Outlines Of Biochemistry, 5th Ed

This book furnishes information about biochemistry and its varied applications. It is divided into three sections: Biological Compounds, such as proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, lipids, and amino acids; Metabolism of Energy-Yielding Compounds, including comprehensive chapters on photosynthesis, the nitrogen and sulfur cycles, ammonia assimilation, and sulfate assimilation; and Metabolism of Informational Molecules, with chapters on molecular biology and biotechnology. Further more the text also features more information on plant biochemistry, a new chapter on genetic engineering, gene manipulation, and viruses and gene rearrangements.

Table of contents :

Part I Structures And Functions Of Biological Molecules
· What Biochemists Study
· Carbohydrates
· Amino Acids and Proteins
· Enzymes
· Vitamins and Coenzymes
· Nucleic Acids and Their Components
· Lipids
· The Cell: Its Biochemical Organization
Part II Metabolism Of Energy Yielding Molecules
· Introduction to Metabolism and Biochemical Energetics
· Carbohydrates I: Glycolysis
· Carbohydrates II: Biosynthetic Role of Glycolysis and Pentose Phosphate Metabolism
· Carbohydrates III: The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle
· Lipid Metabolism
· Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation.
· Photosynthesis
· The Nitrogen and Sulfur Cycles
· The Metabolism of Ammonia and Nitrogen-containing Compounds
· Enzyme-mediate Regulation of Metabolism
Part III Genes, Gene Expression And The Metabolism Of Informational Macromolecules
· Biosynthesis of Nucleic Acids
· Biosynthesis of Proteins
· Regulation of Gene Expression
· Gene Rearrangement, Gene Manipulation and Non-Cellular Organisms