Brief Contents
PART I THE MOLECULAR DESIGN OF LIFE
SECTION 1 Biochemistry Helps Us Understand Our World
Chapter 1 Biochemistry and the Unity of Life
Chapter 2 Water, Weak Bonds, and the Generation of Order Out of Chaos
SECTION 2 Protein Composition and Structure
Chapter 3 Amino Acids
Chapter 4 Protein Three-Dimensional Structure
SECTION 3 Basic Concepts and Kinetics of Enzymes
Chapter 5 Basic Concepts of Enzyme Action
Chapter 6 Kinetics and Regulation
Chapter 7 Mechanisms and Inhibitors
Chapter 8 Hemoglobin, an Allosteric Protein
SECTION 4 Carbohydrates and Lipids
Chapter 9 Carbohydrates
Chapter 10 Lipids
SECTION 5 Cell Membranes, Channels, Pumps, and Receptors
Chapter 11 Membrane Structure and Function
Chapter 12 Signal-Transduction Pathways
PART II TRANSDUCING AND STORING ENERGY
SECTION 6 Basic Concepts and Design of Metabolism
Chapter 13 Digestion: Turning a Meal into Cellular Biochemicals
Chapter 14 Metabolism: Basic Concepts and Design
SECTION 7 Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis
Chapter 15 Glycolysis
Chapter 16 Gluconeogenesis
SECTION 8 The Citric Acid Cycle
Chapter 17 Preparation for the Cycle
Chapter 18 Harvesting Electrons from the Cycle
SECTION 9 Oxidative Phosphorylation
Chapter 19 The Electron-Transport Chain
Chapter 20 The Proton-Motive Force
SECTION 10 The Light Reactions of Photosynthesis and the Calvin Cycle
Chapter 21 The Light Reactions
Chapter 22 The Calvin Cycle
SECTION 11 Glycogen Metabolism and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway
Chapter 23 Glycogen Degradation
Chapter 24 Glycogen Synthesis
Chapter 25 The Pentose Phosphate Pathway
SECTION 12 Fatty Acid and Lipid Metabolism
Chapter 26 Fatty Acid Degradation
Chapter 27 Fatty Acid Synthesis
Chapter 28 Lipid Synthesis: Storage Lipids, Phospholipids, and Cholesterol
SECTION 13 The Metabolism of Nitrogen-Containing Molecules
Chapter 29 Amino Acid Synthesis
Chapter 30 Nucleotide Metabolism
Chapter 31 Amino Acid Degradation and the Urea Cycle
PART III SYNTHESIZING THE MOLECULES OF LIFE
SECTION 14 Nucleic Acid Structure and DNA Replication
Chapter 32 The Structure of Informational Macromolecules: DNA and RNA
Chapter 33 DNA Replication
Chapter 34 DNA Repair and Recombination
SECTION 15 RNA Synthesis, Processing, and Regulation
Chapter 35 RNA Synthesis and Regulation in Prokaryotes
Chapter 36 Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
Chapter 37 RNA Processing in Eukaryotes
SECTION 16 Protein Synthesis
Chapter 38 The Genetic Code
Chapter 39 The Mechanism of Protein Synthesis
SECTION 17 Experimental Biochemistry (online at www.whfreeman.com/Tymoczko)
Chapter 40 Techniques in Protein Biochemistry
Chapter 41 Immunological and Recombinant DNA Techniques