Biochemistry
"Biochemistry, fourth edition, and its unique conceptual and organizing framework of Essential Questions, guides students through the concepts of chemistry and biology and helps them build problem-solving skills while illustrating the beauty and usefulness of biochemistry"--Back cover
Print Book, English, ©2010
Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, Belmont, CA, ©2010
Textbooks
xxxiii, 1059, 48, 34 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
9780495109358, 0495109355
297392560
Molecular components of cells. The facts of life: chemistry is the logic of biological phenomena
Water : the medium of life
Thermodynamics of biological systems
Amino acids
Proteins: their primary structure and biological functions
Proteins: secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structure
Carbohydrates and glyco-conjugates of the cell surfaces
Lipids
Membranes and membrane transport
Nucleotides and nucleic acids
Structure of nucleic acids
Recombinant DNA: cloning and creation of chimeric genes
Protein dynamics. Enzymes- kinetics and specificity
Mechanisms of enzyme action
Enzyme regulation
Molecular motors
Metabolism and its regulation. Metabolism: an overview -Glycolysis
The tricarboxylic acid cycle
Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation
Photosynthesis
Gluconeogenesis, glycogen metabolism, and the pentose phosphate pathway
Fatty acid catabolism
Lipid biosynthesis
Nitrogen acquisition and amino acid metabolism
Synthesis and degradation of nucleotides
Metabolic integration and organ specialization
Information transfer. DNA metabolism : Replication, recombination and repair
Transcription and the regulation of gene expression
Protein synthesis -completing the protein life cycle: Folding processing and degradation
The reception and transmission of extracellular information
Includes index