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

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  • Toc: Front Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Contents in Brief ......Page 9 Contents......Page 10 Preface......Page 31 1.1 What Are the Distinctive Properties of Living Systems?......Page 39 1.2 What Kinds of Molecules Are Biomolecules?......Page 42 1.3 What Is the Structural Organization of Complex Biomolecules?......Page 43 1.4 How Do the Properties of Biomolecules Reflect Their Fitness to the Living Condition?......Page 47 1.5 What Is the Organization and Structure of Cells?......Page 55 1.6 What Are Viruses?......Page 59 SUMMARY......Page 63 PROBLEMS......Page 64 FURTHER READING......Page 65 2.1 What Are the Properties of Water?......Page 66 2.2 What Is pH?......Page 73 2.3 What Are Buffers, and What Do They Do?......Page 79 2.4 What Properties of Water Give It a Unique Role in the Environment?......Page 82 PROBLEMS......Page 83 FURTHER READING......Page 85 3.1 What Are the Basic Concepts of Thermodynamics?......Page 86 3.3 What Is the Effect of pH on Standard-State Free Energies?......Page 92 3.4 What Can Thermodynamic Parameters Tell Us About Biochemical Events?......Page 93 3.5 What Are the Characteristics of High-Energy Biomolecules?......Page 94 3.6 What Are the Complex Equilibria Involved in ATP Hydrolysis?......Page 101 3.8 What Is the Daily Human Requirement for ATP?......Page 104 PROBLEMS......Page 106 FURTHER READING......Page 107 4.1 What Are the Structures and Properties of Amino Acids?......Page 108 4.2 What Are the Acid–Base Properties of Amino Acids?......Page 114 4.4 What Are the Optical and Stereochemical Properties of Amino Acids?......Page 117 4.5 What Are the Spectroscopic Properties of Amino Acids?......Page 120 4.6 How Are Amino Acid Mixtures Separated and Analyzed?......Page 123 4.7 What Is the Fundamental Structural Pattern in Proteins?......Page 124 PROBLEMS......Page 129 FURTHER READING......Page 130 5.1 What Architectural Arrangements Characterize Protein Structure?......Page 131 5.2 How Are Proteins Isolated and Pu

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