Biochemistry

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Continuing Garrett and Grisham's innovative conceptual and organizing framework, "Essential Questions," BIOCHEMISTRY guides students through course concepts in a way that reveals the beauty and usefulness of biochemistry in the everyday world.The book's balanced presentation has been streamlined for increased clarity and readability--and to make it more interesting to visual learners, this edition also includes new photos and illustrations that show the subject matter consistently throughout the text. New end-of-chapter problems, MCAT practice questions, and the unparalleled text/media integration with the power of CengageNOW round out this exceptional package, giving students the tools they need to master course concepts and develop critical problem-solving skills they can draw upon long after the course ends.

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• Year: 2,010

• Edition: 4ed

• Pages: 1,184

• Pages In File: 1,184

• Language: English

• Topic: 19

• Library: Kolxo3

• Issue: 2,011

• Identifier: 0495109355,9780495109358

• Org File Size: 49,251,802

• Extension: pdf

• Toc: Front Cover......Page 1Title Page......Page 5Copyright......Page 6Contents in Brief ......Page 9Contents......Page 10Preface......Page 311.1 What Are the Distinctive Properties of Living Systems?......Page 391.2 What Kinds of Molecules Are Biomolecules?......Page 421.3 What Is the Structural Organization of Complex Biomolecules?......Page 431.4 How Do the Properties of Biomolecules Reflect Their Fitness to the Living Condition?......Page 471.5 What Is the Organization and Structure of Cells?......Page 551.6 What Are Viruses?......Page 59SUMMARY......Page 63PROBLEMS......Page 64FURTHER READING......Page 652.1 What Are the Properties of Water?......Page 662.2 What Is pH?......Page 732.3 What Are Buffers, and What Do They Do?......Page 792.4 What Properties of Water Give It a Unique Role in the Environment?......Page 82PROBLEMS......Page 83FURTHER READING......Page 853.1 What Are the Basic Concepts of Thermodynamics?......Page 863.3 What Is the Effect of pH on Standard-State Free Energies?......Page 923.4 What Can Thermodynamic Parameters Tell Us About Biochemical Events?......Page 933.5 What Are the Characteristics of High-Energy Biomolecules?......Page 943.6 What Are the Complex Equilibria Involved in ATP Hydrolysis?......Page 1013.8 What Is the Daily Human Requirement for ATP?......Page 104PROBLEMS......Page 106FURTHER READING......Page 1074.1 What Are the Structures and Properties of Amino Acids?......Page 1084.2 What Are the Acid–Base Properties of Amino Acids?......Page 1144.4 What Are the Optical and Stereochemical Properties of Amino Acids?......Page 1174.5 What Are the Spectroscopic Properties of Amino Acids?......Page 1204.6 How Are Amino Acid Mixtures Separated and Analyzed?......Page 1234.7 What Is the Fundamental Structural Pattern in Proteins?......Page 124PROBLEMS......Page 129FURTHER READING......Page 1305.1 What Architectural Arrangements Characterize Protein Structure?......Page 1315.2 How Are Proteins Isolated and Pu