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Ideal for readers encountering biochemistry for the first time, Garrett and Grisham's BIOCHEMISTRY, Seventh Edition, makes even complex course concepts more accessible while revealing the beauty and usefulness of biochemistry in the everyday world. This engaging text illuminates the fundamental principles governing the structure, function and interactions of biological molecules, providing a solid foundation in biochemistry whether you are an undergraduate majoring in life sciences, chemistry or premedical programs, or a medical or graduate health sciences student seeking a deeper understanding of human physiology.

Updated to reflect tremendous recent developments in biochemistry, the Seventh Edition features new and revised material and presentations throughout the text, incorporating additional content while maintaining a balanced and streamlined presentation. In addition, the authors emphasize the interrelationships of ideas to help you appreciate the overarching questions of biochemistry. The text is also integrated with OWLv2, a powerful online learning system for chemistry with text-specific end-of-chapter material to help you improve your grades and master course concepts.

Contents:

Part I: MOLECULAR COMPONENTS OF CELLS.
1. The Facts of Life: Chemistry is the Logic of Biological Phenomena 1.
2. Water: The Medium of Life.
3. Thermodynamics of Biological Systems.
4. Amino Acids and the Peptide Bond.
5. Proteins: Their Primary Structure and Biological Functions.
6. Proteins: Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary Structure.
7. Carbohydrates and the Glycoconjugates of Cell Surfaces.
8. Lipids.
9. Membranes and Membrane Transport.
10. Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids.
11. Structure of Nucleic Acids.
12. Recombination, Cloning, Gene Editing and Synthetic Biology--An Introduction.
Part II: PROTEIN DYNAMICS.
13. Enzymes--Kinetics and Specificity.
14. Mechanisms of Enzyme Action.
15. Enzyme Regulation.
16. Molecular Motors.
Part III: METABOLISM AND ITS REGULATION.
17. Metabolism: An Overview.
18. Glycolysis.
19. The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle.
20. Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation.
21. Photosynthesis.
22. Gluconeogenesis, Glycogen Metabolism and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway.
23. Fatty Acid Catabolism.
24. Lipid Biosynthesis.
25. Nitrogen Acquisition and Amino Acid Metabolism.
26. Synthesis and Degradation of Nucleotides.
27. Metabolic Integration and Organ Specialization.
Part IV: INFORMATION TRANSFER.
28. DNA Metabolism: Replication, Recombination and Repair.
29. Transcription and the Regulation of Gene Expression.
30. Protein Synthesis.
31. Completing the Protein Life Cycle: Folding, Processing and Degradation.
32. The Reception and Transmission of Extracellular Information.