Main description:

For one or two semester biochemistry courses (science majors).

A highly visual, precise and fresh approach to guide today's mixed-science majors to a deeper understanding of biochemistry

Biochemistry: Concepts and Connections engages students in the rapidly evolving field of biochemistry, better preparing them for the challenges of 21st century science through quantitative reasoning skills and a rich, chemical perspective on biological processes.

This concise first edition teaches mixed-science-majors the chemical logic underlying the mechanisms, pathways, and processes in living cells through groundbreaking biochemical art and a clear narrative that illustrates biochemistry's relation to all other life sciences. Integration of biochemistry's experimental underpinnings alongside the presentation of modern techniques encourages students to appreciate and consider how their understanding of biochemistry can and will contribute to solving problems in medicine, agricultural sciences, environmental sciences, and forensics.

The text is fully integrated with MasteringChemistry to provide support for students before, during, and after class. Highlights include interactive animations and tutorials based on the textbook's biochemical art program and Foundation Figures to help students visualize complex processes, apply, and test conceptual understanding as well as quantitative reasoning.

MasteringChemistry not included. Students, if MasteringChemistry is a recommended/mandatory component of the course, please ask your instructor for the correct ISBN and course ID. MasteringChemistry should only be purchased when required by an instructor. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

Also available with MasteringChemistry (R)

MasteringChemistry from Pearson is the leading online homework, tutorial, and assessment system, designed to improve results by engaging students before, during, and after class with powerful content. Instructors ensure students arrive prepared by assigning interaction with relevant biochemical concepts before class, and encourage critical thinking, visualization, and retention with in-class resources such as Learning Catalytics (TM). Students can further master concepts after class by interacting with biochemistry animations, problem sets, and tutorial assignments that provide hints and answer-specific feedback. The Mastering gradebook records scores for all automatically graded assignments in one place, while diagnostic tools give instructors access to rich data to assess student understanding and misconceptions.

Mastering brings learning full circle by continuously adapting to each student and making learning more personal than ever-before, during, and after class.

Contents:

1. Biochemistry and the Language of Chemistry

2. The Chemical Foundation of Life: Weak Interactions in an Aqueous Environment

3. The Energetics of Life

4. Nucleic Acids

5. Introduction to Proteins: The Primary Level of Protein Structure

6. The Three-Dimensional Structure of Proteins

7. Protein Function and Evolution

8. Enzymes: Biological Catalysts

9. Carbohydrates: Sugars, Saccharides, Glycans

10. Lipids, Membranes, and Cellular Transport

11. Chemical Logic of Metabolism

12. Carbohydrate Metabolism: Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, Glycogen Metabolism, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway

13. The Citric Acid Cycle

14. Electron Transport, Oxidative Phosphorylation, and Oxygen Metabolism

15. Photosynthesis

16. Lipid Metabolism

17. Interorgan and Intracellular Coordination of Energy Metabolism in Vertebrates

18. Amino Acid and Nitrogen Metabolism

19. Nucleotide Metabolism

20. Mechanisms of Signal Transduction

21. Genes, Genomes, and Chromosomes

22. DNA Replication

23. DNA Repair, Recombination, and Rearrangement

24. Transcription and Post-transcriptional Processing

25. Information Decoding: Translation and Post-translational Protein Processing

26. Regulation of Gene Expression