Biochemistry / Reginald H. Garrett, Charles M. Grisham, University of Virginia ; with molecular graphic images by Michal Sabat, University of Virginia.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: 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 and the peptide bond -- Proteins: their primary structure and biological functions -- Protein: Secondary, tertiary, and quatenary structure -- Carbohydrates and the glycoconjugates of cell surfaces -- Lipids -- Membranes and membrane transport -- Nucleotides and nucleic acids -- Structure of nucleic acids -- Recombinant DNA, cloning, chimeric, genes and synthetic biology -- Part II: Protein dynamics -- Enzymes - kinetics and specificity -- Mechanisms of enzyme action -- Enzyme regulation -- Molecular motors -- Part III: 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 -- Part IV: 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 -- Abbreviated answers to problems.

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