Biochemistry - 2nd edition

Mathews, Christopher K. : Oregon State University

van Holde, K. E. : Oregon State University

I. THE REALM OF BIOCHEMISTSRY.

1. The Scope of Biochemistry.
2. The Matrix of Life: Weak Interactions in an AqueousEnvironment.
3. The Energetics of Life.

II. MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE OF LIVING MATTER.

4. Nucleic Acids.
5. Introduction to Proteins: The Primary Level of ProteinStructure.
6. The Three-Dimensional Structure of Proteins.
7. Protein Function and Evolution.
8. Proteins in Motion: Contractile and Motile Systems.
9. Carbohydrates.
10. Lipids, Membranes, and Cellular Transport.

III. DYNAMICS OF LIFE: CATALYSIS AND CONTROL OF BIOCHEMICALREACTIONS.

11. Enzymes: Biological Catalysts.
12. Introduction to Metabolism.

IV. DYNAMICS OF LIFE: ENERGY, BIOSYNTHESIS, AND UTILIZATION OFPRECURSORS.

13. Carbohydrate Metabolism I: Anaerobic Processes in GeneratingMetabolic Energy.
14. Oxidative Processes: Citric Acid Cycle and Pentose PhosphatePathway.
15. Biological Oxidations, Electron Transport, and OxidativePhosphorylation.
16. Carbohydrate Metabolism II: Biosynthesis.
17. Photosynthesis.
18. Lipid Metabolism I: Fatty Acids, Triacylglycerols, andLipoproteins.
19. Lipid Metabolism II: Membrane Lipids, Steroids, Isoprenoids, andEicosanoids.
20. Metabolism of Nitrogenous Compounds: Principles of Biosynthesis,Utilization and Turnover.
21. Metabolism of Nitrogenous Compounds: Amino Acids, Porphyrins,and Neurotransmitters.
22. Nucleotide Metabolism.
23. Metabolic Coordination, Metabolic Control, and SignalTransduction.

V. INFORMATION.

24. Information Copying: Replication.
25. Information Restructuring: Restriction, Repair, Recombination,Rearrangement, Amplification.
26. Information Transfer: Transcription.
27. Information Decoding: Translation.
28. Eukayotic Genes and Their Expression.

Answers to Problems.
Glossary.
Index.