Contents in Brief
Preface
1 The Foundations of Biochemistry
I STRUCTURE AND CATALYSIS
2 Water, the Solvent of Life
3 Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
4 The Three-Dimensional Structure of Proteins
5 Protein Function
6 Enzymes
7 Carbohydrates and Glycobiology
8 Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids
9 DNA-Based Information Technologies
10 Lipids
11 Biological Membranes and Transport
12 Biochemical Signaling
II BIOENERGETICS AND METABOLISM
13 Introduction to Metabolism
14 Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway
15 The Metabolism of Glycogen in Animals
16 The Citric Acid Cycle
17 Fatty Acid Catabolism
18 Amino Acid Oxidation and the Production of Urea
19 Oxidative Phosphorylation
20 Photosynthesis and Carbohydrate Synthesis in Plants
21 Lipid Biosynthesis
22 Biosynthesis of Amino Acids, Nucleotides, and Related Molecules
23 Hormonal Regulation and Integration of Mammalian Metabolism
III INFORMATION PATHWAYS
24 Genes and Chromosomes
25 DNA Metabolism
26 RNA Metabolism
27 Protein Metabolism
28 Regulation of Gene Expression
Abbreviated Solutions to Problems
Glossary
Index
Resources