![]() ![]() Covers recent techniques for carbohydrate analysis. Features new material on structural heteropolysaccharides and proteoglycans. A striking new discussion of the "sugar code" looks at polysaccharides as informational molecules, with detailed discussions of lectins, selectins, and oligosaccharide-bearing hormones. Chapter 7: Carbohydrates and Glycobiology Includes new section on polysaccharide conformations. ![]() Features new coverage of the mechanism for lysozyme including the controversial aspects of the mechanism and currently favored resolution based on work published in 2001. Chapter 6: Enzymes Offers a revised presentation of the mechanism of chymotrypsin (the first reaction mechanism in the book), featuring a two-page figure that takes students through this particular mechanism, while serving as a step-by-step guide to interpreting any reaction mechanism. ![]() Chapter 5: Protein Function Adds a new box on carbon monoxide poisoning. Chapter 4: The Three-Dimensional Structure of Proteins Adds a new box on scurvy. Chapter 3: Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins Adds important new material on genomics and proteomics and their implications for the study of protein structure, function, and evolution. Chapter 2: Water Includes new coverage of the concept of protein-bound water, illustrated with molecular graphics. STRUCTURE AND CATALYSIS Chapter 1: The Foundations of Biochemistry Distilled and reorganized from Chapters 1 to 3 of the previous edition, this overview provides a refresher on the cellular, chemical, physical, genetic, and evolutionary background to biochemistry, while orienting students toward what is unique about biochemistry. Chapters are being reviewed a final time before publication.*********** PART I. **********Sample Chapters: Note: The sample chapters here are uncorrected page proofs. Sample Chapters and Art for Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, Fourth Edition The classic introduction to biochemistry. ![]()
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