Fundamentals of Biochemistry

PART I: INTRODUCTION. Chapter 1. Introduction to the Chemistry of Life. Chapter 2. Water. PART II: BIOMOLECULES. Chapter 3. Nucleotides, Nucleic Acids, and Genetic Information. Chapter 4. Amino Acids. Chapter 5. Proteins: Primary Structure. Chapter 6. Proteins: Three-Dimensional Structure. Chapter 7. Protein Function Part I: Myoglobin and Hemoglobin. Chapter 8. Carbohydrates. Chapter 9. Lipids and Biological Membranes. Chapter 10. Membrane Transport. PART III: ENZYMES. Chapter 11. Enzymatic Catalysis. Chapter 12. Enzyme Kinetics, Inhibition, and Regulation. PART IV: METABOLISM. Chapter 13. Introduction to Metabolism. Chapter 14. Glucose Catabolism. Chapter 15. Glycogen Metabolism and Gluconeogenesis. Chapter 16. Citric Acid Cycle. Chapter 17. Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation. Chapter 18. Photosynthesis. Chapter 19. Lipid Metabolism. Chapter 20. Amino Acid Metabolism. Chapter 21. Mammalian Fuel Metabolism: Integration and Regulation. Chapter 22. Nucleotide Metabolism. PART V: GENE EXPRESSION AND REPLICATION. Chapter 23. Nucleic Acid Structure. Chapter 24. DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination. Chapter 25. Transcription and RNA Processing. Chapter 26. Translation. Chapter 27. Regulation of Gene Expression. Chapter 28. Protein Function Part II: Cytoskeletal and Motor Proteins and Antibodies. Appendix. Bioinformatics Exercises. Answers to Bioinformatics Exercises. Solutions to Problems. Glossary. Guide to Media Resources. Index.