Thoroughly updated for its Fourth Edition, Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry enables the reader to quickly review, assimilate, and integrate large amounts of complex information by utilizing powerful visual resources that deliver the focus and clarification needed for mastery of difficult biochemical concepts.

Its signature outline format, full-color illustrations, and end-of-chapter summaries and USMLE-style review questions make it one of the most user-friendly books in the field.

New features include boxed, high-yield facts throughout each chapter and expanded coverage of molecular biology.

Contents

Protein Structure and Function

1. Amino acids
2. Structure of proteins
3. Globular proteins
4. Fibrous proteins
5. Enzymes

Intermediary Metabolism

6. Bioenergetics and oxidative phosphorylation
7. Introduction to carbohydrates
8. Glycolysis
9. Tricarboxylic acid cycle
10. Gluconeogenesis
11. Glycogen metabolism
12. Metabolism of monosaccharides and disaccharides
13. Pentose phosphate pathway and NADPH
14. Glycosaminoglycans and glycoproteins

Lipid Metabolism

15. Metabolism of dietary lipids
16. Fatty acid and triacylglycerol metabolism
17. Complex lipid metabolism
18. Cholesterol and steroid metabolism

Nitrogen Metabolism

19. Amino acids: disposal of nitrogen
20. Amino acid degradation and synthesis
21. Conversion of amino acids to specialized products
22. Nucleotide metabolism

Integration of Metabolism

23. Metabolic effects of insulin and glucagon
24. The feed/fast cycle
25. Diabetes mellitus
26. Obesity
27. Nutrition
28. Vitamins

Storage and Expression of Genetic Information

29. DNA structure, replication and repair
30. RNA structure, synthesis and processing
31. Protein synthesis
32. Regulation of gene expression
33. Biotechnology and human disease

Index

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