Biochemistry: Concepts and Connections, Global Edition (2^nd Ed.)

For one or two semester biochemistry courses (science majors).

A highly visual, precise and fresh approach to guide today?s mixed-science majors to a deeper understanding of biochemistry

Biochemistry: Concepts and Connections engages students in the rapidly evolving field of biochemistry, better preparing them for the challenges of 21st century science through quantitative reasoning skills and a rich, chemical perspective on biological processes.

• Biochemistry and the Language of Chemistry
• The Chemical Foundation of Life: Weak Interactions in an Aqueous Environment
• The Energetics of Life
• Nucleic Acids
• Introduction to Proteins: The Primary Level of Protein Structure
• The Three-Dimensional Structure of Proteins
• Protein Function and Evolution
• Enzymes: Biological Catalysts
• Carbohydrates: Sugars, Saccharides, Glycans
• Lipids, Membranes, and Cellular Transport
• Chemical Logic of Metabolism
• Carbohydrate Metabolism: Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, Glycogen Metabolism, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway
• The Citric Acid Cycle
• Electron Transport, Oxidative Phosphorylation, and Oxygen Metabolism
• Photosynthesis
• Lipid Metabolism
• Interorgan and Intracellular Coordination of Energy Metabolism in Vertebrates
• Amino Acid and Nitrogen Metabolism
• Nucleotide Metabolism
• Mechanisms of Signal Transduction
• Genes, Genomes, and Chromosomes
• DNA Replication
• DNA Repair, Recombination, and Rearrangement
• Transcription and Post-transcriptional Processing
• Information Decoding: Translation and Post-translational Protein Processing
• Regulation of Gene Expression
• APPENDIX I: Answers to Selected Problems 
• Glossary 
• Credits 
• Index

This title is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has worked closely with educators around the world to include content which is especially relevant to students outside the United States.

A first-in-class art program visually engages students in biochemistry

• The groundbreaking visual narrative highlights and reinforces overarching themes (chemical logic, regulation, interface between chemistry and biology) using a wide range of graphic representations, from macromolecules to cellular structures as well as reaction mechanisms and metabolic pathways. Students see and grasp the bigger picture and further their understanding of the material including the mapping of bioenergetic calculations to three-dimensional structures, precise reference charts that highlight chemical interrelationships, integrated text explanations, and detailed molecular models.
• All art was created by medical illustrators and reviewed by a faculty advisory board made up of members of VIBE (Visualization in Biochemistry Education) Research Group to ensure that all visuals are beautifully accurate and pedagogically sound.
• Increased - Two New Foundation Figures bring the total in the text to 10. Foundation Figures integrate core chemical and biological connections visually, providing a way to organize highly complex and detailed material and making biochemistry more manageable, understandable, and easier to synthesize. Existing Foundation Figures were reviewed by a learning science team and honed to be more pedagogically effective. Foundation Figures include dedicated questions to be used in class via Learning Catalytics or can be assigned in Mastering as stepwise animations with follow-up assessment.
• Enhanced connection between complex multi-step art pieces and the related in-text discussion by adding color-cod