Biochemistry=Biochemistry: Biochemistry

Author: Garrett
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Publish Date: 2002-11-01
Features: This book is co-authored by a renowned American chemist and biologist and has been used as a textbook by dozens of universities such as the University of Wisconsin and the University of California. It is suitable for bilingual biochemistry courses spanning 1-2 semesters and can also serve as a reference for graduate students and researchers. The book features three types of special columns: "Advances in Biochemistry" provides students with the latest developments and technologies in the field; "In-Depth" introduces historical background and universally interesting topics to deepen and enrich students' understanding of biochemistry; "Human Biochemistry" discusses the biomedical foundations of various diseases, bringing theory closer to life. This edition adds a new chapter on "Molecular Motors." The content is divided into four parts: The first part covers the molecular composition of cells, including the chemical basis of biological phenomena, water, pH, and ion balance, the thermodynamics of biological systems, amino acids, the biological functions and three-dimensional structures of proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, cell membranes and cell surfaces, cell membranes and substance transport, nucleotides and nucleic acids, the structure of nucleic acids, recombinant DNA; the second part covers protein dynamics, including enzyme kinetics, enzyme specificity and regulation, enzyme mechanisms, and molecular motors; the third part covers metabolism and its regulation, elaborating on general metabolism, glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation, photosynthesis, gluconeogenesis, glycogen metabolism, and the pentose phosphate pathway, fatty acid metabolism, the biosynthesis of lipids, nitrogen acquisition and amino acid metabolism, the synthesis and degradation of nucleotides, metabolic integration and the unidirectional nature of pathways; the fourth part covers signal transduction, introducing DNA replication and repair, DNA recombination and mutation, transcription and gene expression regulation, the genetic code, protein synthesis and degradation, the reception and transmission of extracellular signals, etc.