BIOCHEMISTRY GUIDE
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PART I: SETTING THE STAGE: BASIC BIOCHEMISTRY CONCEPTS CHAPTER 1: BIOCHEMISTRY: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AND WHY CHAPTER 2: DIVE IN: WATER CHEMISTRY CHAPTER 3: FUN WITH CARBON: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PART II: THE MEAT OF BIOCHEMISTRY: PROTEINS CHAPTER 4: AMINO ACIDS: THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF PROTEIN CHAPTER 5: PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION CHAPTER 6: ENZYMES KINETICS: GETTING THERE FASTER PART III: CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS, NUCLEIC ACIDS, AND MORE CHAPTER 7: WHAT WE CRAVE: CARBOHYDRATES CHAPTER 8: LIPIDS AND MEMBRANES CHAPTER 9: NUCLEIC ACIDS AND THE CODE OF LIFE CHAPTER 10: VITAMINS AND NUTRIENTS CHAPTER 11: BE QUIET: HORMONES PART IV: BIOENERGETICS AND PATHWAYS CHAPTER 12: LIFE AND ENERGY CHAPTER 13: ATP: THE BODY’S MONETARY SYSTEM CHAPTER 14: SMELLY BIOCHEMISTRY: NITROGEN IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS PART V: GENETICS: WHY WE ARE WHAT WE ARE CHAPTER 15: PHOTOCOPYING DNA CHAPTER 16: TRANSCRIBE THIS! RNA TRANSCRIPTION CHAPTER 17: TRANSLATION: PROTEIN SYNTHESIS PART VI: THE PART OF TENS CHAPTER 18: TEN GREAT APPLICATIONS OF BIOCHEMISTRY CHAPTER 19: TEN BIOCHEMISTRY CAREERS