Efnisyfirlit

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Introduction
  • About This Book
  • Foolish Assumptions
  • Icons Used in This Book
  • Beyond the Book
  • Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: Setting the Stage: Basic Biochemistry Concepts
  • Chapter 1: Biochemistry: What You Need to Know and Why
    • Why Biochemistry?
    • What Is Biochemistry and Where Does It Take Place?
    • Types of Living Cells
    • Animal Cells and How They Work
    • A Brief Look at Plant Cells
  • Chapter 2: Seems So Basic: Water Chemistry and pH
    • The Fundamentals of H2O
    • Hydrogen Ion Concentration: Acids and Bases
    • Buffers and pH Control
  • Chapter 3: Fun with Carbon: Organic Chemistry
    • The Role of Carbon in the Study of Life
    • It’s All in the Numbers: Carbon Bonds
    • When Forces Attract: Bond Strengths
    • Getting a Reaction out of a Molecule: Functional Groups
    • Same Content, Different Structure: Isomerism
• Part 2: The Meat of Biochemistry: Proteins
  • Chapter 4: Amino Acids: The Building Blocks of Protein
    • General Properties of Amino Acids
    • The Magic 20 Amino Acids
    • Lest We Forget: Rarer Amino Acids
    • Rudiments of Amino Acid Interactions
    • Combining Amino Acids: How It Works
  • Chapter 5: Protein Structure and Function
    • Proteins: Not Just for Dinner
    • Primary Structure: The Structure Level All Proteins Have
    • Secondary Structure: A Structure Level Most Proteins Have
    • Tertiary Structure: A Structure Level Many Proteins Have
    • Quaternary Structure: A Structure Level Some Proteins Have
    • Dissecting a Protein for Study
  • Chapter 6: Enzyme Kinetics: Getting There Faster
    • Enzyme Classification: The Best Catalyst for the Job
    • Enzymes as Catalysts: When Fast Is Not Fast Enough
    • All about Kinetics
    • Measuring Enzyme Behavior: The Michaelis-Menten Equation
    • Enzyme Inhibition: Slowing It Down
    • Enzyme Regulation
• Part 3: Carbohydrates, Lipids, Nucleic Acids, and More, Oh My!
  • Chapter 7: What We Crave: Carbohydrates
    • Properties of Carbohydrates
    • A Sweet Topic: Monosaccharides
    • Sugars Joining Hands: Oligosaccharides
    • The Aldose Family of Sugars
  • Chapter 8: Lipids and Membranes
    • Lovely Lipids: An Overview
    • A Fatty Subject: Triglycerides
    • No Simpletons Here: Complex Lipids
    • Membranes: The Bipolar and the Bilayer
    • Prostaglandins, Thromboxanes, and Leukotrienes: Mopping Up
  • Chapter 9: Nucleic Acids and the Code of Life
    • Nucleotides: The Guts of DNA and RNA
    • Tracing the Process: From Nucleoside to Nucleotide to Nucleic Acid
    • A Primer on Nucleic Acids
  • Chapter 10: Vitamins: Both Simple and Complex
    • More than One-a-Day: Basics of Vitamins
    • To B or Not to B: B Complex Vitamins
    • Vitamin A
    • Vitamin C
    • Vitamin D
    • Vitamin E
    • Vitamin K
  • Chapter 11: Hormones: The Body’s Messengers
    • Structures of Some Key Hormones
    • Now and Later: Prohormones
    • Fight or Flight: Hormone Function
• Part 4: Bioenergetics and Pathways
  • Chapter 12: Life and Energy
    • ATP: The Energy Pony Express
    • It’s Relative: Molecules Related to ATP
    • Where It All Comes From
  • Chapter 13: ATP: The Body’s Monetary System
    • Metabolism I: Glycolysis
    • Metabolism II: Citric Acid (Krebs) Cycle
    • Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
    • Investing in the Future: Biosynthesis
  • Chapter 14: Smelly Biochemistry: Nitrogen in Biological Systems
    • Ring in the Nitrogen: Purine
    • Pyrimidine Synthesis
    • Back to the Beginning: Catabolism
    • Process of Elimination: The Urea Cycle
    • Amino Acids Once Again
    • Metabolic Disorders
• Part 5: Genetics: Why We Are What We Are
  • Chapter 15: Photocopying DNA
    • Let’s Do It Again: Replication
    • Mendel Rolling Over: Recombinant DNA
    • Patterns: Determining DNA Sequences
    • Genetic Diseases and Other DNA Testing Applications
  • Chapter 16: Transcribe This! RNA Transcription
    • Types of RNA
    • RNA Polymerase Requirements
    • Making RNA: The Basics
    • Not a Secret Any Longer: The Genetic Code
    • Models of Gene Regulation
  • Chapter 17: Translation: Protein Synthesis
    • Hopefully Not Lost in Translation
    • The Translation Team
    • Hooking Up: Protein Synthesis
    • Variation in Eukaryotic Cells
• Part 6: The Part of Tens
  • Chapter 18: Ten Great Applications of Biochemistry
    • Ames Test
    • Pregnancy Testing
    • HIV Testing
    • Breast Cancer Testing
    • Prenatal Genetic Testing
    • PKU Screening
    • Genetically Modified Foods
    • Genetic Engineering
    • Cloning
    • Gene-Replacement Therapy
  • Chapter 19: Ten Biochemistry Careers
    • Research Assistant
    • Nanotechnologist
    • Quality Control Analyst
    • Clinical Research Associate
    • Technical Writer
    • Biochemical Development Engineer
    • Forensic Scientist
    • Patent Attorney
    • Pharmaceutical Sales Representative
    • Biostatistician
• Index
• About the Authors
• Advertisement Page
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement

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