Biochemistry For Dummies - John T. Moore

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5: Protein Structure and Function Proteins: Not Just for Dinner Primary Structure: The Structure Level All Proteins Have Secondary Structure: A Structure Level Most Proteins Have Tertiary Structure: A Structure Level Many Proteins Have Quaternary Structure: A Structure Level Some Proteins Have Dissecting a Protein for Study Chapter 6: Enzyme Kinetics: Getting There Faster Enzyme Classification: The Best Catalyst for the Job Enzymes as Catalysts: When Fast Is Not Fast Enough All about Kinetics Measuring Enzyme Behavior: The Michaelis-Menten Equation Enzyme Inhibition: Slowing It Down Enzyme Regulation

      7  Part 3: Carbohydrates, Lipids, Nucleic Acids, and More, Oh My! Chapter 7: What We Crave: Carbohydrates Properties of Carbohydrates A Sweet Topic: Monosaccharides Sugars Joining Hands: Oligosaccharides The Aldose Family of Sugars Chapter 8: Lipids and Membranes Lovely Lipids: An Overview A Fatty Subject: Triglycerides No Simpletons Here: Complex Lipids Membranes: The Bipolar and the Bilayer Prostaglandins, Thromboxanes, and Leukotrienes: Mopping Up Chapter 9: Nucleic Acids and the Code of Life Nucleotides: The Guts of DNA and RNA Tracing the Process: From Nucleoside to Nucleotide to Nucleic Acid A Primer on Nucleic Acids Chapter 10: Vitamins: Both Simple and Complex More than One-a-Day: Basics of Vitamins To B or Not to B: B Complex Vitamins Vitamin A Vitamin C Vitamin D Vitamin E Vitamin K Chapter 11: Hormones: The Body’s Messengers Structures of Some Key Hormones Now and Later: Prohormones Fight or Flight: Hormone Function

      8  Part 4: Bioenergetics and Pathways Chapter 12: Life and Energy ATP: The Energy Pony Express It’s Relative: Molecules Related to ATP Where It All Comes From Chapter 13: ATP: The Body’s Monetary System Metabolism I: Glycolysis Metabolism II: Citric Acid (Krebs) Cycle Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation Investing in the Future: Biosynthesis Chapter 14: Smelly Biochemistry: Nitrogen in Biological Systems Ring in the Nitrogen: Purine Pyrimidine Synthesis Back to the Beginning: Catabolism Process of Elimination: The Urea Cycle Amino Acids Once Again Metabolic Disorders

      9  Part 5: Genetics: Why We Are What We Are Chapter 15: Photocopying DNA Let’s Do It Again: Replication Mendel Rolling Over: Recombinant DNA Patterns: Determining DNA Sequences Genetic Diseases and Other DNA Testing Applications Chapter 16: Transcribe This! RNA Transcription Types of RNA RNA Polymerase Requirements Making RNA: The Basics Not a Secret Any Longer: The Genetic Code Models of Gene Regulation Chapter 17: Translation: Protein Synthesis Hopefully Not Lost in Translation The

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