Table of Contents

PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Introduction to the Chemistry of Life
2 Water

PART II BIOMOLECULES
3 Nucleotides, Nucleic Acids, and Genetic Information
4 Amino Acids
5 Proteins: Primary Structure
6 Proteins: Three-Dimensional Structure
7 Protein Function: Myoglobin and Hemoglobin, Muscle Contraction, and Antibodies
8 Carbohydrates
9 Lipids and Biological Membranes
10 Membrane Transport

12 Enzyme Kinetics, Inhibition, and Control
13 Biochemical Signaling

PART IV METABOLISM
14 Introduction to Metabolism
15 Glucose Catabolism
16 Glycogen Metabolism and Gluconeogenesis
17 Citric Acid Cycle
18 Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
19 Photosynthesis
20 Lipid Metabolism
21 Amino Acid Metabolism
22 Mammalian Fuel Metabolism: Integration and Regulation

PART V GENE EXPRESSION AND REPLICATION
23 Nucleotide Metabolism
24 Nucleic Acid Structure
25 DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination
26 Transcription and RNA Processing
27 Protein Synthesis
28 Regulation of Gene Expression