BIOCHEMISTRY: The Chemistry That Keeps Us Alive

Biochemistry is the chemistry of life.Every breath you take, every movement you make, every thought you have and every cell in your body depends on thousands of chemical reactions happening continuously around you.But biochemistry can be intimidating.There are molecules to remember, enzymes to learn, pathways that seem to contain endless arrows and enough abbreviations to make even a simple process feel impossibly complicated.BIOCHEMISTRY: The Chemistry That Keeps Us Alive is designed to make those processes easier to understand.Beginning with the foundations of chemistry, this book takes you on a journey through the molecular world and gradually builds towards the complex pathways that keep living systems functioning.Explore: atoms, molecules and the chemistry of life water, polarity, acids, bases and carbon and functional groups bonds, energy and molecular interactions amino acids, proteins and enzymes carbohydrates and lipids DNA and RNA ATP and cellular energy metabolism and metabolic pathways biochemical regulation and signalling the foundations of clinical biochemistry and the connections between all of themThroughout the book, complex ideas are broken down using clear explanations, diagrams, real-world examples, laboratory connections and clinical context.Instead of simply asking you to memorise a pathway, this book encourages you to ask: What is happening? Why is it happening? What controls it? And what happens when it goes wrong?Written for biochemistry, biomedical science, biology, medicine and pharmacy students, as well as A-level students, science teachers and anyone fascinated by how the human body works.You don't need to already understand biochemistry to start.You just need to start with the molecules.This is where the chemistry of life begins.