Main description:

Derived from the classic text originated by Lubert Stryer and continued by John Tymoczko and Jeremy Berg, Biochemistry: A Short Course focuses on the major topics taught in a one-semester biochemistry course. With its brief chapters and relevant examples, this thoroughly updated new edition helps students see the connections between the biochemistry they are studying and their own lives.
Biochemistry: A Short Course is now supported in Achieve, Macmillan's new online learning platform. Achieve is the culmination of years of development work put toward creating the most powerful online learning tool for chemistry students. Achieve includes an interactive eBook as well as our renowned assessments and innovative, interactive Metabolic Map. Students will be able to focus their study with adaptive quizzing and more clearly see the relevance of chemistry through case studies. Instructor resources, including tools for active learning, are all housed in this exciting new platform.

Contents:

PART I The Molecular Design of Life.- SECTION 1 Biochemistry Helps Us Understand Our World.- 1. Biochemistry and the Unity of Life.- 2. Water, Weak Bonds, and the Generation of Order Out of Chaos.- SECTION 2 Protein Composition and Structure.- 3. Amino Acids.- 4. Protein Three-Dimensional Structure.- 5. Techniques in Protein Biochemistry.- SECTION 3 Basic Concepts and Kinetics of Enzymes.- 6. Basic Concepts of Enzyme Action.- 7. Kinetics and Regulation.- 8. Mechanisms and Inhibitors.- 9. Hemoglobin, an Allosteric Protein.- SECTION 4 Carbohydrates and Lipids.- 10. Carbohydrates.- 11. Lipids SECTION 5 Cell Membranes, Channels, Pumps, and Receptors.- 12. Membrane Structure and Function.- 13. Signal-Transduction Pathways.- PART II Transducing and Storing Energy.- SECTION 6 Basic Concepts and Design of Metabolism.- 14. Digestion: Turning a Meal into Cellular Biochemicals.- 15. Metabolism: Basic Concepts and Design.- SECTION 7 Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis.- 16. Glycolysis.- 17. Gluconeogenesis.- SECTION 8 The Citric Acid Cycle.- 18. Preparation for the Cycle.- 19. Harvesting Electrons from the Cycle.- SECTION 9 Oxidative Phosphorylation.- 20. The Electron-Transport Chain.- 21. The Proton-Motive Force.- SECTION 10 The Light Reactions of Photosynthesis and the Calvin Cycle.- 22. The Light Reactions.- 23. The Calvin Cycle.- SECTION 11 Glycogen Metabolism and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway.- 24. Glycogen Degradation.- 25. Glycogen Synthesis.- 26.The Pentose Phosphate Pathway.- SECTION 12 Fatty Acid and Lipid Metabolism.- 27. Fatty Acid Degradation.- 28. Fatty Acid Synthesis.- 29. Lipid Synthesis: Storage Lipids, Phospholipids, and Cholesterol.- SECTION 13 The Metabolism of Nitrogen-Containing Molecules.- 30. Amino Acid Degradation and the Urea Cycle.- 31. Amino Acid Synthesis.- 32. Nucleotide Metabolism.- PART III Synthesizing the Molecules of Life.- SECTION 14 Nucleic Acid Structure and DNA Replication.- 33. The Structure of Informational Macromolecules: DNA and RNA.- 34. DNA Replication.- 35. DNA Repair and Recombination.- SECTION 15 RNA Synthesis, Processing, and Regulation.- 36. RNA Synthesis and Regulation in Bacteria.- 37. Gene Expression in Eukaryotes.- 38. RNA Processing in Eukaryotes.- SECTION 16 Protein Synthesis and Recombinant DNA Techniques.- 39. The Genetic Code. 40. The Mechanism of Protein Synthesis.- 41. Recombinant DNA Techniques.