FOR BIOCHEMISTRY: CONCEPTS AND CONNECTIONS
(MASTERINGCHEMISTRY) 2ND EDITION BY DEAN APPLING (AUTHOR)
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 BIOCHEMISTRY AND THE LANGUAGE OF CHEMISTRY............................................... 3
CHAPTER 2 THE CHEMICAL FOUNDATION OF LIFE: WEAK INTERACTIONS IN AN AQUEOUS
ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................................................. 8
CHAPTER 3 THE ENERGETICS OF LIFE................................................................................................. 15
CHAPTER 4 NUCLEIC ACIDS ................................................................................................................... 22
CHAPTER 5 INTRODUCT ION TO PROTEINS: THE PRIMARY LEVEL OF PROTEIN STRUCTURE
........................................................................................................................................................................ 29
CHAPTER 6 THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF PROTEINS ............................................. 35
CHAPTER 8 ENZYMES: BIOLOGICAL CATALYSTS .............................................................................. 1
CHAPTER 9 CARBOHYDRATES: SUGARS, SACCHARIDES, GLYCANS ........................................... 14
CHAPTER 10 LIPIDS, MEMBRANES, AND CELLULAR TRANSPORT ................................................ 19
CHAPTER 11 CHEMICAL LOGIC OF METABOLISM ............................................................................ 27
CHAPTER 12 CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM: GLYCOLYSIS, GLUCONEOGENESIS,
GLYCOGEN METABOLISM, AND THE
PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY .......................................................................................................... 33
CHAPTER 13 THE CITRIC ACID CYCLE ................................................................................................. 41
CHAPTER 14 ELECTRON TRANSPORT, OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION, AND OXYGEN
METABOLISM .............................................................................................................................................. 47
CHAPTER 15 PHOTOSYNTHESIS ............................................................................................................ 54
CHAPTER 16 LIPID METABOLISM .......................................................................................................... 60
CHAPTER 17 INTERORGAN AND INTRACELLULAR COORDINATION OF ENERGY METABOLISM IN
VERTEBRATES ............................................................................................................................................ 68
CHAPTER 18 AMINO ACID AND NITROGEN METABOLISM ............................................................. 73
CHAPTER 19 NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM ........................................................................................... 81
CHAPTER 20 MECHANISMS OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION ............................................................... 87
CHAPTER 21 GENES, GENOMES, AND CHROMOSOMES ................................................................... 92
CHAPTER 22 DNA REPLICATION ........................................................................................................... 98
CHAPTER 23 DNA REPAIR, RECOMBINATION, AND REARRANGEMENT .................................... 105
CHAPTER 24 TRANSCRIPTION AND POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROCESSING ............................... 1
CHAPTER 25 INFORMATION DECODING: TRANSLATION AND POST-TRANSLATIONAL PROTEIN
PROCESSING ................................................................................................................................................ 11
CHAPTER 26 REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION ............................................................................. 1
,CHAPTER 1 BIOCHEMISTRY AND THE LANGUAGE OF CHEMISTRY
1) THE WATER CONTENT IN THE HUMAN BODY IS APPROXIMATELY:
A) 90%.
B) 80%.
C) 70%.
D) 60%.
E) 50%.
ANSWER: C
2) THE FOUR MOST ABUNDANT CHEMICAL ELEMENTS IN LIVING SYSTEMS ARE:
A) HYDROGEN, OXYGEN, SULFUR AND PHOSPHORUS.
B) HYDROGEN, CARBON, NITROGEN AND OXYGEN.
C) SODIUM, POTASSIUM, CARBON AND OXYGEN.
D) SODIUM, POTASSIUM, NITROGEN AND SULFUR.
E) CARBON, NITROGEN, OXYGEN AND POTASSIUM.
ANSWER: B
OBJECTIVE:
1.2
3) NEARLY ALL PROTEINS CONTAIN:
A) COBALT.
B) PHOSPHORUS.
C) SELENIUM.
D) SULFUR.
, E) NONE OF THE ABOVE.
ANSWER: D
OBJECTIVE:
1.2 GLOBAL
LO: G7
4) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS FALSE?
A) PROTEINS CAN BE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF CELLS.
B) PROTEINS CAN TRANSMIT SIGNALS BETWEEN CELLS.
C) PROTEINS CAN TRANSPORT MOLECULES WITHIN CELLS AND BETWEEN CELLS.
D) PROTEINS CAN BE BOTH HORMONES AND HORMONE RECEPTORS.
E) PROTEINS ARE THE ONLY BIOLOGICAL POLYMER THAT CAN CATALYZE BIOCHEMICAL
REACTIONS.
ANSWER: E
OBJECTIVE:
1.2 GLOBAL
LO: G7