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<p><b>Biochemistry</b> is the <a href="/en/Chemistry" title="Chemistry" class="wl">chemistry</a> of <a href="/en/Life" title="Life" class="wl">life</a>. Biochemists study the <a href="/en/Chemical_element" title="Chemical element" class="wl">elements</a>, <a href="/en/Chemical_compound" title="Chemical compound" class="wl">compounds</a> and <a href="/en/Chemical_reaction" title="Chemical reaction" class="wl">chemical reactions</a> that are controlled by <a href="/en/Biomolecules" title="Biomolecules" class="mw-redirect wl">biomolecules</a> (such as <a href="/en/Polypeptide" title="Polypeptide" class="mw-redirect wl">polypeptides</a>, <a href="/en/Polynucleotide" title="Polynucleotide" class="wl">polynucleotides</a>, <a href="/en/Polysaccharides" title="Polysaccharides" class="mw-redirect wl">polysaccharides</a>, <a href="/en/Lipid" title="Lipid" class="wl">lipids</a> and <a href="/en/Chemical_messenger" title="Chemical messenger" class="mw-disambig wl">chemical messenger</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template " style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/en/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Disambiguation/Fixing_links" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Fixing links" class="wl"><span>disambiguation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>s) and take place in all living <a href="/en/Organism" title="Organism" class="wl">organisms</a>.</p>
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Biochemistry is the chemistry of life. Biochemists study the elements, compounds and chemical reactions that are controlled by biomolecules and take place in all living organisms. 