Preface viii 1. The Foundations of Biochemistry I STRUCTURE AND CATALYSIS 2. Water, the Solvent of Life 3. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins 4. The Three-Dimensional Structure of Proteins 5. Protein Function 6. Enzymes 7. Carbohydrates and Glycobiology 8. Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids 9. DNA-Based Information Technologies 10. Lipids 11. Biological Membranes and Transport 12. Biochemical SignalingII BIOENERGETICS AND METABOLISM 13. Introduction to Metabolism 14. Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway 15. The Metabolism of Glycogen in Animals 16. The Citric Acid Cycle 17. Fatty Acid Catabolism 18. Amino Acid Oxidation and the Production of Urea 19. Oxidative Phosphorylation 20. Photosynthesis and Carbohydrate Synthesis in Plants 21. Lipid Biosynthesis 22. Biosynthesis of Amino Acids, Nucleotides, and Related Molecules 23. Hormonal Regulation and Integration of Mammalian MetabolismIII INFORMATION PATHWAYS 24. Genes and Chromosomes 25. DNA Metabolism 26. RNA Metabolism 27. Protein Metabolism 28. Regulation of Gene Expression Abbreviated Solutions to Problems Glossary