Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Introduction: 1. Introduction to the chemistry of life -- 2. Water -- Pt. 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 -- Pt. III. Enzymes: 11. Enzymatic catalysis -- 12. Enzyme kinetics, inhibition, and control -- 13. Biochemical signaling -- Pt. IV. Metabolism: 14. Introduction to metabolism -- 15. Glucose catabolism -- 16. Glycogen metabolism and gluconeogenesis -- 17. Citric acid cycle -- 18. 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 -- Pt. 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.