The Fourth edition presents the fundamentals of biochemistry through selected topics, incorporating the most important recent developments and applications into its singular presentation of the field′s classic core. For the new edition, authors David Nelson and Michael Cox offer groundbreaking new treatment of metabolic regulation, up-to-date coverage of DNA-based information technologies, and many new medically relevant applications. Also new is an innovative graphical style for depicting enzyme reaction mechanisms, step by step. While incorporating this essential information, the new edition has been streamlined to be 10% shorter.

1. The Foundations of Biochemistry
2. Water
3. Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins
4. The Three Dimensional Structure of Proteins
5. Protein Function
6. Enzymes
7. Carobhydrates and Glycobiology
8. Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids
9. DNA Based Informational Technologies
10. Lipids
11. Biological Membranes and Transport
12. Biosignaling
13. Principles of Bioenergetics
14. Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway
15. Principles of Metabolic Regulation, Illustrated with Glucose and Glycogen Metabolism
16. The Citric Acid Cycle
17. Fatty Acid Catabolism
18. Amino Acid Oxidation and the Production of Urea
19. Oxidative Phosphorylation and Photophosphorylation
20. Carbohydrate Biosynthesis in Plant and Bacteria
21. Lipid Biosynthesis
22. Biosynthesis of Amino Acids, Nucleotides and Related Molecules
23. Integration and Hormonal Regulation of Mammalian Metabolism
24. Genes and Chromosomes
25. DNA Metabolism
26. RNA Metaboism
27. Protein Metabolism
28. Regulation of Gene Expression