Biochemistry is the study of life on the molecular level. Therefore, biochemistry, as the name implies, is the chemistry of life. Life, at its most basic level, is a biochemical phenomenon including two basic characteristics, self-refresh (metabolism), and self-replication and self-assembly (expression and transmission of genetic information).
Biochemistry contains the results of the work of tens of thousands of scientists extending over more than a century.
INTRODUCTION
PART Ⅰ STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS OF BIOMOLECULES
Section 1.1 The Monomeric Units of Nucleic Acids Nucleotides
1.1.1 Structure of Nucleotides
1.1.2 Properties of Nucleosides and Nucleotides
Section 1.2 Structure of DNA
1.2.1 Primary Structure of DNA
1.2.2 Secondary Structure of DNA
1.2.3 Superhelix of DNA
Section 1.3 Structure and Function of RNA
1.3.1 Structure of RNA
1.3.2 Types and Functions of RNAs
Section 1.4 Properties of Nucleic Acids
1.4.1 Denaturation and Renaturation of Nucleic Acids
1.4.2 Hybridization
Section 1.5 Catalytic RNA and DNA
1.5.1 Ribozymes
1.5.2 Deoxyribozymes
Section 1.6 Genomics and the Human Genome Project
1.6.1 Characteristics of Eukaryotic Genome DNA
1.6.2 The Human Genome Project
Summary
Chapter 1 Structures and Functions of Nucleic Acids
Chapter 2 Structures and Functions of Proteins
Chapter 3 Structures and Functions of Glycoconjugates
Chapter 4 Vitamins
Chapter 5 Enzymes
PART Ⅱ METABOLISM
Chapter 6 Carbohydrate Metabolism
Chapter 7 Biological Oxidation
Chapter 8 Metabolism of Lipids
Chapter 9 Catabolism of Proteins
Chapter 10 Nucleotide Metabolism
Chapter 11 Regulation of Metabolism
PART Ⅲ EXPRESSION AND TRANSMISSION OF GENETIC INFORMATION