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| New to this edition | |
| Preface | |
| What Is Life? | |
| The Living World | |
| Bacteria | |
| Archaea | |
| Eukarya | |
| Biomolecules | |
| Functional Groups of Organic Biomolecules | |
| Major Classes of Small Biomolecules | |
| Is the Living Cell a Chemical Factory? | |
| Biochemical Reactions | |
| Energy | |
| Overview of Metabolism | |
| Biological Order | |
| Systems Biology | |
| Emergence | |
| Robustness | |
| Modularity | |
| Biochemistry in the Lab: An Introduction | |
| Summary | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Key Words | |
| Review Questions | |
| Thought Questions | |
| Living Cells | |
| Basic Themes | |
| Water | |
| Biological Membranes | |
| Self-Assembly | |
| Molecular Machines | |
| Macromolecular Crowding | |
| Signal Transduction | |
| Structure of Prokaryotic Cells | |
| Cell Wall | |
| Plasma Membrane | |
| Cytoplasm | |
| Pili and Flagella | |
| Structure of Eukaryotic Cells | |
| Plasma Membrane | |
| Endoplasmic Reticulum | |
| Golgi Apparatus | |
| Nucleus | |
| Vesicular Organelles | |
| Mitochondria | |
| Peroxisomes | |
| Biochemistry in Perspective: Organelles in Human Disease | |
| Plastids | |
| Cytoskeleton | |
| Ribosomes | |
| Biochemistry in the Lab: Cell Technology | |
| Summary | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Key Words | |
| Review Questions | |
| Thought Questions | |
| Water: The Matrix Of Life | |
| Molecular Structure of Water | |
| Noncovalent Bonding | |
| Ionic Interactions | |
| Hydrogen Bonds | |
| Van der Waals Forces | |
| Thermal Properties of Water | |
| Solvent Properties of Water | |
| Hydrophilic Molecules | |
| Hydrophobic Molecules and the Hydrophobic Effect | |
| Amphipathic Molecules | |
| Osmotic Pressure | |
| Ionization of Water | |
| Acids, Bases, and pH | |
| Buffers | |
| Physiological Buffers | |
| Biochemistry in Perspective: Water, Abiotic Stress, and Compatible Solutes | |
| Biochemistry in the Lab: Dialysis | |
| Available online | |
| Biochemistry in Perspective: Cell Volume Regulation and Metabolism | |
| Summary | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Key Words | |
| Review Questions | |
| Thought Questions | |
| Energy | |
| Thermodynamics | |
| The First Law of Thermodynamics | |
| Second Law of Thermodynamics | |
| Free Energy | |
| Standard Free Energy Changes | |
| Coupled Reactions | |
| The Hydrophobic Effect Revisited | |
| Biochemistry in Perspective: Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics | |
| The Role of ATP | |
| Biochemistry in Perspective: The Extremophiles: Organisms that Make a Living in Hostile Environments | |
| Summary | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Key Words | |
| Review Questions | |
| Thought Questions | |
| Amino Acids, Peptides, And Proteins | |
| Amino Acids | |
| Amino Acid Classes | |
| Biologically Active Amino Acids | |
| Modified Amino Acids in Proteins | |
| Amino Acid Stereoisomers | |
| Titration of Amino Acids | |
| Amino Acid Reactions | |
| Peptides | |
| Proteins | |
| Protein Structure | |
| Biochemistry in Perspective: Molecular Machines | |
| The Folding Problem | |
| Biochemistry in Perspective: Protein Folding and Human Disease | |
| Fibrous Proteins | |
| Globular Proteins | |
| Biochemistry in the Lab: Protein Technology | |
| Summary | |
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