Contents:
Chapter 1
Introduction to Biochemistry
1
Chapter 2
Water
10
Chapter 3
Amino Acids and the Primary Structures of Proteins
27
Chapter 4
Proteins: Three-Dimensional Structure and Function
46
Chapter 5
Properties of Enzymes
65
Chapter 6
Mechanisms of Enzymes
85
Chapter 7
Coenzymes and Vitamins
104
Chapter 8
Carbohydrates
119
Chapter 9
Lipids and Membranes
137
Chapter 10
Introduction to Metabolism
153
Chapter 11
Glycolysis
169
Chapter 12
Gluconeogenesis, The Pentose Phosphate Pathway,
and Glycogen Metabolism
185
Chapter 13
The Citric Acid Cycle
199
Chapter 14
Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
213
Chapter 15
Photosynthesis
227
Chapter 16
Lipid Metabolism
241
Chapter 17
Amino Acid Metabolism
256
Chapter 18
Nucleotide Metabolism
269
Chapter 19
Nucleic Acids
284
Chapter 20
DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination
300
Chapter 21
Transcription and RNA Processing
315
Chapter 22
Protein Synthesis
330
Chapter 23
Recombinant DNA Technology
348