In the Fifth Edition, authors Dave Nelson and Mike Cox combine the best of the laboratory and best of the classroom, introducing exciting new developments while communicating basic principles through a variety of new learning tools—from new in-text worked examples and data analysis problems to the breakthrough eBook, which seamlessly integrates the complete text and its media components.

Table of Contents

1 The Foundations of Biochemistry
2 Water
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 Biosignaling
13 Bioenergetics and Biochemical Reaction Types
14 Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway
15 Principles of Metabolic Regulation
16 The Citric Acid Cycle
17 Fatty Acid Catabolism
18 Amino Acid Oxidation and the Production of Urea
19 Oxidative Phosphorylation and Photophosphorylation
20 Carbohydrate Biosynthesis in Plants and Bacteria
21 Lipid Biosynthesis
22 Biosynthesis of Amino Acids, Nucleotides, and Related Molecules
23 Hormonal Regulation and Integration of Mammalian Metabolism
24 Genes and Chromosomes
25 DNA Metabolism
26 RNA Metabolism
27 Protein Metabolism
28 Regulation of Gene Expression

Appendix A Common Abbreviations in the Biochemical Research Literature
Appendix B Abbreviated Solutions to Problems
Glossary
Credits
Index