Cheetham N.W.H. Introducing biological energetics: how energy and information control the living world. - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. - x, 334 p.: ill. - (Oxford biology). - Incl. bibl. ref. - Ind.: p.319-334. - ISBN 978-0-19-957593-0  Место хранения:   023 | Институт химической кинетики и горения СО РАН | Новосибирск | Библиотека

Оглавление / Contents

Introduction .................................................... 1 1 The Flow of Energy in Living Systems ......................... 3 References .................................................. 10 2 Origins: The Early Earth .................................... 11 General references .......................................... 29 References .................................................. 29 3 Force and Energy Explored ................................... 31 3.1 Gravitational force .................................... 36 3.2 The electromagnetic force .............................. 40 3.3 The strong nuclear force ............................... 43 3.4 The weak nuclear force ................................. 43 References .................................................. 47 4 Which Way? An Introduction to Thermodynamics ................ 48 General references .......................................... 72 References .................................................. 72 5 The Building Blocks ......................................... 73 General references ......................................... 108 References ................................................. 108 6 How Fast, How Far? Chemical Kinetics and Equilibrium ....... 109 General references ......................................... 138 References ................................................. 138 7 The Strange Story of Water and Oil ......................... 139 General references ......................................... 161 References ................................................. 161 8 Size Matters: Proteins and Enzymes ......................... 162 8.1 Principles of protein structure ....................... 162 8.2 Some very special molecules: enzymes .................. 178 8.3 Regulation of enzyme activity ......................... 189 8.4 Coenzymes, vitamins, and enzyme classification ........ 192 References ................................................. 199 9 Molecular Genetics—the Chemical Basis of Heredity .......... 200 General references ......................................... 222 10 Electron Gymnastics: Energy Revisited ...................... 223 10.1 How many ATP molecules are produced when electrons traverse the entire ETC? .............................. 233 10.2 What about the rotary engine? ......................... 234 References ................................................. 249 11 Cells and Metabolism: Putting it all Together .............. 250 11.1 General aspects of metabolism ......................... 250 11.2 Glycolysis ............................................ 254 11.3 The reactions of glycolysis ........................... 257 11.4 The pentose phosphate pathway ......................... 265 11.5 The citric acid or tricarboxylic acid cycle ........... 266 11.6 Regulation of the citric acid cycle ................... 271 General references ......................................... 273 References ................................................. 273 12 From Prokaryotes to Eukaryotes: Getting Ready for Multicellular Life ......................................... 274 General references ......................................... 286 References ................................................. 286 13 Multicellular Life: The Last Hurdle? ....................... 287 13.1 Multicellularity arrives .............................. 287 13.2 The evolution of plants ............................... 290 13.3 The evolution of fungi ................................ 294 13.4 The evolution of animals .............................. 296 13.5 The organization of the mammalian body ................ 300 General references ......................................... 302 References ................................................. 302 Appendix A Electromagnetic Radiation .......................... 303 Appendix В Glycolysis: Chemical Structures of Intermediates ... 311 Appendix С TCA Cycle: Chemical Structures of Intermediates .... 312 Appendix D The Calvin Cycle in Photosynthesis, Showing Chemical Structures of the Intermediates, and the Enzymes Involved in each Step .................. 313 Appendix E Amino Acid Structures .............................. 315 Index ......................................................... 319