part one
introduction
1 introduction to biochemistry
2 water
part two
structure and function of biomolecules
3 amino acids and the primary structures of proteins
4 proteins:three-dimensional structure and function
5 properties of enzymes
6 mechanisms of enzymes
7 coenzymes and vitamins
8 carbohydrates
9 lipids and membranes
part three
metabolism and bioenergetics
10 introduction to metabolism
11 glycolysis
12 the citric acid cycle
13 additional pathways in carbohydrate metabolism
14 electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation
15 photosynthesis
16 lipid metabolism
17 amino acid metabolism
18 nucleotide metabolism
part four
biological information flow
19 nucleic acids
20 dna replication,repair,and recombination
21 transcription and rna processing
22 protein synthesis
23 recombinant dna technology
solutions
illustration credits
glossary
index