Автор: David L. Nelson and Michael M. Cox
Название: Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, 4th Edition
Издательство: W. H. Freeman
Год: 2004
ISBN: 978-0716743392
Серия: Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry
Язык: English
Формат: pdf
Размер: 34,8 mb
Страниц: 1100

It contains almost all the information that you need to understand biochemistry, information that is not traditionally covered in biochemistry books, but that is needed as background to a complete understanding of the subject. The first chapter of this book gives background information on the biological, chemical, genetics, evolution basis of biochemistry. It explains the cell in enough detail to understand references made to the cell components later on in the textbook. Another thing is a detailed explanation of D and L configuration, as opposed as just saying all amino acids found in proteins are L isomers. No other book explains where the L, D configuration convention came from and students usually confuse it with levorotatory and dextrorotatory, when they are different things altogether.

It also has an entire chapter dedicated to water chemistry, which serves as both a review and a basis for understanding the importance of hydrogen bonding in biochemistry in later chapters.

In essence, this is a very COMPLETE book, in the sense that it covers material not found in traditional biochemistry books, but that is necessary to understand other aspects of biochemistry. If you are planning to specialize in the study of biochemistry, you definitely want this book as part of your reference collection.