Fundamentals of Biochemistry: Life at the Molecular Level (Hardcover, 5)

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xix

Guide to Media Resource

PART I INTRODUCTION

1 Introduction to the Chemistry of Life 1

2 Water 23

PART II BIOMOLECULES

3 Nucleotides, Nucleic Acids, and Genetic Information 42

4 Amino Acids 80

5 Proteins: Primary Structure 97

6 Proteins: Three-Dimensional Structure 131

7 Protein Function: Myoglobin and Hemoglobin, Muscle Contraction, and Antibodies 180

8 Carbohydrates 221

9 Lipids and Biological Membranes 245

10 Membrane Transport 293

PART III ENZYMES

11 Enzymatic Catalysis 322

12 Enzyme Kinetics, Inhibition, and Control 361

13 Biochemical Signaling 402

PART IV METABOLISM

14 Introduction to Metabolism 442

15 Glucose Catabolism 478

16 Glycogen Metabolism and Gluconeogenesis 523

17 Citric Acid Cycle 558

18 Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation 588

19 Photosynthesis: Can be found at www.wiley.com/college/voet and in WileyPLUS Learning Space

20 Lipid Metabolism 664

21 Amino Acid Metabolism 718

22 Mammalian Fuel Metabolism: Integration and Regulation 773

PART V GENE EXPRESSION AND REPLICATION

23 Nucleotide Metabolism 802

24 Nucleic Acid Structure 831

25 DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination 879

26 Transcription and RNA Processing 938

27 Protein Synthesis 982

28 Regulation of Gene Expression 1033

Solutions: Can be found at www.wiley.com/college/voet and in WileyPLUS Learning Space Glossary G-1

Index I-1