John T. Moore, EdD, and Richard H. Langley, PhD, teach Chemistry at Stephen F. Austin State University. Together they have more than 8.9 x 10¹ years of science education experience, and they have authored or coauthored oodles of books on chemistry topics.

Introduction 1
Part 1: Setting the Stage: Basic Biochemistry Concepts 5
Chapter 1: Biochemistry: What You Need to Know and Why 7
Chapter 2: Seems So Basic: Water Chemistry and pH 15
Chapter 3: Fun with Carbon: Organic Chemistry 31
Part 2: The Meat of Biochemistry: Proteins 47
Chapter 4: Amino Acids: The Building Blocks of Protein 49
Chapter 5: Protein Structure and Function 65
Chapter 6: Enzyme Kinetics: Getting There Faster 83
Part 3: Carbohydrates, Lipids, Nucleic Acids, and More, Oh My! 107
Chapter 7: What We Crave: Carbohydrates 109
Chapter 8: Lipids and Membranes 129
Chapter 9: Nucleic Acids and the Code of Life 145
Chapter 10: Vitamins: Both Simple and Complex 155
Chapter 11: Hormones: The Body's Messengers 171
Part 4: Bioenergetics and Pathways 183
Chapter 12: Life and Energy 185
Chapter 13: ATP: The Body's Monetary System 197
Chapter 14: Smelly Biochemistry: Nitrogen in Biological Systems 237
Part 5: Genetics: Why We Are What We Are 259
Chapter 15: Photocopying DNA 261
Chapter 16: Transcribe This! RNA Transcription 283
Chapter 17: Translation: Protein Synthesis 305
Part 6: The Part of Tens 321
Chapter 18: Ten Great Applications of Biochemistry 323
Chapter 19: Ten Biochemistry Careers 327
Index 331

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