Contents:

Biochemistry and the Language of Chemistry
The Chemical Foundation of Life: Weak Interactions in an Aqueous Environment
The Energetics of Life
Nucleic Acids
Introduction to Proteins: The Primary Level of Protein Structure
The Three-Dimensional Structure of Proteins
Protein Function and Evolution
Enzymes: Biological Catalysts
Carbohydrates: Sugars, Saccharides, Glycans
Lipids, Membranes, and Cellular Transport
Chemical Logic of Metabolism
Carbohydrate Metabolism: Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, Glycogen Metabolism, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway
The Citric Acid Cycle
Electron Transport, Oxidative Phosphorylation, and Oxygen Metabolism
Photosynthesis
Lipid Metabolism
Interorgan and Intracellular Coordination of Energy Metabolism in Vertebrates
Amino Acid and Nitrogen Metabolism
Nucleotide Metabolism
Mechanisms of Signal Transduction
Genes, Genomes, and Chromosomes
DNA Replication
DNA Repair, Recombination, and Rearrangement
Transcription and Post-transcriptional Processing
Information Decoding: Translation and Post-translational Protein Processing
Regulation of Gene Expression
APPENDIX I: Answers to Selected Problems
Glossary
Credits
Index