Fundamentals of biochemistry: life at the molecular level

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 --
Solutions to odd-numbered problems --
Glossary.