Introduction 1Part 1: Setting the Stage: Basic Biochemistry Concepts 5Chapter 1: Biochemistry: What You Need to Know and Why 7Chapter 2: Seems So Basic: Water Chemistry and pH 15Chapter 3: Fun with Carbon: Organic Chemistry 31Part 2: The Meat of Biochemistry: Proteins 47Chapter 4: Amino Acids: The Building Blocks of Protein 49Chapter 5: Protein Structure and Function 65Chapter 6: Enzyme Kinetics: Getting There Faster 83Part 3: Carbohydrates, Lipids, Nucleic Acids, and More, Oh My! 107Chapter 7: What We Crave: Carbohydrates 109Chapter 8: Lipids and Membranes 129Chapter 9: Nucleic Acids and the Code of Life 145Chapter 10: Vitamins: Both Simple and Complex 155Chapter 11: Hormones: The Body's Messengers 171Part 4: Bioenergetics and Pathways 183Chapter 12: Life and Energy 185Chapter 13: ATP: The Body's Monetary System 197Chapter 14: Smelly Biochemistry: Nitrogen in Biological Systems 237Part 5: Genetics: Why We Are What We Are 259Chapter 15: Photocopying DNA 261Chapter 16: Transcribe This! RNA Transcription 283Chapter 17: Translation: Protein Synthesis 305Part 6: The Part of Tens 321Chapter 18: Ten Great Applications of Biochemistry 323Chapter 19: Ten Biochemistry Careers 327Index 331
John T. Moore, EdD, and Richard H. Langley, PhD, teach Chemistry at Stephen F. Austin State University. Together they have more than 8.9 x 10 years of science education experience, and they have authored or coauthored oodles of books on chemistry topics.
