Lehninger principles of biochemistry

1. The foundations of biochemistry

Part I : Structure and catalysis. Water ; Amino acids, peptides, and proteins ; The three-dimensional structure of proteins ; Protein function ; Enzymes ; Carbohydrates and glycobiology ; Nucleotides and nucleic acids ; DNA-based information technologies ; Lipids ; Biological membranes and transport ; Biosignaling

Part II : Bioenergetics and metabolism. Bioenergetics and biochemical reaction types ; Glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, and the pentose phosphate pathway ; Principles of metabolic regulation ; The citric acid cycle ; Fatty acid catabolism ; Amino acid oxidation and the production of urea ; Oxidative phosphorylation and photophosphorylation ; Carbohydrate biosynthesis in plants and bacteria ; Lipid biosynthesis ; Biosynthesis of amino acids, nucleotides, and related molecules ; Hormonal regulation and integration of mammalian metabolism

Part III : Information pathways. Genes and chromosomes ; DNA metabolism ; RNA metabolism ; Protein metabolism ; Regulation of gene expression.