Components of Life
From Nucleic Acids to Carbohydrates
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2011
264 pages
978-1-61530-389-2 (ISBN)
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The building blocks of all life-human and otherwise-are basic chemical molecules common to all organisms that simultaneously unite all species and set them apart. Together, nucleic acids, amino acids, proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates determine our gene
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The Components of Life
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Content
- Book Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 Heritable Components: Nucleic Acids
- NUCLEOTIDES: BUILDING BLOCKS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS
- DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (DNA)
- BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES
- BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES
- CHEMICAL MODIFICATION
- SUPERCOILING
- RIBONUCLEIC ACID (RNA)
- MESSENGER RNA
- RIBOSOMAL RNA
- TRANSFER RNA
- RIBOZYMES
- ANTISENSE RNAS
- VIRAL GENOMES
- OTHER RNAS
- RNA PROCESSING
- NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM: DNA
- BASIC MECHANISMS OF REPLICATION
- ENZYMES OF REPLICATION
- RECOMBINATION
- REPAIR
- NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM: RNA
- TRANSCRIPTION
- TRANSLATION
- CHAPTER 2 Molecular Components: Amino Acids
- BUILDING BLOCKS OF PROTEINS
- CHIRALITY
- ACID-BASE PROPERTIES
- STANDARD AMINO ACIDS
- GROUP I: NONPOLAR AMINO ACIDS
- GROUP II: POLAR, UNCHARGED AMINO ACIDS
- GROUP III: ACIDIC AMINO ACIDS
- GROUP IV: BASIC AMINO ACIDS
- AMINO ACID REACTIONS
- PEPTIDE BOND
- CYSTEINE OXIDATION
- OTHER FUNCTIONS OF AMINO ACIDS
- NONSTANDARD AMINO ACIDS
- ANALYSIS OF AMINO ACID MIXTURES
- SOME COMMON USES OF AMINO ACIDS
- AMINO ACIDS AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE ON EARTH
- CHAPTER 3 Dynamic Components: Proteins
- LEVELS OF STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION IN PROTEINS
- PRIMARY STRUCTURE
- SECONDARY STRUCTURE
- TERTIARY STRUCTURE
- QUATERNARY STRUCTURE
- THE ISOLATION AND DETERMINATION OF PROTEINS
- PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF PROTEINS
- THE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF PROTEINS
- THE SHAPE OF PROTEIN MOLECULES
- HYDRATION OF PROTEINS
- ELECTROCHEMISTRY OF PROTEINS
- CONFORMATION OF GLOBULAR PROTEINS
- X-RAY DIFFRACTION AND STRUCTURE DETERMINATION
- OTHER APPROACHES TO THE DETERMINATION OF PROTEIN STRUCTURE
- PROTEIN DENATURATION
- CONFORMATION OF PROTEINS IN INTERFACES
- CHAPTER 4 Types and Functions of Proteins
- CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEINS
- SPECIAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PROTEINS
- STRUCTURAL PROTEINS
- MUSCLE PROTEINS
- FIBRINOGEN AND FIBRIN
- SOLUBLE PROTEINS
- PLANT PROTEINS
- PROTEINS AND PROSTHETIC GROUPS
- PROTEIN HORMONES
- PEPTIDES WITH HORMONELIKE ACTIVITY
- ANTIBODIES
- ENZYMES
- CHAPTER 5 Hydrophobic Components: Lipids
- FATTY ACIDS
- STRUCTURE OF FATTY ACIDS
- PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
- BIOLOGICAL SOURCES
- FATTY ACID DERIVATIVES
- TRIGLYCERIDES
- WAXES
- BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANE LIPIDS
- CHOLESTEROL AND ITS DERIVATIVES
- STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES
- BIOSYNTHESIS
- BIOSYNTHETIC DERIVATIVES
- REGULATION OF CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM
- TRANSPORT AND STORAGE
- LIPOPROTEINS
- CLASSIFICATION AND FORMATION
- FUNCTIONS, ORIGINS, AND RECYCLING OF APOLIPOPROTEINS
- BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF LIPIDS
- CELLULAR ENERGY SOURCE
- LIPIDS IN BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES
- CHAPTER 6 Energy Components: Carbohydrates
- CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE
- BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE
- ROLE IN THE BIOSPHERE
- ROLE IN HUMAN NUTRITION
- ROLE IN ENERGY STORAGE
- ROLE IN PLANT AND ANIMAL STRUCTURE
- STRUCTURAL ARANGEMENTS AND PROPERTIES
- STEREOISOMERISM
- CONFIGURATION
- HEMIACETAL AND HEMIKETAL FORMS
- CLASSES OF CARBOHYDRATES
- MONOSACCHARIDES
- DISACCHARIDES AND OLIGOSACCHARIDES
- POLYSACCHARIDES
- PREPARATION AND ANALYSIS OF CARBOHYDRATES
- ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES
- SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES
- IDENTIFICATION OF SUBUNITS
- CONCLUSION
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- NUCLEIC ACIDS
- AMINO ACIDS
- PROTEINS
- LIPIDS
- CARBOHYDRATES
- Index
- BACK COVER
