Main description:

Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life is an intermediate, one-semester text written for students on degree pathways in Chemistry, Biology, and other Health and Life Sciences. Designed for students who need a solid introduction to biochemistry, but are not specializing in the subject, the text focuses on essential biochemical principles that underpin the modern life sciences, and offers the most balanced coverage of chemistry and biology of any text on
the market. The text equips students with a complete view of the living state, emphasizes problem solving, and applies biochemical principles to the fields of Health, Agriculture, Engineering, and Forensics, to show students the relevance of their learning. McKee and McKee is respected for its balance of
biology and chemistry, consistently placing biochemical principles into the context of the physiology of the cell and biomedical applications.

Contents:

Chapter Opening Vignettes
Biochemistry in Perspective Essays
Biochemistry in the Lab Boxes
Preface
General and Organic Chemistry Review Primer

1. Biochemistry: An Introduction
2. Living Cells
3. Water: The Matrix of Life
4. Energy
5. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
6. Enzymes
7. Carbohydrates
8. Carbohydrate Metabolism
9. Aerobic Metabolism I: The Citric Acid Cycle
10. Aerobic Metabolism II: Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
11. Lipids and Membranes
12. Lipid Metabolism
13. Photosynthesis
14. Nitrogen Metabolism I: Synthesis
15. Nitrogen Metabolism II: Degradation
16. Integration of Metabolism
17. Nucleic Acids
18. Genetic Information
19. Protein Synthesis

Appendix: Solutions
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