Biochemistry/
Donald Voet ; Judith G. Voet
- 2nd ed.
- xvii, 1361 p. :ill. (some col.) ;29 cm.
Contents I Introduction and Background 1 1 Life 2 2 Aqueous Solutions 29 3 Thermodynamic Principles: A Review 42 II Biomolecules 55 4 Amino Acids 56 5 Techniques of Protein Purification 71 6 Covalent Structures of Proteins 105 7 Three-Dimensional Structures of Proteins 141 8 Protein Folding, Dynamics, and Structural Evolution 191 9 Hemoglobin: Protein Function in Microcosm 215 10 Sugars and Polysaccharides 251 11 Lipids and Membranes 277 III Mechanisms of Enzyme Action 331 12 Introduction to Enzymes 332 13 Rates of Enzymatic Reactions 345 14 Enzymatic Catalysis 371 IV Metabolism 411 15 Introduction to Metabolism 412 16 Glycolysis 443 17 Glycogen Metabolism 484 18 Transport through Membranes 513 19 The Citric Acid Cycle 538 20 Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation 563 21 Other Pathways of Carbohydrate Metabolism 599 22 Photosynthesis 626 23 Lipid Metabolism 662 24 Amino Acid Metabolism 727 25 Energy Metabolism: Integration and Organ Specialization 785 26 Nucleotide Metabolism 795 V Expression and Transmission of Genetic Information 829 27 DNA: The Vehicle of Inheritance 830 28 Nucleic Acid Structures and Manipulation 848 29 Transcription 915 30 Translation 959 31 DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination 1020 32 Viruses: Paradigms for Cellular Functions 1074 33 Eukaryotic Gene Expression 1123 34 Molecular Physiology 1196