Yes I have all the time and energy in the world just to give the little mind of yours all the growth it will ever need forever.

That's great to hear platorepublic! You had mentioned that you were a chemistry major, are there any interesting facts you can tell us from what I suppose is you favorite subject?

are there any interesting facts you can tell us from what I suppose is you favorite subject?

Please you two, get a room.

That's great to hear platorepublic! You had mentioned that you were a chemistry major, are there any interesting facts you can tell us from what I suppose is you favorite subject?

We should get a room.

But before we do that, I find the chemical aspects of biosynthesis in animals and plants most interesting.

Biosynthesis relative to artificial man-made reactions.

Nature uses simple building blocks like acetyl-CoA or dimethylallyl diphosphate and make many many MANY biological active compounds in our bodies, and in fact, they are simple reaction pathways (so one shouldn't be boggled if you are a chemist) - though these reactions are so special because they are done in mild conditions (body temperature) whereas if they are done in labs, we would require heat and a lot of time for completion of reaction.

Why? Nature has evolved to create some ingenious catalysts (lol, this time I mean it) and enzymes that allow molecules to sit in pockets of proteins and react at the right positions.

I can't tell you everything in this simple post.

We have to get a room

How interesting that you would describe molecules like Acetyl-CoA as a "building block" rather than the largely metabolic molecule that it is. This must be using your rather unique and alternate use of the word catalyst. And are they (ie. Acetyl-CoA, etc) simple reactionary pathways? Funny how many learn that Acetyl-CoA is an end product of the PD reaction rather than the "pathway" itself. But still, a very interesting alternate way to look at a basic chemic fact. I'm also very interested in how nature evolved (in itself) to created ingenious catalysts. This must be a very complex thing. And perhaps the most shocking fact of all, that molecules sit in pockets of proteins (I mean, wow considering the comparative scales). Very interesting stuff, and although there are quite a few gaps here and there, of course we could not expect a lot from your simple post. Great fact!

Acetyl-CoA is a building block as well as a metabolic molecule.

They are simple reaction pathways - well for chemists at least. Biochemists always try to exaggerate the complexity - when what Nature does best is simplicity.

I could definitely tell you have not touched chemistry in your whole life, so you have a lot to learn. (Like seriously, stop trying to make a fool of yourself.)

I really wish Aedes were still here to see this,

What do you mean?

How can we get them back?

How can we keep the people we have?

How can we encourage new members?

Quality

Quality

Quality

Aedes is another mod here on the forum and he would be considered the unquestionable source of all things science-y here on the forum. He has not logged on for a while, so I hope he starts contributing here again. LOL!, actually looking at it again, it looks as if I made him sound as if he were dead of something! The legend begins! LOL!

I could replace him. But I don't know - I see very little science in this forum anyway - oh, if they were meant to be science, sorry!