Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life

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.
Table of 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
    Credits