Features

New To This Edition

• NEW! Coverage has been added throughout, including Protein-Protein Interactions, Vitamin C, and Glycogen Storage Diseases, Gibbs Free Energy and Reaction Rates; Maintenance of Glucose Levels in Mammals; Entry of Pyruvate into Mitochondria; Synthesis of Lignin from Phenylalanine.
• NEW! Key Concept Margin Notes provided throughout highlight key information students should focus on.
• NEW! Application Boxes have been updated, with 45% new to the Fifth Edition. Examples include Blood Plasma and Sea Water; Fossil Dating by Amino Acid Racemization; Embryonic and Fetal Hemoglobins; Clean Clothes; Rat Poison; and much more.
• Selected Readings at the end of each chapter reflect the most current literature with over 120 new references–including seventeen in chapter 15 on Photosynthesis, seven in chapter 6 on Specific Enzymes, and five in chapter 12 on glycogen metabolism.

• NEW! Photos and ribbon art illustrate concepts explained in the text.

Table of Contents
(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with Summary, Problems, and Selected Reading.)

Part One: Introduction
1 Introduction to Biochemistry
2 Water

Part Two: Structure and Function
3 Amino Acids and the Primary Structures of Proteins
4 Proteins: Three-Dimensional Structure and Function
5 Properties of Enzymes
6 Mechanisms of Enzymes
7 Coenzymes and Vitamins
8 Carbohydrates
9 Lipids and Membranes

Part Three: Metabolism and Bioenergetics 
10 Introduction to Metabolism
11 Glycolysis
12 Gluconeogenesis, The Pentose Phosphate Pathway, and Glycogen Metabolism
13 The Citric Acid Cycle
14 Electron Transport and ATP Synthesis
15 Photosynthesis
16 Lipid Metabolism
17 Amino Acid Metabolism
18 Nucleotide Metabolism

Part Four: Biological Information Flow
19 Nucleic Acids
20 DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination
21 Transcription and RNA Processing
22 Protein Synthesis