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Introduction.
Part I: Setting the Stage: Basic Biochemistry Concepts.

Chapter 1: Biochemistry: What You Need to Know and Why.
Chapter 2: Seems So Basic: Water Chemistry and pH.
Chapter 3: Fun with Carbon: Organic Chemistry.

Part II: The Meat of Biochemistry: Proteins.

Chapter 4: Amino Acids: The Building Blocks of Protein.
Chapter 5: Protein Structure and Function.
Chapter 6: Enzyme Kinetics: Getting There Faster.

Part III: Carbohydrates, Lipids, Nucleic Acids, and More.

Chapter 7: What We Crave: Carbohydrates.
Chapter 8: Lipids and Membranes.
Chapter 9: Nucleic Acids and the Code of Life.
Chapter 10: Vitamins: Both Simple and Complex.
Chapter 11: Hormones: The Body's Messengers.

Part IV: Bioenergetics and Pathways.

Chapter 12: Life and Energy.
Chapter 13: ATP: The Body’s Monetary System.
Chapter 14: Smelly Biochemistry: Nitrogen in Biological Systems.

Part V: Genetics: Why We Are What We Are.

Chapter 15: Photocopying DNA.
Chapter 16: Transcribe This! RNA Transcription.
Chapter 17: Translation: Protein Synthesis.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 18: Ten Great Applications of Biochemistry.
Chapter 19: Ten Biochemistry Careers.

Index.

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