Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Heritable Components: Nucleic Acids -- NUCLEOTIDES: BUILDING BLOCKS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS -- DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (DNA) -- BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES -- BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES -- CHEMICAL MODIFICATION -- SUPERCOILING -- RIBONUCLEIC ACID (RNA) -- MESSENGER RNA -- RIBOSOMAL RNA -- TRANSFER RNA -- RIBOZYMES -- ANTISENSE RNAS -- VIRAL GENOMES -- OTHER RNAS -- RNA PROCESSING -- NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM: DNA -- BASIC MECHANISMS OF REPLICATION -- ENZYMES OF REPLICATION -- RECOMBINATION -- REPAIR -- NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM: RNA -- TRANSCRIPTION -- TRANSLATION -- CHAPTER 2 Molecular Components: Amino Acids -- BUILDING BLOCKS OF PROTEINS -- CHIRALITY -- ACID-BASE PROPERTIES -- STANDARD AMINO ACIDS -- GROUP I: NONPOLAR AMINO ACIDS -- GROUP II: POLAR, UNCHARGED AMINO ACIDS -- GROUP III: ACIDIC AMINO ACIDS -- GROUP IV: BASIC AMINO ACIDS -- AMINO ACID REACTIONS -- PEPTIDE BOND -- CYSTEINE OXIDATION -- OTHER FUNCTIONS OF AMINO ACIDS -- NONSTANDARD AMINO ACIDS -- ANALYSIS OF AMINO ACID MIXTURES -- SOME COMMON USES OF AMINO ACIDS -- AMINO ACIDS AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE ON EARTH -- CHAPTER 3 Dynamic Components: Proteins -- LEVELS OF STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION IN PROTEINS -- PRIMARY STRUCTURE -- SECONDARY STRUCTURE -- TERTIARY STRUCTURE -- QUATERNARY STRUCTURE -- THE ISOLATION AND DETERMINATION OF PROTEINS -- PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF PROTEINS -- THE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF PROTEINS -- THE SHAPE OF PROTEIN MOLECULES -- HYDRATION OF PROTEINS -- ELECTROCHEMISTRY OF PROTEINS -- CONFORMATION OF GLOBULAR PROTEINS -- X-RAY DIFFRACTION AND STRUCTURE DETERMINATION -- OTHER APPROACHES TO THE DETERMINATION OF PROTEIN STRUCTURE -- PROTEIN DENATURATION -- CONFORMATION OF PROTEINS IN INTERFACES -- CHAPTER 4 Types and Functions of Proteins -- CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEINS -- SPECIAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PROTEINS.

STRUCTURAL PROTEINS -- MUSCLE PROTEINS -- FIBRINOGEN AND FIBRIN -- SOLUBLE PROTEINS -- PLANT PROTEINS -- PROTEINS AND PROSTHETIC GROUPS -- PROTEIN HORMONES -- PEPTIDES WITH HORMONELIKE ACTIVITY -- ANTIBODIES -- ENZYMES -- CHAPTER 5 Hydrophobic Components: Lipids -- FATTY ACIDS -- STRUCTURE OF FATTY ACIDS -- PHYSICAL PROPERTIES -- CHEMICAL PROPERTIES -- BIOLOGICAL SOURCES -- FATTY ACID DERIVATIVES -- TRIGLYCERIDES -- WAXES -- BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANE LIPIDS -- CHOLESTEROL AND ITS DERIVATIVES -- STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES -- BIOSYNTHESIS -- BIOSYNTHETIC DERIVATIVES -- REGULATION OF CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM -- TRANSPORT AND STORAGE -- LIPOPROTEINS -- CLASSIFICATION AND FORMATION -- FUNCTIONS, ORIGINS, AND RECYCLING OF APOLIPOPROTEINS -- BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF LIPIDS -- CELLULAR ENERGY SOURCE -- LIPIDS IN BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES -- CHAPTER 6 Energy Components: Carbohydrates -- CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE -- BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE -- ROLE IN THE BIOSPHERE -- ROLE IN HUMAN NUTRITION -- ROLE IN ENERGY STORAGE -- ROLE IN PLANT AND ANIMAL STRUCTURE -- STRUCTURAL ARANGEMENTS AND PROPERTIES -- STEREOISOMERISM -- CONFIGURATION -- HEMIACETAL AND HEMIKETAL FORMS -- CLASSES OF CARBOHYDRATES -- MONOSACCHARIDES -- DISACCHARIDES AND OLIGOSACCHARIDES -- POLYSACCHARIDES -- PREPARATION AND ANALYSIS OF CARBOHYDRATES -- ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES -- SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES -- IDENTIFICATION OF SUBUNITS -- CONCLUSION -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- NUCLEIC ACIDS -- AMINO ACIDS -- PROTEINS -- LIPIDS -- CARBOHYDRATES -- Index -- BACK COVER.