A lot of the information that we have covered so far for the biochemistry class has been a review of the things I learned in the past. Biochemistry also has expanded my knowledge by introducing me to new material. The first chapter covered things such as the structural organization of the human body from simple to complex, I can remember about this back in my freshman year. Most of the topics include terms from biology which makes it easier for us to understand the material. Many of the things we've covere so far including hydrogen and covalent bonds, dipole moments, pH, names of amino acids, the structures of amino acids and all the reactions involved in the production of important molecules are also things that I have consistently seen in my general chemistry and organic chemistry classes. Some of this information has been helpful for my understanding of the material in other classes.
I am currently taking organic chemistry 2. Biochemistry has helped me to have a strong understanding of the basic foundation of things such as the breakdown of amino acids. I am sure that the new information that I have acquired up until this point in this semester will help me understand other classes as well.
I definitively agree with you that the material we learn in biochemistry can really help in other classes as well (ie. Organic chem!) Since we learned the breakdown and structure of the amino acids, its easy to understand how they interact with each other in organic.
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