Includes index.

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