Research Catalog

Title

Biochemistry : the chemical reaction of living cells / David E. Metzler.

Author

Metzler, David E.

Publication

San Diego, Calif. ; London : Academic, 2001.

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Description

2 volumes (1700 pages)

Subjects

• Bioquímica
• Biochemistry
• Cytochemistry

Contents

Volume 1. The scene of action -- Amino acids, peptides, and proteins -- Determining structures abd analyzing cells -- Sugars, polysaccharides, and glycoproteins -- The nucleic acids -- Thermodynamics and biochemical equilibria -- How macromolecules associate -- Lipids, membranes, and cell coats -- Enzymes: the catalysts of cells -- An introduction to metabolism -- The regulation of enzymatic activity and metabolism -- Transferring groups by displacement reactions -- Enzymatic addition, elimination, condensation, and isomerization: roles for enolate and carbocation intermediates -- Coenzymes: nature's special reagents -- Coenzymes of oxidation-reduction reactions -- Transition metals in catalysis and electron transport -- Volume 2. -- The organization of metabolism -- Electron transport, oxidative phosphorylation, and hydroxylation -- The chemistry of movement -- Some pathways of carbohydrate metabolism -- Specific aspects of lipid metabolism -- Polyprenyl (isoprenoid) compounds -- Light and life -- The metabolism of nitrogen and amino acids -- Metabolism of aromatic compounds and nucleic acid bases -- Biochemical genetics -- Organization, replication, transposition, and repair of DNA -- The transcription of genes -- Ribosomes and the synthesis of proteins -- Chemical communication between cells -- Biochemical defense mechanisms -- Growth and development.

ISBN

012492543X

OCLC

• ocm46772227
• SCSB-4135244

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries