AIIMS-PG Jan 2020 session is scheduled to be held on 17
th Nov. Hardly, a week is left and all the aspirants are busy in giving a final touch to their exam preparation.
To ease your revision for AIMS-PG, we approached our subject matter experts to share important biochemistry topics which are high-yielding & must be revised in the final days before AIIMS-PG.
Biochemistry Important Topics for AIIMS-PG
Importance of biochemistry for the AIIMS-PG or the NEET PG exam cannot be undermined as it holds significant weightage in the exam. Therefore, you must prepare the subject throughly, especially the high-yield important biochemistry topics listed below -
Topics |
Sub-Topics |
Carbohydrate |
- Glycogen Storage diseases
- Glycolysis
- TCA cycle
- Glycogen Metabolism
- Gluconeogenesis
- Mucopolysaccharidosis
- Glucose transporters
- Lactose intolerance
- Test for carbohydrates
|
Enzymes |
- Michaelis Menton Graph
- Regulation
- Kinetics
|
Amino acids and Proteins |
- Metabolism of Tyrosine, tryptophan & phenylalanine
- Positively charged and negatively charged amino acids
- Titration curves
- Isoelectric pH
- Essential and Non-essential Amino acids
- Chaperones
- Transamination & Urea cycle
- Methods of detection of protein structures
- Collagen
- Heme Synthesis
- Inborn errors of metabolism
- Phenylketonuria
|
Lipids |
- Sphingolipids
- Cholesterol synthesis
- Omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids
- Ketone body synthesis and utilization
- Rothera’s test
- Lipoproteins
- Fatty acid synthesis
- Hormone sensitive lipase
- Beta oxidation of fatty acids
|
Molecular biology |
- PCR and RT PCR
- DNA repair
- Codons
- Post transcriptional modifications
- Post translational modifications
- Mutation
- Heterochromatin
- Klenow fragment
- Mitochondrial DNA
- Sickle cell disease
- Pyrimidine synthesis
- Translation
- Nucleotides
- DNA methylation
- Genomic Imprinting
- Hybridisation techniques
- Blue white assay
|
Miscellaneous |
- Fuel for body in fed, fasting & starvation
- Respiratory Quotient
- Vitamins
- Source of energy for muscles
- Diabetes and insulin
- Zellweger syndrome
- Thermogenic effect
|
“Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort makes all the difference”
Apart from the above-mentioned biochemistry important topics, we have also put together a list of all the high-yield topics of different subjects in the table below -
Also Read: All Important Things About Carbohydrate Metabolism - NEET PG Biochemistry