Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The foundations of biochemistry -- Part 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 signalling -- Part II. 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 metabolism -- Part III. Information pathways -- 24. Genes and chromosomes -- 25. DNA metabolism -- 26. RNA metabolism -- 27. Protein metabolism -- 28. Regulation of gene expression.