Essentials of Biochemistry

This textbook, Essentials of Biochemistry is aimed at chemistry and biochemistry undergraduate students and first year biochemistry graduate students. It incorporates the lectures of the authors given to students with a strong chemistry background. An emphasis is placed on metabolism and reaction mechanisms and how they are studied. As the title of the book implies, the text lays the basis for an understanding of the fundamentals of biochemistry. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii The Cell and Its Components....Pages 1-4 Introduction to Biomolecules....Pages 5-34 Protein Structure and Function....Pages 35-52 Enzymes....Pages 53-80 Enzyme Kinetics....Pages 81-122 Coenzymes and Vitamins....Pages 123-148 Introduction to Metabolism....Pages 149-161 Carbohydrate Metabolism A: Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis....Pages 163-204 The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle....Pages 205-222 Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation....Pages 223-238 Carbohydrate Metabolism B: Di-, Oligo-, and Polysaccharide Synthesis and Degradation....Pages 239-256 Lipid Metabolism....Pages 257-278 Amino Acid Metabolism....Pages 279-292 Nucleotide Metabolism....Pages 293-315 Photosynthesis....Pages 317-329 DNA, RNA, and Protein Metabolism....Pages 331-352 Back Matter....Pages 353-364