Biochemistry / Christopher K. Mathews, K. E. van Holde ; illustration concepts by Audre W. Newman with art contributions from Irving Geis.

Contents;

Part I: The realm of biochemistry
The scope of biochemistry
The matters of life: Weak interactions in an aqueous environment
The energetics of life

Part II: Molecular architecture of living matter
Nucleic acids
Introduction to proteins: The primary level of proteins
The three-dimensional structure of proteins
Protein functions and evolution
Carbohydrates
Lipids, membranes and cellular transport

Part III: Dynamics of life: Catalysis and control of biochemical reactions
Enzymes: Biological catalysts
The regulation of enzyme activity
Introduction to metabolism

Part IV: Dynamics of life: Energy, biosynthesis, and utilization of precursors
Carbohydrate metabolism I: Anaerobic processes in generating metabolic energy
Oxidative processes: Citric acid cycle and pentose phosphate pathway
Biological oxidation, electron transport, and oxidative phosphorylation
Carbohydrate metabolism II: Biosynthesis
etc.

Part V: Information
Information copying: Replication
Information restructuring: Restriction, repair, recombination, rearrangements, amplification
Information transfer: Transcription
Information decoding: Translation
Encoding and expression of genetic information in eukaryotes
Information processing and expression in multicellular organisms

Includes bibliographical references.