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|Yoshikage Kira
|Japanese Name
|吉良 吉影
|Killer Queen
|January 30th, 1966[2]
|Zodiac Sign
|Date of Death
|July, 1999[citation needed]
|175 cm[3]
|65 kg[3]
|Blood Type
|Hair Color
|Blonde (All-Star Battle, Digital Color?)
Black (All-Star Battle, Digital Color?)
Purple with Black (All-Star Battle, Digital Color?)
|Eye Color
|Purple (All-Star Battle, Digital Color?)
Black (All-Star Battle, Digital Color?)
|Favorite Movie
|The Remains of the Day[2]
|Office worker
|Collecting and measuring his own fingernail and toenail clippings[2]
|Yoshihiro Kira (father)
Unnamed mother
|Manga Debut
|Chapter 334
Rohan Kishibe's Adventure (5)
|Final Appearance
|Chapter 439
Goodbye, Morioh Town -
The Golden Heart (Death)
Dead Man's Questions (As Ghost)
|Game Debut
|All-Star Battle
|Rikiya Koyama (All-Star Battle)
|Nobody can find me, nobody knows me, nobody knows I am the murderer.
—Yoshikage Kira
Yoshikage Kira (吉良 吉影 Kira Yoshikage?) is the main antagonist of Diamond Is Unbreakable.
Kira is a paraphilic serial killer, committed to defending this uninterrupted lifestyle.
Kira is also featured centrally in the short story Dead Man's Questions.
Yoshikage Kira adopts one face other than his original in Part IV, and a ghostly body resembling his original, with a unique outfit, after this. He remains a man of average height and slim to athletic build.
Kira has light hair, loosely combed back with a few free strands. He wears a light suit, and a dark tie patterned by a column of emblems of a skull with upright, cat-like ears, similar to those on his Stand, Killer Queen. As a salesman by profession, he wears a similar suit throughout the series, though he usually takes off his jacket at home.
When Kosaku Kawajiri is killed, Kira assumes his facial features, including spiky black hair, thin, dark eyes, and higher cheekbones. He retains his suit, changing only his tie.
After recieving the Arrow, Kira's hairstyle spontaneously changes, becoming perfectly combed back, light, striped by black strands.
Immediately after his death, as a ghost, he retains Kosaku's features for a few moments before reverting to his original appearance, which he retains in body in Under Execution Under Jailbreak.
Henceforth, he adopts an elaborate outfit consisting of a dark bowler hat with an upturned rim and a tie, both patterned by concentric squares, and, shirtless, a dark, lapelless suit.
|I really want to reveal Yoshikage Kira's true nature to that girl on the right. I'd like to reveal my deep desires to her. I really want to touch her thin neck with my hands...and choke her to death.
Kira is a serial killer, characterized as highly egocentric, narcissistic, and psychopatic, with a few obsessive-compulsive tendencies. He is also a hand fetishist.
Kira longs for a simple life and does not wish for it to be interrupted. Although he is highly intelligent and possesses many talents, this yearning shows in his dislike of coming in first, and he even made it a point to never rank better than 3rd in any competition so as not to stand out. He even pulls this streak of third places quite easily, winning 3rd place in primary school essay contests, the school track and field championship, the 200-meter hurdles, and high school music competitions (violin). He becomes bothered when someone disrupts his "simplicity" and goes to extreme lengths to get it back.
However, beneath his facade of simplicity, Kira is very abnormal. The most abnormal characteristic of Kira is his fetish for the female hand, stemming from an erotic fascination with the hands of the Mona Lisa. However, his desire has never extended to the rest of the female person; in fact, when on a normal date, all he could think about was how much he wanted to go home. This results in murdering women in order to acquire their (severed) hands as "girlfriends"; when one "girlfriend" begins to decay, he goes off in search of a replacement. He measures and collects his own fingernail clippings, using them to divine his murdering luck off of their length. Kira believes that he has luck and fate on his side, claiming that whenever faced with an obstacle he would be able to make it through with a combination of hard work and opportunity. Kira doesn't care if his victims are good or bad people; as such, he doesn't have any sense of justice. As his father pointed out, as a child, if bullied or denied his favorite toy, he would bite his nails until they bled when he was frustrated or desperate; this stems from him not wanting to draw attention to himself, and he would continue this habit into his adulthood. He also appears to have an obsessive compulsive disorder, as shown when he gets agitated by Koichi wearing his sock inside out and, even when he has Koichi at his mercy, prioritizes fixing his sock over finishing his foe off. Kira is not completely devoid of any positive traits however, as during his confrontation with the Stand Stray Cat, he expressed a desire to protect his "wife" Shinobu Kawajiri and even showed relief at her safety; a feeling that confused him, which caused him to rationalize it as him merely not wanting to arise suspicion.
When Kira was pierced with the Arrow, his demeanor became much more relaxed & prone to elation due to his new-found power, since his plans were to be uninterrupted, giving him the peace he so desired.
As a ghost, Kira lost all memory of his previous life and has thus lost his temptation to kill. However, his desire for a peaceful existence remained.
- Main article: Killer Queen
Kira's Stand is Killer Queen, a humanoid, short-range Stand with the unique ability to cleanly and completely obliterate objects with targeted explosions. This ability takes three forms that Kira names Bomb #1, #2, and #3. Finally, Kira is able to include Stray Cat's ability among his own.
- Bomb #1 describes its ability to charge any physical object with a practically all-consuming bomb.
- Bomb #2, or "Sheer Heart Attack", detaches from the Stand's left hand to track and destroy targets by infrared homing.
- Bomb #3, "Bites the Dust", developed with the touch of the Arrow, is a booby trap that, when triggered, permits Kira to reset time for up to one day in order to out-maneuver attempts to investigate him.
- Shooting out fast, condensed bubbles of air; after developing Bomb #3, Kira keeps Stray Cat in Killer Queen's abdomen, which, in conjunction with Bomb #1, grants him a faithful projectile bomb.
Diamond Is Unbreakable
Kira was born Janurary 30, 1966, in Morioh Town within Japan's M Prefecture in the city of S. His parents, already old when he was born, died when he was 21; his father from cancer, his mother passing away peacefully. Araki has stated that Kira did not have a good childhood, but Jotaro narrated that the Kira family was very close. He graduated from D University in 1988 with a literature degree, then moved to S city for a job at Kameyu's corporate office. He eventually transferred to the Morioh-cho branch in 1993.
Starting his spree roughly when he was in high school, Kira is a serial killer who originally murdered his victims by stabbing them so viciously they were left with horrific back wounds (their hideous nature is implied by the fact that the reader is never actually shown Reimi's wound, despite all the instances of blood and gore that Araki had drawn up to that point). His first victims were Reimi Sugimoto and her entire family, including the dog Arnold.
His Stand, Killer Queen, came as a result of his father, Yoshihiro Kira, giving him a Stand arrow that he himself received from Enya and DIO. Killer Queen manifested from his desire to leave no evidence from his killings behind, and developed an ability to make its victims disintegrate completely. At an unknown point, Kira dubbed his Stand, but wasn't aware of what it was until far into the future. He now lets Killer Queen annihilate his victims (except for his "girlfriends'" hands), letting everyone else think that the victims have simply gone missing. Though the number of missing people would eventually attract attention, no one would have any reason to suspect that Kira was involved due to his simple demeanor and lifestyle.
Rohan Kishibe's Adventure
Yoshikage Kira is first seen when Josuke stops Koichi from walking into the road as he's driving. He stops, but then continues driving, returning home with the severed hand of a recent victim.
Yoshikage Kira Wants a Quiet Life
Formally introduced in this arc, Kira is seen shopping for lunch while on break to deliver documents, having the hand of another woman with him. He has lunch in the park after buying from a sandwich shop, marveling the day, but hides the hand of his girlfriend inside the bag he recieved when startled by a dog. After intimidating the dog, Kira continues his peaceful lunch and overhears Shigekiyo "Shigechi" Yangu with a sandwich from the same shop arguing with Josuke Higashikata and Okuyasu Nijimura about money. While writing down the IOU the two high-schoolers promise, the dog makes off with Shigechi's sandwich, causing Shigechi to mistake Kira's for his.
Kira is quick to make the discovery but can't stop Shigechi in time, and out of fear he may be discovered due to the hand wearing a ring he recently bought, he begins to follow Shigechi to yank the bag from him. He eventually follows the group to Shigechi's school, and after nearly being found on three occasions, manages to retrieve his bag.
However, Shigechi catches on and, under the assumption it's his stolen sandwich bag, rips it open with Harvest on accident to reveal the hand. As a result of being found, Kira retaliates, revealing his Stand and successfully killing Shigechi without much of a fight by exploiting Harvest's weakness of bringing money back to Shigechi. However, Harvest manages to grab one of Kira's coat buttons and delivers it before he fully passes on.
Sheer Heart Attack
Kira brings his suit to the tailor and finds that Jotaro Kujo and Koichi Hirose are investigating him. As a result, he sics Sheer Heart Attack after them in order to buy time to escape, managing to get as far as a cafe without being seen. Koichi awakens Echoes Act 3 and traps Sheer Heart Attack in place, transferring the same effect onto Kira. Kira returns in person and, heavily wounded, surprises Koichi by using Killer Queen and withdrawing Sheer Heart Attack. He attacks Koichi personally as revenge for unintentionally humiliating him in public, but stops after a punch from Killer Queen knocks off one of Koichi's shoes and reveals his socks are inside out.
Kira hesitates and proceeds to fix Koichi's sock, allowing time for Jotaro to get back up. After Star Platinum wounds Kira, Josuke and Okuyasu arrive on the scene. Impatient to escape, Kira asks Josuke to 'fix' him as he fixed Jotaro and Koichi while posing as an innocent bystander, only to reveal to Josuke that he can see Stands and thus show he's the enemy. Cornered, Kira cuts his own hand off to release Sheer Heart Attack from Echoes Act 3's ability and flees.
Josuke uses Crazy Diamond's ability to make the severed hand chase after him. Kira escapes by forcing Aya Tsuji and her Stand Cinderella to switch his face and fingerprints with Kosaku Kawajiri's, successfully stalling the protagonists' chase.
Yoshikage Kira's New Face
With his new identity and his hand reattached, Kira tries to assume Kosaku Kawajiri's life and blend into his household. Fortunately, Kawajiri wasn't the kindest man, something Kira wasn't aware of - as a result, he accidentally provokes romantic emotions in the formerly estranged Shinobu Kawajiri by doing simple things like apologizing and making dinner.
However, Kosaku's son, Hayato, sees there's something not right about his father, as he normally spies on his parents, and wonders why his father has two pairs of shoes that are different sizes and wonders why his father would practice writing his own name over and over again.
The Cat Likes Yoshikage Kira
After Shinobu Kawajiri kills the cat Tama, Kira finds it resurrected as the Stand Stray Cat, and after a fight, he gives it a home in the household attic. Unbenknownst to Kira however, Hayato Kawajiri finds the cat and in the attic and grows even more suspicious of him.
My Dad Is Not My Dad
After fending off the urge to kill for some time, Kira finally kills two people who annoy him on the train, and prepares to take the hand of his female victim back with him. As he does so, he notices Hayato Kawajiri fleeing the scene with a video camera, and realizes he has been seen. He vaporizes the hand for his own safety.
Another One Bites the Dust
Kira corners Hayato in the bath, hoping to get his hands on the video tape. Hayato reveals that he has backups hidden in a number of places, and warns Kira not to harm him or his mother. Kira loses his temper and kills the boy, then realizes he has made a mistake. He bites his nails to the point that they started to bleed, which his father says Kira has done since he was a little boy. In his desperation, the Arrow in his father's portrait pierces him automatically, granting him a new ability called Bites the Dust, and ability that manifested from his desire not to be caught. Kira revives Hayato by planting Bites the Dust in him and begins the next day with a new confidence.
Josuke and company attempt to pursue their new lead, only to be trapped in the time loop created by Bites the Dust. However, Hayato manages to take advantage of the time loop and cause Kira to expose himself by gloating about his victory despite Hayato's efforts. Josuke and Okuyasu, arriving on time thanks to a call from Hayato, hear Kira gloating and immediately attack him, forcing him to call back Bites the Dust and cancel the time loop.
The Invincible Crazy D
Kira combines Stray Cat's aerokinesis with Killer Queen's explosive charges to produce invisible air bombs. After defeating Okuyasu, he charges Okuyasu's body to explode on contact, forcing Josuke into a dilemma, but is again foiled by Hayato.
When Josuke and Hayato escape into a nearby house, Kira continues to attack them from a distance with the help of his father, who is hidden in Hayato's pocket and relaying their location to him. He is eventually tricked into blowing up the photograph containing Yoshihiro. Josuke then uses Crazy Diamond's restoration ability to pull glass shards covered with his own dried blood towards the house, intercepting Kira on the way.
Kira, unwilling to accept defeat, is pummeled out into the neighborhood sidewalk, exposed to a crowd of people. Unwilling to accept this irony, Kira attempts to use Bites the Dust on a nearby woman to escape. As he gloats over his victory, he is confused to discover himself in a strange alley, and finds that his watch has not been restored when the time loop reset.
Town Guardian Spirits
He encounters Reimi, who reveals that Bites the Dust has actually been foiled by Echoes Act 3's "freeze" technique. Jotaro, finally close enough, beats him with Star Platinum's barrage. Still alive, but unable to activate Bites the Dust with broken fingers, Kira was accidentally run over by a nearby ambulance, which was called in to save him and take him to the hospital.
Let Me Remind You
Upon recognizing Reimi and wondering why she would show him her back wound, Kira recalls that his father told him about a place he could not turn his back to when he died, and tries to force Reimi to look back instead. However, his plan fails when Arnold bites off his hand.
Goodbye, Morioh Town
Kira falls to the ground, ends up turning around in surprise, and is torn to pieces and dragged off to another world by a swarm of hands.[4][5]
Dead Man's Questions
Kira is shown some time between the End of Part 4 and the End of Part 6 as a vagabond spirit who is unaware of his identity. Now a ghost trapped in the living world after his death, Kira can't remember anything but his name, but is sure he cannot get to heaven. However, he still shows traits of his personality, as he wants a normal life and doesn't wish to attract the attention of living people. Not sure what to do with his eternal existence, he now works for a monk, doing the "dirty work" of killing targets she gives him in exchange for money. He believes that, by making this job his purpose to live, he might find happiness.
He is sent to a mansion belonging to a soldier that turned into a spirit to find out the reason behind the deaths of people around the area. There, he discovers that he can interact with objects in the mansion, and is excited by the possibility of living there. As he investigates further, he is attacked by Cleansers, and in the process of destroying them, is forced to cut his own arm off. After escaping the mansion, he goes to investigate the information the monk gave him, swearing to kill her if he finds any errors. He wonders if her arm would stick in place of his lost one.
In Video Games
All Star Battle (PS3)
Like many others, Kira makes his gaming debut in All Star Battle, playable as two distinct characters: His original form, with Killer Queen and Sheer Heart Attack; and his awakened form, with Killer Queen, Stray Cat, and Bites the Dust.
Both versions of Kira are voiced by Rikiya Koyama, who previously voiced William Anthonio Zeppeli once in the Phantom Blood game.
Yoshikage Kira
Kira's original form appears as a DLC character included with pre-orders and first edition prints of the original Japanese release of the game. For the overseas release in the US, pre-ordering the game from Club Namco would also get players a free download code for Kira, whilst for EU players, pre-ordering the game from any retailer in that region would get the player both Kira and Shigekiyo Yangu as well.
Kira's moveset primarily involves Killer Queen, and the use of bombs and careful detonation. Killer Queen can perform a fist barrage like most other Stands, and as a result, can trigger a Stand Rush as well. One special move has Kira toss a coin into the air. The coin will explode if the opponent touches it or if Kira detonates it himself. Kira can also prime the opponent themselves as well, detonating them (similar to how he killed Shigekiyo Yangu). A close range detonation will damage Kira as well, however.
Kira's HHA has him swipe his and Killer Queen's arms downward. If they hit, Kira explodes his victim multiple times through Killer Queen's gestures while he adjusts his tie, unfazed.
His GHA is Sheer Heart Attack, which continues to chase the opponent until Kira's HH gauge completely empties or he is hit. If SHA connects, it will ram and drill into the opponent, knock them into the air, leap, and drop on them, exploding at point-blank range while Kira brags about Sheer Heart Attack lacking weaknesses/weakpoints.
Sheer Heart Attack can be temporarily slowed down by Koichi Hirose if the latter uses his "S.H.I.T" special or HHA on it, which will also subsequently affect Kira himself. It continues to be unblockable, but tends to be rather slow on the move.
Kira's alternate costume mirrors his casual outfit and hairstyle from his debut chapter.
Kosaku Kawajiri
Kosaku-Kira is included in the base game as the main antagonist of Part 4. In game, he is consistently labelled "Kosaku Kawajiri" to differentiate him from Kira's previous form.
He retains Killer Queen in this form, whilst now having Stray Cat assist him throughout.
Killer Queen can still perform a fist barrage as per usual, though Kosaku can now use Stray Cat's air bubbles as bombs. When his Stand is turned off, Kosaku can direct the air bubbles and fire them at different speeds, as well as detonate them when he desires. When his Stand is on, all of the air bombs that Kosaku sends out will be slower, but will explode upon contact with the enemy. He is once again able to prime enemies as bombs and make them explode at his leisure. As before, Kosaku will take damage if he is too close to an explosion. It is also possible to alter a version of an air bomb to a weaker, smaller version while the projectile is in mid-flight, up to two times. This causes it to gain speed and change trajectory should the opponent step out of its path.
Kosaku can also make use of an air bomb cushion to repel an enemy that tries to attack him. This basic throw is also different from his normal Kira form.
His HHA is a counter/reversal. Kosaku readies Stray Cat as he is shocked at it protecting him. If struck during this pose, the opponent will be knocked back and, after taking the instant chance by briefly calculating distance and angle, Kosaku will detonate an airbomb, damaging his victim.
His GHA is "Bites the Dust." Kosaku tosses out Hayato. if Hayato hits the enemy, they will be stunned by his sudden interference, only to see Killer Queen, who enters their left eye and promptly detonates its Bites the Dust bomb, rewinding time. This re-adds 10 seconds to the game's timer and restores Kosaku's health. Like with Sheer Heart Attack, Bites the Dust is unblockable, but still can be dodged/sidestepped/jumped over.
Bites the Dust is, due to its time-rewinding effects, able to reverse a number of character effects (especially round-lasting transformations). Thus, if Kosaku uses his GHA on Pucci when his Stand is in Made in Heaven form, Giorno when his Stand is in Requiem mode, or on Kars in his Ultimate form, all three characters will revert back to their previous, normal forms. If the victim is MIH-mode Pucci, the stage will revert back to what it was previously. If Jonathan Joestar or Funny Valentine used their healing/comeback moves and disabled their HH gauges, said gauge will be restored once Kosaku executes his GHA successfully.
Kosaku's alternate costume mirrors his previous look, with a spiky hairstyle and no coat.
Eyes of Heaven (PS3/PS4)
Yoshikage Kira
Yoshikage Kira was confirmed for the game alongside Akira Otoishi, Shigekiyo Yangu. His most move was reused from the previous game.
His GHA has Killer Queen and him swipe his and Killer Queen's arms downward, hitting the opponent, turn them into a bomb and detonated it.
He is paired with Old Joseph Joestar in the Eyes of Heaven tournament, defeating Josuke and Johnny Joestar in the first round. They were eliminated by Bruno Buccellati and Trish Una in the second round, who beforehand, won the F Block series of battles that allowed them to be matched against Kira and Old Joseph within the main tournament.
"Kosaku Kawajiri"
'Kosaku' Kira was confirmed for the game along with Rohan and Okuyasu.
His GHA is similar with ASB variation, but not only rewinds time it also regains his health, but also grants his partner and even his two opponent's health as well.
He is paired with Weather Report in the Eyes of Heaven tournament, defeating Akira Otoishi and Enrico Pucci in the first round, but eliminated by Giorno Giovanna and Guido Mista in the second.
- According to a Top 10 List published in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2000, Kira is Araki's favorite antagonist and 2nd favorite character overall.
- In an ironic twist, Kira has his hands severed multiple times: His left hand twice (when he removed Sheer Heart Attack from his body and when the Cleansers attacked him) and his right hand once (when he was bitten by Arnold in Reimi's alley as a ghost).
- Kira's favorite fashion brand is Gianfranco Ferré.
- His Stand's name as well as its abilities are based on a number of songs by British band, Queen.
- If Kira Yoshikage battles Kosaku Kawajiri (Kira) in All-Star Battle, they will have a special dialogue before the fight, where normal Kira will remark how Kosaku-Kira's aura is similar to his, and Kosaku-Kira will be shocked to see his past self. If the original Kira wins, he remarks that only he should be making bombs. If Kosaku-Kira wins, he wonders if the encounter was an after-effect of "Bites The Dust".
- The story of Kira's first murder as told by the ghost of Reimi Sugimoto shares similarities with the "Humans Can Lick Too" horror story.
- Despite the timeline stating that Kira has had Killer Queen for at least a decade, he wasn't aware of the concept of "Stands" or that they were really common until Shigekiyo revealed his, Josuke's, and Okuyasu's Stands. As such, he is the first main villain to be largely unaware of what Stands are for a known period of time, as he previously called them "special abilities".
- ↑ Yoshikage Kira's New Face - Vol.27 "Shueisha Jump Remix Diamond is Unbreakable Edition" Interview with Araki
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Chapter 412: Cheap Trick (1)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 365: Atom Heart Father (1)
- ↑ Chapter 438: Town Guardian Spirits
- ↑ Chapter 439: Goodbye, Morioh Town - The Golden Heart
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Dodge City Office 620-227-8609
|Baits, Method, Location
|Largemouth bass
|Try jigs and finesse plastics around sunny banks later in the day daily warm-up.
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|General Comments
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Please discard of leftover bait in a trash can, even baitfish. Remember it is illegal to release any fish into public water unless it was taken from that water!
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|Creel Limit
|Min Length Limit
|Channel Catfish
|Largemouth Bass
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** Striped Bass or Wiper in Combination
*** Walleye, Sauger or Saugeye in Combination
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From the Inside Flap
To the Student
Welcome to the study of the chemistry of life. As you venture into this exciting and dynamic discipline, you'll discover many new and wonderful things. You'll learn how some enzymes can catalyze chemical reactions at speeds close to theoretical limitsreactions that would otherwise occur only at imperceptibly low rates. You'll learn about the forces that maintain biomolecular structure and how even some of the weakest of those forces make life possible. You'll also learn how biochemistry has thousands of applications in day-to-day lifein medicine, drug design, nutrition, forensic science, agriculture, and manufacturing. In short, you'll begin a journey of discovery about how chemistry makes life both possible and better.
Before we begin, we would like to offer a few words of advice:Don't just memorize facts; instead, understand principles
In this book, we have tried to identify the most important principles of biochemistry. Every year, a million or so research papers are published, perhaps half of them describing results of research in some area of biochemistry. Because the knowledge base of biochemistry is continuously expanding, we must grasp the underlying themes of this science. This textbook is designed to expand on the foundation you have acquired in your chemistry and biology courses and to provide you with a biochemical frameworkthe chemical principles of living cellsthat will allow you to understand new phenomena as you meet them. As you progress in your studies, you will encounter many examples that flesh out the framework we describe in this book. These individual facts are useful in illuminating the basic principles.Be prepared to learn a new vocabulary
An understanding of biochemical facts requires that you learn a biochemical vocabulary, which includes the chemical structures of a number of key molecules. These molecules are grouped into families based on their structures and functions; you should also learn how to distinguish among members of each family. As with any newly studied discipline, the more familiar you are with the vocabulary, the more easily you can learn and appreciate the discipline's literature.Test your understanding
True mastery of biochemistry lies with learning how to apply your knowledge and how to solve problems. Each chapter concludes with a set of carefully crafted problems that test your understanding of core principles. Many of these problems are mini case studies that present the problem within the context of a real biochemical puzzle.
For more practice, including solving more traditional review exercises in biochemistry, we are pleased to refer you to The Biochemistry Student Companion by Allen Scism (see page vi). This book presents a variety of supplementary questions that you may find helpful.This site features both regular and clinical questions, and the questions are categorized by chapter and level of difficulty. The quizzes offer hints and immediate feedback on your answers. This is a terrific place for extra practice.Learn to visualize in 3-D
Biochemicals are three-dimensional objects. Understanding what happens in a biochemical reaction or to a biochemical system at the molecular level requires that you be able to "see" what happens in three-dimensions. Although textbook pages offer only a two-dimensional surface, we have a couple of suggestions. First, make sure you look at and understand the marvelous stereo pictures located throughout the book. You have received a set of glasses with your text; these make looking at the stereos much easier (although some of you will be able to view the stereo pictures in 3-D without the aid of the glasses). In addition, on both the website and on the Student CD Exploring Molecular Structure you will find many animations and interactive molecular models that you can manipulate in real-time on a computer. We strongly suggest you look at these movies and do the exercises that accompany them as well as participate in the molecular visualization tutorials.
Finally, please let us know of any errors or omissions you encounter as you use this text. With your help, we will continue to evolve this work into an even more useful tool. Our email addresses are at the end of this Preface. Good luck, and enjoy!To the Instructor
We welcome to this new edition all our loyal users and those instructors who are, for the first time, teaching one-term courses in biochemistry to chemistry majors, perhaps to meet the new American Chemical Society Committee on Professional Training guidelines. We hope you will find this the ideal book for your course. If you have any questions or comments for us, please send us email.A book for your students
At some point, students cease to be intimidated by the need to skip around in a book. In our experience, that transition lies somewhere after they have begun a course like yours. We have organized this book as we would organize our courses. And while we doubt that everyone will want to cover everything within these pages; we have tried to include only those topics we felt would likely be covered in a one-semester, one-quarter, two-quarter, or general introductory course.
We have also taken care to make the text as modular as possible. Each larger topic we cover resides in its own section. Reaction mechanisms, where possible, are separated from the main thread of the text and can be passed over by those who prefer not to cover this level of detail. The text is extensively cross-referenced to make it easier for you to reorganize the chapters and for students to see the interrelationships among various topics and to drill down to deeper levels of understanding.
We built the book explicitly for the beginning student taking a first course in this burgeoning subject. Parts One and Two lay a solid foundation of chemical knowledge that will help students understand, rather than merely memorize, the dynamics of metabolic and genetic processes. These sections assume knowledge generally gained in prerequisite courses in general and organic chemistry, including a rudimentary knowledge of the organic chemistry of carboxylic acids, amines, alcohols, and aldehydes. Even so, key functional groups and chemical properties of each type of biomolecule are carefully explained as their structures and functions are presented.A focus on principles
There are, in essence, two kinds of biochemistry textbooks: those for reference and those for teaching. It is difficult for one book to be both, as it is those same thickets of detail sought by the professional that ensnare the struggling novice on his or her first trip through the bush. This text is unapologetically a text for teaching. It has been designed to foster student understanding and is not an encyclopedia of biochemistry. This book focuses unwaveringly on teaching basic principles, each principle supported by carefully chosen examples.A focus on chemistry with rigorous biology
When we first wrote this text, we decided to take the time to explain in chemical terms the principles we underscore. To that end, we offer detailed chemical explanations of most of the chemistry herein, including mechanisms (which tell students how and why things happen). This is important because offering careful and complete mechanisms discourages rote memorization (partial mechanistic details would be just that much more for students to try to remember). While this approach may make the course more of a struggle for the empiricists among your students, it does mean they leave with a deep understanding of the chemistry behind biology. After all, there is much one can say about biochemistry, but the greatest legacy of this course should be the ability of your students to manage and use new information about things we don't discuss in these pages.
While we emphasize chemistry, we also stress the bio in biochemistry. We point out that biochemical systems evolve and that the reactions that occur in some species are variations on a larger theme. In this edition, we increase our emphasis on the similarities of prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems, while we continue to avoid making generalizations about all organisms based on reactions that occur in a few.A focus on the visual
Biochemistry is a three-dimensional science. Our inclusion of the latest computer-generated mono and stereo images is intended to clarify the shape and function of biomolecules and to leave students with an appreciation for the relationship between the two. Most of the macromolecular images in this edition are new, skillfully prepared by Jonathan Parrish of the University of Alberta. We have included a free stereo viewer with each copy of the text.
For those students with access to a computer, we offer a number of other opportunities. Accompanying most pictures of macromolecules are Protein Data Bank (PDB) reference numbers for the coordinates from which the images were derived. This allows students to explore the structures further on their own.We offer a CD for students, called Exploring Molecular Structure, that includes animations of key dynamic processes as well as visualization tutorials using Chime. Finally, we offer instructors a CD that contains the gallery of animations, all the PDB files, as well as most of the art from the textbook in .jpg format. This makes the preparation of in-class electronic presentations (e.g., using PowerPoint) much easier. Please see the listing of supplements on page xi.The organization
In this text we strive to present the story of biochemistry in a clear, coherent, well-integrated manner, building at each stage the background needed for the next stage. This book is arranged in four parts, each building on those that come before.
Part One forms an introduction to all that follows. Chapter 1 gives a brief survey (perhaps review) of cellular structure and the four classes of biomoleculesproteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleotideswhich are covered extensively in Part Two. In this chapter, and throughout the book, we sustain a consistent pattern of presentation, from basic chemistry to biochemical function. We first show the chemistry of monomeric units and then explore the properties and functions of the biopolymers and aggregates formed from those monomersamino acids to proteins, monosaccharides to polysaccharides and glycoconjugates, lipids to membranes, an(c nucleotides to nucleic acids.
Part Two includes three chapters on enzyme properties, enzyme mechanisms; and coenzymes (Chapters 5, 6, and 7). We encourage a firm grasp of these critical subjects as well as signal transduction, which is introduced in Chapter 9, since the55 are prerequisite to later appreciation of the role of enzymes in metabolic pathways.
Part Three features eight chapters that focus on metabolic pathways. In Chapter 10, we introduce the intricate molecular symphonies of metabolism by considering how pathways are energized, interrelated, and regulated. Next comes glycolysis (Chapter 11), which we describe in detail. At this stage, we establish a format that recurs in subsequent metabolic chaptersfirst describing the basic pathway in chemical and enzymatic terms, then demonstrating the bioenergetic requirements and sources of energy, and concluding with an account of regulatory mechanisms. Note that the early introduction of signal transduction (Chapter 9) allows integration of regulation into each chapter of metabolism and allows discussion of flux through reciprocal pathways. Part Three includes a comprehensive chapter on photosynthesis (Chapter 15), a process whose early steps we relate to oxidative phosphorylatiom and whose later steps we relate to other pathways of carbohydrate metabolism.
Part Four concludes the book with four chapters on the flow of biological information. Our main emphasis throughout this series of chapters is on the basic processes that govern pathways of information flow. We take pains to incorporate; within our story of genes and gene expression the principles of biochemistry taught: in preceding chapters. The final chapter (Chapter 23) is a substantial and contemporary presentation of techniques used in recombinant DNA technology.New features in this edition
We are grateful for all the input we received on the first two editions of this text. Changes you'll notice in this third edition include the following:
- integration of the material on nucleotide structure and function into various chapters in the book.
- 30% more problems at the end of every chapter, with detailed solutions to all problems in an appendix at the end of the book.
- more extensive marginal cross-referencing to enhance the connection of concepts and the integration of material, to permit instructors to cover the material in a different order, and to improve the efficiency of students' studying.
- the addition of special topic, clinical application, and deeper-look boxes to most chapters.
- the addition of MediaLabs to encourage the learning of biochemistry using the internet. You will find these labs help you assign collaborative activities, help you keep up with this ever-changing science, and help you impart to students the dynamic nature of biochemistry.
- update of all Selected Readings at the end of each chapter.
Since publication of the second edition, major advances have been made in a number of areas. For this edition, we made many changes to each section of the text to reflect these advances. For example, we added many, many new protein structures, each with Protein Data Bank cross-references; expanded the discussion of protein structure (with more examples); expanded the discussion of known multifunctional enzymes; increased the emphasis on molecular evolution; enhanced the discussion of the mechanism of energy conservation as ATP; incorporated the results of the various genome initiatives; added new information on transcription and translation, including new information on the structures of the ribosome and RNA polymerise; and added a discussion of the molecular description of programmed cell death (apoptosis).Supplements
To aid you in the classroom, we offer several tools:Biochemistry Digital Image Gallery (Macintosh and Windows: ISBN 0-13026678-7)
Designed for instructors, this CD includes most images from the textbook ( jpg format), all animations on the student CD (Quicklime format), a gallery of PDB files that can be viewed using Chime, and all simulations from the student CD. It also includes a set of prebuilt, editable PowerPoint slides organized by chapter and section. Using this CD makes preparing electronic lecture presentations a snap.Overhead Transparencies (ISBN 0-13-026681-7)
A set of 140 full-color overhead transparencies featuring images from the text is available to qualified adopting instructors.Test Item File (ISBN 0-13-026674-4)
A collection of over 2300 short-answer and multiple-choice test questions organized by chapter and section is also available to instructors. These questions were written by William Coleman of the University of Hartford and Donna Gosnell of Valdosta State University and are specifically designed to accompany this edition of the text.TestManager (Windows ISBN 0-13-026677-9; Macintosh ISBN 0-13-026676-0)
This is an electronic version of the test bank accompanied by an easy-to-use software application that allows easy selection, creation, editing, and deletion of questions, easy administration of quizzes, easy quiz printing, and even makes it possible to offer quizzes over a local area network.Course Management using WebCT, BIackBoard, or CourseCompass
If you use or would like to use on-line course management, please contact your local Prentice Hall representative or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com. We offer robust, tested, pre-built courses that accompany this edition of the text in WebCT, B1ackBoard, and CourseCompass.
For your students, we offer the following supplements:
The Biochemistry Student Companion by Allen Scism of Central Missouri State University (ISBN 0-13-026670-1). This student wordbook features many additional study questions for each chapter as well as useful study and data tables.This companion website features a variety of unique online resources of interest to biochemistry students, including updated web links, a three-tiered problem-solving center (where students get instant feedback on their quiz answers), links to relevant websites, and biomolecule visualization tutorials.--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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This accurate and up-to-date book focuses on the basic principles of Biochemistry, with carefully selected examples of each. The areas of greatest change since the second edition are lipid metabolism, oxidative phosphorylation, and protein metabolism. Includes stereo views of many macromolecules; computer supplement; a section on molecular evolution; protein structures; molecular evolution; and developments in the area of gene expression, including the structure of RNA polymerase, the structure of the ribosome, genome organization, repair mechanisms, regulation of transcription and translation, and the structure and evolution of aminoacy1-tRNA synthetases. For readers interested in Biochemistry.--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition. See all Product Description
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Rumors of Barnett's departure had been swirling for many months, but she said this morning that she was leaving solely for personal reasons, not because she disagreed with the direction Mayor Nutter has set for the city. Barnett said she did not know where she would work or live when she leaves city government.
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Philadelphia Managing Director Camille Cates Barnett will resign today, according to sources familiar with her decision.
Barnett, who is Mayor Nutter's second in command, will remain in her post for several months before departing, the sources said.
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The U.S. Department of Defense handed over $3.4 million to the City of Philadelphia today, the product of a city Inspector General investigation which found evidence of uncashed 2005 wage tax checks from the D.O.D. to the city.
Inspector General Amy Kurland came across the missing funds as part of an ongoing corruption investigation into a former city employee. Kurland had little to say about that ongoing probe, but she said the city notified the D.O.D. of what it found, and D.O.D. records confirmed that the 2005 checks had never been cashed.
Kurland said the city is reconciling all wage tax accounts involving federal agencies as part of its investigation, and she predicted that more uncashed funds would be found.
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Five members of the city's embattled Board of Revision of Taxes asked the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania yesterday to call off a public vote in May that could lead to the board's abolition.
The suit claims that the City of Philadelphia lacks the authority to strip the seven-member board of its power to hear appeals of property assessments, since that authority was granted to the board by the state legislature.
If the court grants the BRT's request, the board members might be able to keep their jobs - which pay $70,000 a year for part time work - in spite of Inquirer reports last year that documented widespread mismanagement at the agency.
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It looks like Vivian Miller, the clerk of quarter sessions, is resigning today.
Click here for Philly.com's politics page.
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Mayor Nutter deserves credit for inviting the media to accompany him as he ventured into the Mayfair Diner the morning the very day after he proposed two big new tax increases. That was brave. But in this case it may well have backfired. With Fox 29 cameras rolling, Nutter was unlucky enough to encounter the wife of a soda factory worker, and she had no problem telling him that his proposed two-ounce tax on sugary drinks put her husband's job at risk.
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i have a weigh in on the 25th with about 9lbs to lose? should i cut out results asap or the 20th?
i have a weigh in on the 25th with about 9lbs to lose? should i cut out results asap or the 20th?
I never noticed a big bloat from results. I think this is common with cheaper forms but the creatine in Results is high quality. I always take it up to the meet and never have any water rentention issues if cutting.
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Using factors and multiples to figure out days of the week
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Part of our exploration of math is learning to identify patterns among numbers. Can you see the pattern in this example?
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We continue to strengthen our skill in identifying patterns. This time we'll use a table to track the pattern.
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Generate terms in a pattern when given a rule. Identify features of a pattern that are not explicit to the rule itself.
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Woah!!! Looks awesome!!! Love Chrysalis giant eyes!
Chrysalis wants to feast on your love C:<
You did a great job! I really like this style. I would enjoy if you made more like this.
I would love to do that again, too! But it's impossible for me to draw full ponies in that way without making them look creepy. Thank you :3
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she's like:eee-yummy!!!
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Wonderful portrait. Btw, read the comic?
Wonderful portrait. Btw, read the comic?
Sadly i haven't read any comics yet :/, thanks
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The "Inside Virginia Women's Basketball" radio show will take a two-week hiatus, returning on Monday, March 4.
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I cannot believe that if most Australians knew the personal circumstances of so many refugees - both what they fled, then in detention or on highly restrictive visas - they would not be moved.
I cannot believe that they want nearly 1,000 children to continue suffering behind wire fences in degrading circumstances.
If refugee advocates are to make real progress - and I have a flicker of hope that the tide is turning - they must rise above a tribal us-and-them mentality.
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A cleaner sits in front of an H&M store in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, February 26, 2014. The world's biggest luxury brands are slowing their expansion in China as more consumers shop abroad, leaving mall operators holding the bag. Two-thirds of high-end retailers missed their targets for new store openings in China last year, according to an analysis of 43 retailers published by development and design consultants Knight Frank and Woods Bagot. Lower-priced fast-fashion brands such as H&M and Zara, however, beat their expansion goals. Picture taken February 26, 2014. REUTERS/Alex Lee
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While vast numbers of people across the world (and Australia) continue to equate godlessness with a lack of morality, unbelievers can feel confident in their virtues.
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The Australian Federal Police has told a federal parliamentary inquiry that drones are among the latest tools it is using in major crime investigations.
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The legality of growing a genetically-modified crop in the vicinity of an organic one is very different to the ethical aspect, according to Professor Rachel Ankeney, a bioethicist at Adelaide University.
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A convicted murdered in the United States struggled and gasped for air for at least 10 minutes in a prolonged execution using a controversial new drug cocktail, according to witnesses.
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A permit to hunt an endangered black rhino in Namibia has sold for $390,000 at a US auction despite protests from animal rights groups that saw the sale as immoral.
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Abortion rights activists have launched a petition to take a pregnant American woman declared brain dead off life support in Texas, as requested by her family.
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Nearly 400 people have been arrested in Queensland during a two-day crack down on alcohol-fuelled violence and anti-social behaviour.
Overnight, 294 people were arrested for various offences, including 26 for assault, while 57 liquor infringement notices were issued.
Police breath tested almost 5,000 motorists, charging 56 with drink driving.
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Police have been asked to investigate an incident involving medical students at a health facility in central-west Queensland where a goose was killed and prepared for cooking.
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The Pentagon has sacked a high-ranking US general in charge of hundreds of the country's nuclear weapons, citing a "loss of trust and confidence" in his leadership and judgement.
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More people have died and many more displaced in the India's Uttar Pradesh state due to ethnic violence.
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The lines we draw around right and wrong, or who's life is worth saving and whose is not, says as much about our culture and ethics as it does about science and fact.
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Redlands MP Peter Dowling has been cleared of allegations that his register of interests was inaccurate.
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The University of Queensland says a Parkinson's disease study published by a former staff member may not have actually been carried out.
UQ has asked the academic journal that published the research to retract the article.
The university released a statement today saying that "no primary data can be located, and no evidence has been found that the study described in the article was conducted".
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The Australian-trained doctor criticised for his involvement in China's controversial organ transplant program has defended the practice and responded to critics who want him stripped of honours bestowed by the University of Sydney.
A group of fellow doctors have petitioned the university's vice chancellor demanding Dr Huang Jiefu's honorary professorships be revoked over what is seen as the unethical practice of removing organs from prisoners thought to have been forced into organ donation.
China's transplant program has long been condemned and sparked protests around the world because many of the life-saving kidneys, lungs and livers used come from executed prisoners.
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A Wollongong GP has been stuck off the Medical Register and disqualified from practising for at least eight years after an investigation by the Health Care Complaints Commission.
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Paris, 1940. A brilliant jazz musician, Hiero, is arrested by the Nazis and never heard from again. He is twenty years old. He is a German citizen. And he is black.
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Articles by Joy M. Newcom:
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- A tradition of biblical proportions
- A great week, and a great challenge
The Lutheran's advisory committee chair reflects on the assembly
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It's Stross' birthday and my personal holy day
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- Churchwide Assembly: Communion, worship
- Churchwide Assembly: Youth and unity shape the future
- Churchwide Assembly: Conducting the "business" of the church
- Churchwide Assembly: Witnessing to the Word
- Churchwide Assembly: Wonder as I wander to Orlando