TCA (Kreb's) Cycle Rap - Wilson Lam (Macklemore - Thrift Shop Parody)

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  • čas přidán 18. 01. 2013
  • Download this song on Bandcamp! bit.ly/106NTxo
    Twitter: / 1maginazn
    So one of the awesome things about the BCH3120 course at uOttawa is that a song contest is held where the students are challenged to write a song about the TCA (Kreb's) Cycle. I decided to also add a little glycolysis in here as well, just because I figured that it worked well. I had a whole lot of fun making this, and hopefully you can enjoy this and maybe learn a thing or two! Thanks to Dr. Mary-Ellen Harper for this ingenious idea.
    Lyrics:
    [Hook]
    I'm gonna pop some carbs
    Only got a lil' glucose in my pathway
    I - I - I'm lazy, lookin' for some CoA
    This is frigging awesome
    [Verse 1]
    Now I got some glucose; hell yeah, I'm in that prep phase
    I'm so pumped; doin' work with hexokinase
    Glucose to the glucose with a number six phosphate
    PGI to that fructose 6-phosphate (dayum)
    ATP, ADP, phosphofructokinase E,
    1,6-bis, FBP, adolase, two GAP;
    GAPDH with some PGK & PGM,
    3-P to the 2-Phosphoglycerate, and then
    (Enolaaaaaaaassseeee)
    PEP to Pyruvate! (glycolysis)
    [Verse 2]
    FAD, NAD bout to go and grab some hydroG
    Pumpin' out all those substrates for some work yeah that's that energy
    shuttlin' through that mito-C like nobody's business
    what you know about oxidation? biz-NITCH
    I'mma do it TCA, I'mma do it TCA
    No for real - movin' on - can I have some A-CoA? (thank-you)
    Citrate synthase from that CoA to that citrate
    Aconitase, step two; isocitrate
    I had some NAD+ (plus), I used some NAD+ (plus)
    I made some NADH (Hhhhhhhh), and alpha-ketogluterate (oh snap)
    dehydrogenase complex, plus some CoA
    CO2, NADH out; succinyl CoA
    then I take that GDP, add a P (GTP), hold on wait
    CoAs gone, people be like "Aw, he got the succinate"
    [Hook x2]
    [Verse 3]
    What you know about intermediary metabolism? (not much)
    What you knowin' about what's goin' on in your skin? (uhhhhh)
    I'm diggin, I'm diggin, I'm lookin' for some FAD
    Step 6, succinate dehydrogenase, that's the key (zing)
    Movin' on, reducin' that FAD up to FADH2
    fumarate, fumarase that's the enzyme now go shift your gaze
    to malate (okay); step 8, malate dehydrogenase
    finish off; NADH, oxaloacetate (ahhhhh)
    [Hook x2]
    [Bridge x2]
    That's how Kreb's cycle goes
    If you didn't doze now you know
    This is how TCA flows
    BCH actually doesn't blow
    [Hook]
    (alpha-ketogluteraaaaaaaaaate)
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Komentáře • 278

  • @lasagnasty
    @lasagnasty Před 9 lety +314

    This song made me hate myself but helped me pass biochemistry. 10/10

  • @gj4048
    @gj4048 Před 9 lety +178

    "Awww...he got a succinate."
    Boss.

  • @SonamSingh-xx7nz
    @SonamSingh-xx7nz Před 4 lety +42

    Seriously the most underrated video on CZcams -- I've been coming back to this for the past two years for biochem classes & the MCAT!!

  • @1MaginAZN
    @1MaginAZN  Před 11 lety +46

    That's wicked! My favorite part about everything is when you guys come on and tell me that this video is actually helping people learn. A huge thanks to all of the instructors out there who incorporate this into their lessons! Biochemistry is awesome.

  • @zarirmarawala7085
    @zarirmarawala7085 Před 8 lety +50

    Love the innovation. I have been a college professor for 30 years, most of them at a community college and I love using catchy tunes to make the facts go in the old noggin with ease. I used to make up my own in pod med school many years ago. I show your Kreb's cycle video in my Physio classes to show them the transfer of energy--it takes all the trepidation (and boredom) out of the students who dread the biochemistry aspect of energy discussions. Thank you!

  • @jeremyhall4169
    @jeremyhall4169 Před 7 lety +37

    I banned my wife from singing the original version of this song while
    I'm studying for the metabolism section of my biochem course. Now she be
    like, "PEP to PYRUVATTEEEE!"

  • @nabojeetdas2515
    @nabojeetdas2515 Před rokem +3

    I cannot believe this is from 10 years ago! This is so awesome, it's helping me study for the MCAT!

  • @tylerscaff3103
    @tylerscaff3103 Před 10 lety +38

    Yeah, everyone is saying this, but I'll say it too: I am legitimately using this song to study for my Biochem final tomorrow. Thank you guys. I wish there were more songs like this for the difficult things to memorize. The only other one I've heard that was any good was for the EM spectrum, and I've never forgotten it since. :)

    • @robichaudshannon1486
      @robichaudshannon1486 Před 10 lety

      did you just write the song lyrics or listen over and over again?

    • @tylerscaff3103
      @tylerscaff3103 Před 10 lety +1

      I listened over and over and memorized the lyrics.

    • @pato20995
      @pato20995 Před 6 lety

      Tyler thing is this isn’t really hard to memorize

  • @RaccoonFacts
    @RaccoonFacts Před 11 měsíci

    Mentally, I never recovered from this.

  • @SylveonSilver
    @SylveonSilver Před 8 lety +68

    Finals are coming up in 2 weeks and I am going to memorize this song and sing it during my biochem final and ace this exam with this song's help! :)

    • @creampuff966
      @creampuff966 Před 7 lety +1

      SAAAAAAAAME

    • @HexIron
      @HexIron Před 7 lety +2

      Just memorize it by making it a phrase

    • @parsleybutterfishfries
      @parsleybutterfishfries Před 7 lety

      how'd it go?

    • @SylveonSilver
      @SylveonSilver Před 7 lety +15

      Well I got my degree in Biochemistry so it worked~

    • @HexIron
      @HexIron Před 7 lety

      I don't know which phrase you can make up.
      In french, For the krebs part, it goes this way
      "Si le Citron (Citrate) Isole (Isocitrate) L'acétone (a-Ketoglutarate), alors le Succint (Succinyl coa) succès (succinate) fumera (fumarate) Moins (malate) Haut (OxaloAcétate)"
      And for the reaction type, well, it's easy to find out if you know every Krebs molecules

  • @creampuff966
    @creampuff966 Před 7 lety +6

    This video taught me more than my teacher did the last 3 months. The lyrics are amazing and they flow SOOOO well. Please keep making videos like this!

  • @min---min
    @min---min Před rokem +1

    I remember watching this in high school lol unfortunately almost 10 years ago. No idea how I remembered all this stuff. Thanks Mr. Bedford

  • @1MaginAZN
    @1MaginAZN  Před 11 lety +7

    That is so wicked haha - thanks! I tried to make it fun to listen to, but also informative. It's pretty crazy that your teacher showed you guys this! Totally mind-blowing. Good luck with your studies!

  • @faridzeynalov8619
    @faridzeynalov8619 Před rokem +2

    I am doctor now for a year. It still amazes me how the fuck i passed biochemistry knowing every single reaction with coenzyme etc

  • @karinacernioglo1669
    @karinacernioglo1669 Před 5 lety +2

    I've been coming back to this for years! This has helped me survive biochemistry, exercise metabolism, nutrition classes, and now the MCAT. Thank you for such a great video!

  • @DavidRussell323
    @DavidRussell323 Před 11 lety +1

    I've been listening to this like every day for the past two weeks. This is freaking awesome.

  • @turalbeats1474
    @turalbeats1474 Před 2 lety +2

    we got the same in french made by our teachers, and i gotta tell, this one is a blessing next to our french version

  • @kashagrace
    @kashagrace Před 11 lety +5

    Just had a nerdgasm. This is great! You should totally make more of these!

  • @rosheenkamal156
    @rosheenkamal156 Před 3 lety +2

    wow what has my life has come to that im watching this

  • @antoniop4358
    @antoniop4358 Před rokem +3

    Saying what's going on in your skin and then saying im digging should be illegal LMAO

  • @KaitPearfulPlease
    @KaitPearfulPlease Před 9 lety +41

    I tried to memorize this song for biochem hahahaha love it!!!!!!

  • @kakalukium
    @kakalukium Před 11 lety +1

    Had I seen this 3 years ago, I wouldn't have failed that exam.

  • @VeryMaryTV
    @VeryMaryTV Před 10 lety +2

    You're the reason why my Biochem exam in two days is something I'm looking forward to.

  • @landins443
    @landins443 Před 6 lety +2

    @wilsonlam and @1MaginAZN SERIOUSLY this is the best Pathway song out there. Have you made anymore for the other pathways like Electron Transport, UREA cycle, AA metabolism, Pentose -phosphate, ETC? Because the world of science needs your help!!!

  • @dapurediva
    @dapurediva Před 11 lety +1

    why was this not around when I had to learn all those gosh darn molecules?

  • @thedoctordebbienahar
    @thedoctordebbienahar Před 11 lety +1

    My professor show us this in class today. I'm so glad this exists. I was nervous that I would have trouble remembering all the steps. This is helping tremendously and I feel much better about it. Excellent job and thank you!

  • @BadDietitian
    @BadDietitian Před 9 lety +1

    I love this break down of the Krebs Cycle!

  • @kafwyn
    @kafwyn Před 11 lety +1

    I have no reason to learn this but I now WANT to just to hear this song with it! Thanks! :)

  • @KeinSchnitzel
    @KeinSchnitzel Před 10 lety +2

    This is simply amazing. Helps me learn better than all the videos in my language.

  • @swechi4386
    @swechi4386 Před 9 lety +4

    This is friggin awesoooomee...jus luv it

  • @ahmedel-hady3249
    @ahmedel-hady3249 Před 8 lety +5

    this is frigging awesome!!!

  • @jozylyn
    @jozylyn Před 11 lety

    I've already listened to it four times...I LOVE THIS!

  • @unyb
    @unyb Před 9 lety +8

    Fuck that shit...
    it's always hard

  • @rozher8800
    @rozher8800 Před 8 lety +3

    You guys are effing brilliant :-) Thanks for making this!

  • @1MaginAZN
    @1MaginAZN  Před 11 lety +1

    That's incredible! I'm glad that you enjoyed it!

  • @echo117a2
    @echo117a2 Před 4 lety +1

    I managed to forget about this song until 10 minutes ago when I was listening to music on my phone and thrift shop started playing. I'm probably going to have this song stuck in my head for the next week at least

  • @ChristellesBraids
    @ChristellesBraids Před 10 lety +4

    Okey it official, this is how i'm going to study for bio from now on

  • @1MaginAZN
    @1MaginAZN  Před 11 lety +3

    You can now download the official audio track for this video! Downloads are on a "Name your price" basis, so you can download for free or choose to support me if you're awesome. Check out the description for details. Thanks everybody!

    • @monanana-04
      @monanana-04 Před 7 lety

      1MaginAZN can you please post the lyrics in the comment section?? it would help soooo Much with my homework!!!😄

  • @daWonkinator
    @daWonkinator Před 8 lety +1

    This is hilarious! Love it!
    It's on repeat atm.

  • @scar9k226
    @scar9k226 Před 7 lety

    I needed this

  • @vivianlien366
    @vivianlien366 Před 11 lety

    YOU'RE A GENIUS. making my nerd side tingle

  • @Miaearbeer
    @Miaearbeer Před 10 lety +1

    This is actually the best thing ever

  • @nunnouno8384
    @nunnouno8384 Před 9 lety +35

    49 people have never had an enjoyable biology class.

  • @Tryptyophan
    @Tryptyophan Před 11 lety

    this might be my new favorite thing on the internet

  • @Halorien
    @Halorien Před 10 lety +1

    You have saved my MedChem grade. Thank you, good sir. You deserve a medal for this.

  • @alanahtweedy
    @alanahtweedy Před 11 lety

    making this my ringtone right now.

  • @mewkaryote649
    @mewkaryote649 Před 7 lety +19

    alpha-ketagluterateeeee(^^)

  • @susu054
    @susu054 Před 11 lety +1

    awesome man. I hope you're gonna do more of this type of video. It makes biochem much more fun to study! :D

  • @vanas313
    @vanas313 Před 9 lety

    downloaded and on loop. Thanks

  • @Xorthos
    @Xorthos Před 11 lety

    The most epic educational rap I've heard so far. This is the first song that didn't make me groan and roll my eyes. Hell of a job.

  • @javitsjacob4335
    @javitsjacob4335 Před 11 lety

    That was AMAZING! i love the dude that whispered glycolysis

  • @chinasa7
    @chinasa7 Před 7 lety

    freaking GENIUS

  • @krzyazn93
    @krzyazn93 Před 11 lety

    I have a final on this tomorrow and I'm so glad I discovered this.

  • @ABendzify
    @ABendzify Před 8 lety +22

    After 2 years I still sometimes wake up rapping "Yeah for real, moving on, can I have som A-CoA- a-go citrate synthase from that CoA to the citrate, A-conitase step 2 iso-citrate. I had some NAD+, I used some NAD+, I made some NADH and a-keto-glutarate" I mean, my first year Biomed biochem module exam section on TCA was a joke thanks to this. But.. You knows. Can you call it a "mnemonic" if you basically memorize all the steps in song form?

    • @CharlotteFairchild
      @CharlotteFairchild Před 6 lety +3

      What do you think the Bible was? Many of the books were songs. Music is the best mnemonic.

  • @Cali796
    @Cali796 Před 6 měsíci

    This has been invaluable when studying for AP Bio, well done!

  • @Mary-ot6wm
    @Mary-ot6wm Před 7 lety +2

    this is hilarious and honestly helpful, well done

  • @ProfJosh
    @ProfJosh Před 11 lety

    You, sir, are a god. This officially made my awesome list.

  • @josephkumar6365
    @josephkumar6365 Před 7 lety

    this is really freaking awesome

  • @drsylvimartin
    @drsylvimartin Před 10 lety +1

    Awesome!!! And LOVE that Canadians put this one together! Way to go!! Wish this was around when I was in school...

  • @kiannamemaran8470
    @kiannamemaran8470 Před 11 lety

    Your video was shown in our Chem class at University of Washington! We all enjoyed it, great job!!

  • @chizzierascal
    @chizzierascal Před 11 lety

    My favourite bit is the bit with all the biochem

  • @flareblitz2010
    @flareblitz2010 Před 11 lety

    This is glorious! I love it!

  • @Druidiee
    @Druidiee Před 10 lety

    Instead of reading my biochem textbook. I lost to this song. I passed biochem.

  • @kenamcdermott9403
    @kenamcdermott9403 Před 6 lety

    I love this song!

  • @jerrycai4896
    @jerrycai4896 Před 10 lety

    this is BRILLIANT!!!

  • @FutureMDGilly
    @FutureMDGilly Před rokem

    bruuhhhhhhh you killed thisssss!!!

  • @1xymex1
    @1xymex1 Před 11 lety

    This NEEDS more views!!!!

  • @katelyncredible
    @katelyncredible Před 11 lety

    omg i found this just in time for my test on wednesday. perf. you rock dude.

  • @Adella-yd9lc
    @Adella-yd9lc Před 2 měsíci

    [Hook]
    I'm gonna pop some carbs
    Only got a lil' glucose in my pathway
    I - I - I'm lazy, lookin' for some CoA
    This is frigging awesome
    [Verse 1]
    Now I got some glucose; hell yeah, I'm in that prep phase
    I'm so pumped; doin' work with hexokinase
    Glucose to the glucose with a number six phosphate
    PGI to that fructose 6-phosphate (dayum)
    ATP, ADP, phosphofructokinase E,
    1,6-bis, FBP, adolase, two GAP;
    GAPDH with some PGK & PGM,
    3-P to the 2-Phosphoglycerate, and then
    (Enolaaaaaaaassseeee)
    PEP to Pyruvate! (glycolysis)
    [Verse 2]
    FAD, NAD bout to go and grab some hydroG
    Pumpin' out all those substrates for some work yeah that's that energy
    shuttlin' through that mito-C like nobody's business
    what you know about oxidation? biz-NITCH
    I'mma do it TCA, I'mma do it TCA
    No for real - movin' on - can I have some A-CoA? (thank-you)
    Citrate synthase from that CoA to that citrate
    Aconitase, step two; isocitrate
    I had some NAD+ (plus), I used some NAD+ (plus)
    I made some NADH (Hhhhhhhh), and alpha-ketogluterate (oh snap)
    dehydrogenase complex, plus some CoA
    CO2, NADH out; succinyl CoA
    then I take that GDP, add a P (GTP), hold on wait
    CoAs gone, people be like "Aw, he got the succinate"
    [Hook x2]
    [Verse 3]
    What you know about intermediary metabolism? (not much)
    What you knowin' about what's goin' on in your skin? (uhhhhh)
    I'm diggin, I'm diggin, I'm lookin' for some FAD
    Step 6, succinate dehydrogenase, that's the key (zing)
    Movin' on, reducin' that FAD up to FADH2
    fumarate, fumarase that's the enzyme now go shift your gaze
    to malate (okay); step 8, malate dehydrogenase
    finish off; NADH, oxaloacetate (ahhhhh)
    [Hook x2]
    [Bridge x2]
    That's how Kreb's cycle goes
    If you didn't doze now you know
    This is how TCA flows
    BCH actually doesn't blow
    [Hook]
    (alpha-ketogluteraaaaaaaaaate)

  • @Domathy
    @Domathy Před 11 lety +1

    I'm pretty sure I'm not just learning this to help in my exams, coz it's frickin' amazing!

  • @mernissa11
    @mernissa11 Před 11 lety

    This is great! I'm a grad student at uOttawa and I also have no idea what you're talking about but it was still very entertaining! Good job!

  • @teresalynnmcdonald
    @teresalynnmcdonald Před 11 lety

    OMGOSH! This is now my new favorite song. I wish I saw this before my glycolysis exam. This will be so helpful for my TCA exam though. Thanks!

  • @TheGuti1700
    @TheGuti1700 Před 10 lety

    This is awesome!

  • @nathanlopez7693
    @nathanlopez7693 Před 11 lety

    I saw this in class today. Great Job!

  • @iambangaboymusic
    @iambangaboymusic Před 9 lety

    Really nice, super smooth!

  • @Golden4YT
    @Golden4YT Před 11 lety

    Whoa that is just amazingly wonderful. it flows and everything~

  • @Kath_klclouds
    @Kath_klclouds Před 9 lety

    This is a treat in the middle of my studying.

  • @1MaginAZN
    @1MaginAZN  Před 11 lety

    Comments like this make my day. I'm glad that I could be of help! Best of luck!

  • @Az.ai.
    @Az.ai. Před 10 lety

    Love it! This made my day. Plus it helped me memorize some terms.

  • @Jscashum
    @Jscashum Před 11 lety

    Prof just showed this in my lecture. This is freaking genius.

  • @only1jellybeanz
    @only1jellybeanz Před 11 lety

    Useful study aid for my Biochemistry exam in two days! Thank you for posting this with lyrics!!!!!

  • @SpelmanFam
    @SpelmanFam Před 9 lety

    That was awesome!!! I'm soooo gonna use this.

  • @DavidRussell323
    @DavidRussell323 Před 11 lety

    Dude, this is awesome!

  • @KidIndia
    @KidIndia Před 11 lety

    OMG I love this

  • @lencheu5799
    @lencheu5799 Před 2 lety

    This is awesome

  • @psyduckrules
    @psyduckrules Před 7 lety

    this is beautiful!

  • @PhilWithCoffee
    @PhilWithCoffee Před 10 lety

    Haha, nice! This made my life a whole lot easier, totally earned a sub.

  • @vanmillar
    @vanmillar Před 11 lety

    great rap. uOttawa represent!

  • @TheHeelofTar
    @TheHeelofTar Před 11 lety

    Yep, BCH at UNC Chapel Hill watched the whole thing during lecture.

  • @emmalarrr
    @emmalarrr Před 11 lety

    Literally have this on repeat in an attempt to learn it all :P

  • @calebwenzel2826
    @calebwenzel2826 Před 6 lety

    I have an ap bio test tomorrow and i have been finding ways to study then i found this and im like this will help so much

  • @kaitaclysm
    @kaitaclysm Před 10 lety

    Thank you for this! Cell bio exam on Friday, gotta get that pathway memorized!

  • @gumed2012
    @gumed2012 Před 11 lety

    i swear i got chills watching this :) :') beautiful

  • @marinasadek2587
    @marinasadek2587 Před 5 lety

    this is amazing

  • @tehtehteh77
    @tehtehteh77 Před 8 lety

    lmfao that "glycolysis!" at 0:50

  • @tomanderson6072
    @tomanderson6072 Před 10 lety

    Enolaaaaassseee!!! LMAO Thanks for this, you just saved my A/P mid term grade.

  • @aislinnisaweirdname
    @aislinnisaweirdname Před 11 lety

    Genuinely helping with my medical degree

  • @bchrabot
    @bchrabot Před 11 lety

    This is sick. I wish I had it back in biochem.

  • @quinndiesel1977
    @quinndiesel1977 Před 10 lety

    This is absolutely fucking EPIC.

  • @jessicabon9453
    @jessicabon9453 Před 3 lety

    this is fucking legendary lmaoooo keep making vids