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