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Tools for understanding are provided including ‘Key Conventions’ and ‘Special Themes’ (Metabolic Integration, Obesity, and Diabetes, Evolution) as well as ‘Medical Insights and Applications-Icons’ used throughout the book denote material of special medical interest and updated to reflect the most current content. Strong on visualization including ‘Clear Art’ molecular structures created specifically for Lehninger to keep consistency with color and shape schemes, understandable figures which include numbers with annotated steps to explain complex processes, mechanism figures features step-by-step descriptions to help students understand the reaction process and summary figures to help students keep the big picture in mind while learning the specific. Introduction to the new field of glycomics, including methods for determining oligosaccharide structure using MALDI-MS

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Case Studies’ introduce students to a biochemical mystery and allows them to determine what investigations will solve it. Accompanying assessments ensure that students have fully completed and understood the case study, showing that they have applied their knowledge of the concepts. LearningCurve Adaptive Quizzing motivates reading and keeps students on pace with study with a fun game-like activity to quiz retention and understanding of concepts. Updated discussion of the structure of the electron transfer complexes of mitochondria and chloroplasts, and of the Fo complex

Migration Tool to move your assignments from your previous Sapling Course into your new Achieve courseInsights on top learning objectives and assignments to review are surfaced just-in-time (7 day period) Problem Solving Video with diagrams, graphs and narration these videos walk students through problems on difficult topics helping them understand the right approach to the solution. Interactive Metabolic Map allows students to navigate and zoom between overviews and detailed views of the most commonly taught metabolic pathways. Embedded Tours take students through the pathways step-by-step, helping them to both visualize concepts in isolation and understand how concepts are connected. By examining the pathways in this way, students are better equipped to understand the meaning of those connections. Assessment questions help students solidify their understanding and provide more structure to their learning. *Metabolic Pathways include: glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, the citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, the pentose phosphate pathway, fatty acid synthesis, the urea cycle, and β oxidation.

Data Analysis Problems (one at the end of each chapter), contributed by Brian White of the University of Massachusetts–Boston, encourage students to synthesize what they have learned and apply their knowledge to the interpretation of data from the literature. New section on emerging role of ribulose 5-phosphate as central regulator of glycolysis and gluconeogenesis Interactive Metabolic Map and Animated Mechanism Videos, problem-solving videos, and case studies are integrated into Lecture Slides and available as stand-alone resources Synthases and Synthetases; Ligases and Lyases; Kinases,Phosphatases, and Phosphorylases: Yes, the Names Are Confusing!The ‘Interactive Metabolic Map’ allows students to navigate and zoom between overviews and detailed views of the most commonly taught metabolic pathways. Embedded Tours take students through the pathways step-by-step, helping them to both visualize concepts in isolation and understand how concepts are connected. By examining the pathways in this way, students are better equipped to understand the meaning of those connections. New Medical section on G protein coupled receptors (GCPRs) discusses the range of diseases for which drugs target GPCRs

Instructor Activity Guides, developed with instructors and tied to the principles framework, include both instructor material and assessable student material Lehninger’s Principles of Biochemistry is now available in the Achieve platform. Achieve supports educators and students throughout the full range of instruction, including assets suitable for pre-class preparation, in-class active learning, and post-class study and assessment. The pairing of a powerful new platform with outstanding biochemistry content provides an unrivaled learning experience. New medical box, introduces hemoglobin glycation and AGEs and their role in the pathology of advanced diabetesChemical Logic discusses the common biochemical reaction types that underlie all metabolic reactions, helping students to connect organic chemistry with biochemistry. All content has been streamlined so the text is focused on what is most important and useful to modern students and for future reference, and organized around principles for better understanding, providing a new learning path for students, through the emphasis on the fundamental principles of biochemistry. Mitochondrial Genes: Their Origin and the Effects of Mutations Photosynthesis: Harvesting Light Energy This text has an emphasis on problem solving with in text ‘Worked Examples’ that take students through particular difficult equations to improve their quantitative problem-solving skills, and data ‘Analysis Problems’ that encourage students to synthesize what they have learned and apply their knowledge to the interpretation of data from the literature. More than 600 end-of-chapter problems (all available in Achieve) are also included to give students further opportunity to practice what they have learned. Animated Mechanisms’ have been designed to enhance lecture or student study and help with visualization.