Biochemistry / Edition 4

by Christopher Mathews, Kensal van Holde, Dean Appling, Spencer Anthony-Cahill

Overview

The fourth edition of Biochemistry preserves the clear writing, strong physical chemistry background, and the use of the "Tools of Biochemistry" feature to underscore the experimental nature of biochemistry. This edition has been comprehensively and consistently updated to present the current developments in a rapidly evolving field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780138004644
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	09/15/2020
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	1368
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 10.90(h) x 1.80(d)

About the Author

Christopher K. Mathews is Distinguished Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Oregon State University. Dr. Mathews was an Eleanor Roosevelt International Cancer Fellow at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm in 1984-85 and Tage Erlander Guest Professor at Stockholm University in 1994-95. He has published several books and more than 125 scientific papers dealing with molecular virology, metabolic regulation, nucleotide enzymology, and biochemical genetics.

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K.E. van Holde is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biophysics and Biochemistry at Oregon State University. Dr. van Holde's major research interest is the structure of chromatin; his work resulted in theaward of an American Cancer Society Research Professorship in 1977 and hiselection to the National Academy of Sciences in 1989. He has received Guggenheim, NSF, and EMBO Fellowships and is the author of two books and more than 175 scientific papers.

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Kevin Ahern is a Senior Instructor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Oregon State University, where he pioneered the development of Web-based courses for teaching biochemistry. He is a contributing editor to Science magazine and a columnist for Genetic Engineering News. He has edited two books, Biotechnology Software Reports - Computer Applications for Molecular Biologists and The Biotechnology Software Directory, A Buyer's Guide, and is the founder of DaVinci Press Ink, a scientific software consulting firm. Dr. Ahern's teaching experience includes undergraduate and graduate biochemistry courses.

Table of Contents

Part I The Realm of Biochemistry

Chapter 1 The Scope of Biochemistry

Chapter 2 The Matrix of Life: Weak Interactions in an Aqueous Environment

Chapter 3 The Energetics of Life

Part II Molecular Architecture of Living Matter

Chapter 4 Nucleic Acids

Chapter 5 Introduction to Proteins: The Primary Level of Protein Structure

Chapter 6 The Three-Dimensional Structure of Proteins

Chapter 7 Protein Function and Evolution

Chapter 8 Proteins in Motion: Contractile Systems and Molecular Motors

Chapter 9 Carbohydrates: Sugars, Saccharides, Glycans

Chapter 10 Lipids, Membranes, and Cellular Transportation

Part III Dynamics of Life: Catalysis and Control of Biochemical Reactions

Chapter 11 Enzymes: Biological Catalysts

Chapter 12 Chemical Logic of Metabolism

Part IV Dynamics of Life: Energy, Biosynthesis, and Utilization of Precursors

Chapter 13 Carbohydrate Metabolism: Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, Glycogen Metabolism, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway

Chapter 14 Citric Acid Cycle and Glyoxylate Cycle

Chapter 15 Electron Transport, Oxidative Phosphorylation, and Oxygen Metabolism

Chapter 16 Photosynthesis

Chapter 17 Lipid Metabolism I: Fatty Acids, Triacylglycerols, and Lipoproteins

Chapter 18 Interorgan and Intracellular Coordination of Energy Metabolism in Vertebrates

Chapter 19 Lipid Metabolism II: Membrane Lipids, Steroids, Isoprenoids, and Eicosanoids

Chapter 20 Metabolism of Nitrogenous Compounds: Principles of Biosynthesis, Utilization, and Turnover

Chapter 21 Metabolism of Nitrogenous Compounds: Amino Acids, Porphyrins, and Neurotransmitters

Chapter 22 Nucleotide Metabolism

Chapter 23 Mechanisms of Signal Transduction

Part V Information

Chapter 24 Genes, Genomes, and Chromosome

Chapter 25 DNA Replication

Chapter 26 DNA Restructuring: Repair, Recombination, Rearrangement, Amplification

Chapter 27 Information Readout: Transcription and Post-transcriptional Processing

Chapter 28 Information Decoding: Translation and Post-translational Protein Processing

Chapter 29 Regulation of Gene Expression

Answers to Problems

Glossary

Index