycle intermediates next with this classic mnemonic! The intermediates in the Krebs cycle are:
Can - Citrate
I - Isocitrate
Keep - a-Ketogluterate
Selling - Succinyl CoA
Soda - Succinate
For - Fumarate
Money - Malate
Officer - Oxaloacetate
DNA - Pure Guardian Angels have Two wings
If you ever get confused about DNA base classifications, this is the mnemonic for you! This mnemonic can help you remember that the PURines (PURe) are Guanine and Adenosine (Guardian Angels), and that purines have Two rings (Two wings)!
Nonpolar amino acids - Priceless Vehicles Take Me Around Galleries In London
What are the nonpolar amino acids anyways? You’ll find out in London!
Priceless - Proline
Vehicles - Valine
Take - Tryptophan
Me - Methionine
Around - Alanine
Galleries - Glycine
In - Isoleucine
London - Leucine
Sources
- https://firstaidteam.com/2019/10/21/sweet-pumpkin-pie-a-glycolysis-mnemonic/
- https://firstaidteam.com/2019/10/21/sweet-pumpkin-pie-a-glycolysis-mnemonic/
- https://www.thevirtualnotebook.com/krebs-cycle-mnemonic-steps-regulations/
- https://dr-notes.com/uploads/books/Shahid/2023/01/02/genetics-mnemonics-pdf-pg6.pdf
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