Biochemistry

I. THE REALM OF BIOCHEMISTRY.  1. The Scope of Biochemistry.  2. The Matrix of Life: Weak Interactions in an Aqueous Environment.  3. The Energetics of Life. II. MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE OF LIVING MATTER.  4. Nucleic Acids.  5. Introduction to Proteins: The Primary Level of Protein Structure.  6. The Three- Dimensional Structure of Proteins.  7. Protein Function and Evolution.  8. Proteins in Motion: Contractile Systems and Molecular Motors.  9. Carbohydrates. 10. Lipids, Membranes, and Cellular Transport. III. DYNAMICS OF LIFE: CATALYSIS AND CONTROL OF BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS. 11. Enzymes: Biological Catalysts. 12. Introduction to Metabolism. IV. DYNAMICS OF LIFE: ENERGY, BIOSYNTHESIS, AND UTILIZATION OF PRECURSORS. 13. Carbohydrate Metabolism I: Anaerobic Processes in Generating Metabolic Energy. 14. Oxidative Processes: Citric Acid Cycle and Pentose Phosphate Pathway. 15. Electron Transport, Oxidative Phosphorylation, and Oxygen Metabolism. 16. Carbohydrate Metabolism II: Biosynthesis. 17. Photosynthesis. 18. Lipid Metabolism I: Fatty Acids, Triacylglycerols, and Lipoproteins. 19. Lipid Metabolism II: Membrane Lipids, Steroids, Isoprenoids, and Eicosanoids. 20. Metabolism of Nitrogenous Compounds: Principles of Biosynthesis, Utilization, and Turnover. 21. Metabolism of Nitrogenous Compounds: Amino Acids, Porphyrins, and Neurotransmitters. 22. Nucleotide Metabolism. 23. Metabolic Coordination, Metabolic Control, and Signal Transduction V. INFORMATION. 24. Information Copying: Replication. 25. Information Restructuring: Restriction, Repair, Recombination, Rearrangement, and Amplification. 26. Information Readout: Transcription. 27. Information Decoding: Translation. 28. Eukaryotic Genes and Their Expression. Answers to Problems. Glossary. Index.