Biochemistry - The Chemical Reactions of Living Cells, Volume 3 - D. Metzler 1980
Construction of Molecular Models
Brief Overview of the Information Provided in the Supplements
Throughout the book, supplementary boxes are interspersed within the main text to provide more detailed coverage of certain topics. Content-wise, all these supplements can be divided into eight distinct groups. These groups, in turn, can be combined in various ways, allowing readers to gather information on a specific subject. For example, by combining the supplements on Vitamins with those on essential elements, one can compile a comprehensive learning module on Nutrition. Below is a complete list of all supplements categorized into the eight distinct groups.
1. Properties of vitamins and The history of their discovery. The Functions of their respective Coenzymes, as well as the biosynthetic pathways of certain vitamins, are discussed in the main text.
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Box 8-A. |
Discovery of Vitamins, vol. 2, p. 187 |
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Box 8-B. |
Pantothenic Acid, vol. 2, p. 192 |
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Box 8-C. |
Biotin, vol. 2, p. 198 |
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Box 8-D. |
Thiamine (Vitamin B1), vol. 2, p. 207 |
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Box 8-E. |
Vitamin B6 Family: Pyridoxine, Pyridoxal, and Pyridoxamine, vol. 2, p. 210 |
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Box 8-3. |
Nicotinic Acid and Nicotinamide, vol. 2, p. 241 |
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Box 8-Й. |
Riboflavin, vol. 2, p. 255 |
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Box 8-K. |
Folic acid (Pteroylglutamic Acid), vol. 2, p. 278 |
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Box 8-K- |
Cobalamin (Vitamin B12), vol. 2, p. 284 |
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Box 10-B. |
Vitamin E Family: Tocopherols, vol. 2, p. 380 |
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Box 10-G. |
Vitamin K Family, vol. 2, p. 388 |
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Box 10-Ж. |
Vitamin C: Ascorbic Acid, vol. 2, p. 442 |
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Box 12-B. |
Vitamins: Vitamin A; vol. 2, p. 575 |
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Box 12-G. |
Vitamin D, vol. 2, p. 586 |
2. Functions of most essential elements. Topics related to complex formation, iron transport, The Role of cobalt in vitamin B12, and others are also covered in the main text.
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Box 2-B. |
Silicon as an Essential Trace Element, vol. 1, p. 121 |
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Box 5-C. |
Alkali Metal Ions, vol. 1, p. 363 |
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Box 5-D. |
Calcium, vol. 1, p. 372 |
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Box 6-B. |
Urease and Trace Amounts of Nickel, vol. 2, p. 41 |
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Box 7-D. |
Magnesium, vol. 2, p. 129 |
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Box 7-E. |
Zinc, vol. 2, p. 142 |
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Box 9-E. |
Selenium: Lethal Poison and Essential Dietary Component, vol. 2, p. 331 |
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Box 10-B. |
Vanadium, vol. 2, p. 372 |
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Box 10-3. |
Copper-Containing Proteins, vol. 2, p. 445 |
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Box 11-G. |
Trace Elements: Chromium, vol. 2, p. 506 |
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Box 13-A. |
Manganese, vol. 3, p. 52 |
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Box 14-A. |
Molybdenum, vol. 3, p. 85 |
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Box 14-C. |
Iron METABOLISM, vol. 3, p. 126 |
Metal ions are also discussed in the following sections:
Ch. 2, Sec. E
Ch. 3, Sec. B, 5
Ch. 4, Sec. C, 8
Ch. 5, Sec. B, 2
Ch. 7, Sec. D, 7
Ch. 8, Sec. M
Ch. 10, Sec. B, C
3. The Significance of Mutations is described in Ch. 1. Many known human Metabolic Disorders are discussed in the main text and in the supplemental boxes listed below.
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Box 1-G. |
Inborn Errors of Metabolism, vol. 1, p. 40 |
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Box 4-G. |
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Box 9-B. |
Inherited Disorders: Refsum Disease, vol. 2, p. 313 |
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Box 9-Ж. |
Genetic Disorders: Methylmalonic Aciduria, vol. 2, p. 335 |
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Box 10-A. |
Glutathione Peroxidase and Erythrocyte Abnormalities, vol. 2, p. 370 |
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Box 11-B. |
Genetic Defects in Collagen Structure, vol. 2, p. 500 |
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Box 11-C. |
Diabetes Mellitus, vol. 2, p. 504 |
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Box 11-D. |
Genetic Glycogen Storage Diseases, vol. 2, p. 510 |
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Box 14-B. |
Maple Syrup Urine Disease and Jamaican Vomiting Sickness, vol. 3, p. 116 |
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Box 14-D. |
Gout and Other Purine Metabolism Disorders, vol. 3, p. 172 |
The following sections of the main text are closely related in content:
Ch. 4, Sec. C, 7
Ch. 12, Sec. G, 1 and G, 2
Ch. 15, Sec. 3
4. Structure and properties of many well-known Antibiotics.
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Box 5-G. |
Antibiotics, vol. 1, p. 367 |
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Box 7-G. |
Penicillins and Related Antibiotics, vol. 2, p. 117 |
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Box 12-A. |
Biosynthesis of Streptomycin, vol. 2, p. 532 |
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Box 15-A. |
Rifamycin and Rifampicin Antibiotics, vol. 3, p. 208 |
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Box 15-B. |
Actinomycin D, a Toxic Antibiotic, vol. 3, p. 209 |
Information regarding antibiotics can also be found in the following sections of the text:
Ch. 5, Sec. B, 2.
Ch. 12, Sec. G; I, 4
Ch. 15, Sec. C, 2
5. Action of various poisons and their use in biochemical research.
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Supplement 4-A. |
Microtubules and the action of colchicine, vol. 1, p. 776 |
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Supplement 6-A. |
Sulfonamide drugs as antimetabolites, vol. 2, p. 2 |
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Supplement 7-A. |
Arsenic, vol. 2, p. 82 |
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Supplement 7-B. |
Insecticides, vol. 2, p. 104 |
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Supplement 8-J. |
Poisons: antagonists of PLP-dependent Enzymes, vol. 2, p. 227 |
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Supplement 9-G. |
Use of isotopic tracers in The Study of The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle, vol. 2, p. 322 |
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Supplement 15-C. |
A potent fungal toxin: α-amanitin, vol. 3, p. 211 |
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Supplement 15-E. |
Toxic proteins; diphtheria toxin, vol. 3, p. 305. See also ch. 12, sec. I, 4 |
6. Methods and Measurements.
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Supplement 1-A. |
On Units of Measurement, vol. 1, p. 12 |
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Supplement 1-B. |
Molecular weights and masses (daltons), vol. 1, p. 13 |
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Supplement 1-C. |
Electron Microscopy, ultrathin sections, and replicas, vol. 1, p. 19 |
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Supplement 2-C. |
Isotopes in biochemical research, vol. 1, p. 168 |
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Supplement 5-A. |
Relaxation times in magnetic Resonance spectroscopy, vol. 1, p. 344 |
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Supplement 5-B. |
Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra and spin labels, vol. 1, p. 348 |
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Supplement 9-D. |
Use of isotopic tracers in the Study of the tricarboxylic acid cycle, vol. 2, p. 322 |
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Supplement 11-A. |
14C and The Calvin Cycle, vol. 2, p. 477 |
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Supplement 16-A. |
Radioimmunoassay method, vol. 3, p. 318 |
7. Topics in Physiological Chemistry. Related material appears throughout the text.
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Supplement 2-A. |
Plasma Proteins, vol. 1, p. 103 |
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Supplement 4-C. |
Viruses, vol. 1, p. 286 |
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Supplement 5-F. |
Antibodies, vol. 1, p. 381 |
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Supplement 5-G. |
Complement, vol. 1, p. 387 |
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Supplement 7-C. |
Animal and plant proteinase inhibitors, vol. 2, p. 113 |
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Supplement 9-C. |
Discovery of the tricarboxylic acid cycle, vol. 2, p. 319 |
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Supplement 10-D. |
Metabolic heat production: thermogenic Tissues, vol. 2, p. 403 |
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Supplement 10-E. |
Chemistry of Muscle contraction, vol. 2, p. 415 |
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Supplement 11-E. |
Malignant hyperthermia and stress-susceptible pigs, vol. 2, p. 514 |
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Supplement 14-D. |
Thymidylate synthase, a target enzyme for Cancer Chemotherapy, vol. 3, p. 172 |
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Supplement 15-D. |
Haploid plants and Cell Fusion, vol. 3, p. 268 |
8. Miscellaneous Topics.
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Supplement 3-A. |
Adenylate system, vol. 1, p. 221 |
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Supplement 4-B. |
Bacterial flagella, vol. 1, p. 281 |
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Supplement 4-D. |
T-even Bacteriophages, vol. 1, p. 327 |
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Supplement 7-J. |
Glutathione: an intracellular tripeptide, vol. 2, p. 178 |
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Supplement 8-E. |
Ninhydrin, vol. 2, p. 212 |
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Supplement 9-A. |
One of the early tracer experiments, vol. 2, p. 311 |
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Supplement 12-B. |
How floral pigments are formed, vol. 2, p. 465 |
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Supplement 15-G. |
Replication of DNA-containing bacteriophages, vol. 3, p. 244 |
The following non-standard Abbreviations were used in citations:
ABB — Arch. Biochem. Biophys.
BBA — Biochim. Biophys. Acta
BJ — Biochem. J.
BBRC — Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.
EJB — Eur. J. Biochem.
JACS — J. Amer. Chem. Soc.
JBC — J. Biol. Chem.
JMB — J. Mol. Biol.
PNAS — Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U. S.
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