ABSTRACT

The field of biochemistry is entering an exciting era in which genomic information is being integrated into molecular-level descriptions of the physical processes that make life possible. The Molecules of Life is a new textbook that provides an integrated physical and biochemical foundation for undergraduate students majoring in biology or health s

chapter |3 pages

How Do We Understand Life?

part |1 pages

PART I: BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES

chapter 1|46 pages

From Genes to RNA and Proteins

chapter 2|40 pages

Nucleic Acid Structure

chapter 3|40 pages

Glycans and Lipids

chapter 4|60 pages

Protein Structure

chapter 5|47 pages

Evolutionary Variation in Proteins

part |1 pages

PART II: ENERGY AND ENTROPY

chapter 6|54 pages

Energy and Intermolecular Forces

chapter 7|48 pages

Entropy

part |1 pages

PART III: FREE ENERGY

chapter 9|30 pages

Free Energy

chapter 11|71 pages

Voltages and Free Energy

part |1 pages

PART IV: MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS

chapter 13|52 pages

Specifi city of Macromolecular Recognition

chapter 14|39 pages

Allostery

part |1 pages

PART V: KINETICS AND CATALYSIS

chapter 15|48 pages

The Rates of Molecular Processes

chapter 16|66 pages

Principles of Enzyme Catalysis

chapter 17|51 pages

Diffusion and Transport

part |1 pages

PART VI: ASSEMBLY AND ACTIVITIY

chapter 18|48 pages

Folding

chapter 19|52 pages

Fidelity in DNA and Protein