"Essential Biochemistry" by Pratt C., Cornely K.

This book is comprised of biology, pre-med and allied health topics and presents a broad, but not overwhelming, base of biochemical coverage that focuses on the chemistry behind biology. The book relates the chemical concepts that scaffold the biology of biochemistry, providing practical knowledge as well as many problem-solving opportunities to hone skills. Key Concepts and Concept Review features help students to identify and review important takeaways in each section.


Guided Tours: created by Charlotte Pratt, these multipart animations present big picture concepts conveyed through animations, tutorials and practice.
ORION, adaptive learning, primer: students enrolled in biochemistry courses often don’t have the basic chemistry and biology knowledge to succeed in the course. ORION Foundations provides adaptive self study content for foundational Chapters 1, The Chemical Basis of Life and 2, Aqueous Chemistry.
A selection of end of questions can be assigned and graded
Assignable Brief Bioinformatics exercises Written by Rakesh Mogul, Cal Poly Pomona, these exercises introduce students to the rich variety of biochemical information and software tools available over the Internet and show them how to mine this information, thereby illuminating the connections between theory and applied biochemistry and stimulating student interest and proficiency in the subject.
Sample calculations: Students come to biochemistry with different levels of math skills. These embedded videos, created by Charlotte Pratt, walk students through the Sample Calculations provided for key equations throughout the text.
Exercise Questions: Over 750 questions with meaningful immediate feedback. These questions were written by Rachel Milner and Adrienne Wright University of Alberta, based on curating ten years of student misconceptions in the course.


Contents
PART 1 Foundations
1 The Chemical Basis of Life
2 Aqueous Chemistry

PART 2 MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
3 From Genes to Proteins
4 Protein Structure
5 Protein Function
6 How Enzymes Work
7 Enzyme Kinetics and Inhibition
8 Lipids and Membranes
9 Membrane Transport
10 Signaling
11 Carbohydrates

PART 3 METABOLISM
12 Metabolism and Bioenergetics
13 Glucose Metabolism
14 The Citric Acid Cycle
15 Oxidative Phosphorylation
16 Photosynthesis
17 Lipid Metabolism
18 Nitrogen Metabolism
19 Regulation of Mammalian Fuel Metabolism

PART 4 GENETIC INFORMATION
20 DNA Replication and Repair
21 Transcription and RNA
22 Protein Synthesis