Contents // UNIT I: Protein Structure and Function // Chapter!: Amino Acids...! // Chapter 2: Protein Structure. ..13 // Chapters: Globular Proteins...25 // Chapter 4: Fibrous Proteins.. .43 // Chapter 5: Enzymes.. .53 // UNIT II: Bioenergetics and Carbohydrate Metabolism // Chapter 6: Bioenergetics and Oxidative Phosphorylation...69 // Chapter 7: Introduction to Carbohydrates...83 // Chapter 8: Introduction to Metabolism and Glycolysis.. .91 // Chapter 9: Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle and Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex... 109 // Chapter 10: Gluconeogenesis...117 // Chapter 11: Glycogen Metabolism...125 // Chapter 12: Monosaccharide and Disaccharide Metabolism...137 // Chapter 13: Pentose Phosphate Pathway and Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate. ..145 Chapter 14: Glycosaminoglycans, Proteoglycans, and Glycoproteins... 157 // UNIT III: Lipid Metabolism // Chapter 15: Dietary Lipid Metabolism...173 // Chapter 16: Fatty Acid, Triacylglycerol, and Ketone Body Metabolism... 181 Chapter 17: Phospholipid, Glycosphingolipid, and Eicosanoid Metabolism...201 Chapter 18: Cholesterol, Lipoprotein, and Steroid Metabolism...219 // UNIT IV: Nitrogen Metabolism // Chapter 19: Amino Acids: Nitrogen Disposal...245 Chapter 20: Amino Acids: Degradation and Synthesis...261 Chapter 21 : Amino Acids: Conversion to Specialized Products.. .277 Chapter 22: Nucleotide Metabolism...291 // UNIT V: Integration of Metabolism // Chapter 23: Metabolic Effects of Insulin and Glucagon...307 Chapter 24: The
Feed-Fast Cycle.. .321 Chapter 25: Diabetes Mellitus.. .337 Chapter 26: Obesity.. .349 // UNIT VI: Medical Nutrition // Chapter 27: Nutrition: Overview and Macronutrients...357 Chapter 28: Micronutrients: Vitamins.. .377 Chapter 29: Micronutrients: Minerals.. .399 // vii // viii // Contents // UNIT VII: Storage and Expression of Genetic Information // Chapter 30: DNA Structure, Replication, and Repair...411 Chapter 31 : RNA Structure, Synthesis, and Processing.. .433 Chapter 32: Protein Synthesis.. .447 Chapter 33: Regulation of Gene Expression...465 Chapter 34: Biotechnology and Human Disease.. .481 // Appendix 505 Index 539 Figure Sources 567 // Bonus chapter online! Chapter 35: Blood Clotting (Use your scratch-off code provided in the front of this book for access to this and other free online resources on thePoint.)