Contents: The foundations of biochemistry -- 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 -- 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 -- Photosynthesis and carbohydrate synthesis in plants -- Lipid biosynthesis -- Biosynthesis of amino acids, nucleotides, and related molecules -- Hormonal regulation and integration of mammalian metabolism -- III. Information pathways. Genes and chromosomes -- DNA metabolism -- RNA metabolism -- Protein metabolism -- Regulation of gene expression -- Abbreviated solutions to problems -- Glossary -- Index.