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Succeed in the course with BIOCHEMISTRY. The authors´ innovative conceptual and organizing "Essential Questions" framework guides you through course concepts in a way that reveals the beauty and usefulness of biochemistry in the everyday world. Offering a balanced and streamlined presentation, this edition has been updated throughout with new material and revised presentations. This book is integrated with OWLv2, a powerful online learning system for chemistry with book-specific end-of-chapter material that will help you improve your grades and master course concepts.

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Part I: Molecular Components of Cells 1. The Facts of Life: Chemistry Is the Logic of Biological Phenomena 2. Water: The Medium of Life 3. Thermodynamics of Biological Systems 4. Amino Acids and the Peptide Bond 5. Proteins: Their Primary Structure and Biological Functions 6. Proteins: Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary Structure 7. Carbohydrates and the Glycoconjugates of Cell Surfaces 8. Lipids 9. Membranes and Membrane Transport 10. Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids 11. Structure of Nucleic Acids 12. Recombinant DNA, Cloning, Chimeric Genes, and Synthetic Biology Part II: Protein Dynamics 13. Enzymes-Kinetics and Specificity 14. Mechanisms of Enzyme Action 15. Enzyme Regulation 16. Molecular Motors Part III: Metabolism and Its Regulation 17. Metabolism: An Overview 18. Glycolysis 19. The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle 20. Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation 21. Photosynthesis 22. Gluconeogenesis, Glycogen Metabolism, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway 23. Fatty Acid Catabolism 24. Lipid Biosynthesis 25. Nitrogen Acquisition and Amino Acid Metabolism 26. Synthesis and Degradation of Nucleotides 27. Metabolic Integration and Organ Specialization Part IV: Information Transfer 28. DNA Metabolism: Replication, Recombination, and Repair 29. T ranscription and the Regulation of Gene Expression 30. Protein Synthesis 31. Completing the Protein Life Cycle: Folding, Processing, and Degradation 32. The Reception and Transmission of Extracellular Information Abbreviated Answers to Problems Index

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