Part One
Introduction
1 Introduction to Biochemistry 1
2 Water 28
Part Two
Structure and Function
3 Amino Acids and the Primary Structures of Proteins 55
4 Proteins: Three-Dimensional Structure and Function 85
5 Properties of Enzymes 134
6 Mechanisms of Enzymes 162
7 Coenzymes and Vitamins 196
8 Carbohydrates 227
9 Lipids and Membranes 256
Part Three
Metabolism and Bioenergetics
10 Introduction to Metabolism 294
11 Glycolysis 325
12 Gluconeogenesis, the Pentose Phosphate
Pathway, and Glycogen Metabolism 355
13 The Citric Acid Cycle 385
14 Electron Transport and ATP Synthesis 417
15 Photosynthesis 443
16 Lipid Metabolism 475
17 Amino Acid Metabolism 514
18 Nucleotide Metabolism 550
Part Four
Biological Information Flow
19 Nucleic Acids 573
20 DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination 601
21 Transcription and RNA Processing 634
22 Protein Synthesis 666