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The manga guide to biochemistry, Masaharu Takemura, Kikuyaro, Office Sawa

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The manga guide to biochemistry

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Masaharu Takemura, Kikuyaro, Office Sawa

Manga guide series

"The latest addition to No Starch Press's EduManga series, The Manga Guide to Biochemistry uses Japanese comics, clear explanations, and a charming storyline to explain the basics of biochemistry. This volume begins with a discussion of the cells that make up living beings, as well as the basics of protein synthesis, metabolism, energy production, and photosynthesis. It goes on to cover ecosystems and material cycles; the mechanisms of respiration; lipids, cholesterol, and blood types; and the roles and structures of enzymes and proteins. Readers explore genes and DNA; the differences between biochemistry and molecular biology; and the mystery surrounding the origin of the cell, all with the aid of original Manga cartoons. This EduManga title is co-published with Ohmsha, Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan, and is one in a series of translations from Ohmsha's bestselling Japanese originals"--

1. What happens inside your body? -- Cell structure -- What happens inside a cell? -- Protein synthesis -- Metabolism -- Energy production -- Photosynthesis -- A cell is the location of many chemical reactions -- Fundamental biochemistry knowledge -- Carbon -- Chemical bonds -- Biopolymers -- Enzymes -- Oxidation-reduction -- Respiration -- Metabolism -- 2. Photosynthesis and respiration -- Ecosystems and cycles -- Ecosystems and the biogeochemical cycle -- Carbon cycle -- Let's talk photosynthesis -- Importance of plants -- Chloroplast structure -- Photosynthesis : the photophosphorylation reaction -- Photosynthesis : carbon dioxide fixation -- Respiration -- What is a carbohydrate? -- Saccharides and the "-ose" suffix -- Why do monosaccharides take a cyclic structure? -- Why do we need to breathe? -- Glucose decomposition by glycolysis -- Citric acid cycle (TCA cycle) -- Electrons transport chain -- ATP : the common currency of energy -- Types of monosaccharides -- Aldoses and ketoses -- Pyranose and furanose -- D-form and L-form -- What is CoA? -- 3. Biochemistry in our everyday lives -- Lipids and cholesterol -- Fatty acids -- Cholesterol is a type of steroid -- Lipoproteins -- Arteriosclerosis -- Biochemistry of obesity : Why is fat stored? -- Ingested and expended energy -- Saccharides -- What is blood type? -- Why does fruit get sweeter as it ripens? -- Types of sugar in fruit -- Monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides -- Why are Mochi rice cakes springy? -- Differences between normal rice and Moochi rice -- Difference between amylose and amylopectin -- 4. Enzymes are the keys to chemical reactions. Enzymes and proteins -- An enzyme's job -- Substrates and enzymes -- Transferases -- Glucosyltransferase determines blood type -- Hydrolases -- Using graphs to understand enzymes -- Activation energy -- Maximum reaction rate -- Michaelis-Menten equation and the Michaelis constant -- Enzymes and inhibitors -- Allosteric enzymes -- 5. Molecular biology and the biochemistry of nucleic acids -- What is nucleic acid? -- Nuclein -- Nucleic acid and nucleotides -- Base complementarity and DNA structure -- DNA replication and the enzyme DNA polymerase -- RNA structure -- Nucleic acid and genes -- DNA -- RNA -- Ribozymes -- Biochemistry and molecular biology -- Origin of the cell -- Conducting biochemistry experiments -- Column chromatography -- Electrophoresis and a Western blot -- Lectin blotting -- Centrifugation -- Enzyme reaction measurement -- Epilogue

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