Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface viii 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