Part 1 Basic concepts of life; 1: The basic molecular themes of life; 2: Cells and viruses; 3: Energy considerations in biochemistry; Part 2 Structure and function of proteins and membranes; 4: The structure of proteins; 5: Methods in protein investigation; 6: Enzymes; 7: The cell membrane and membrane proteins; 8: Muscle contraction, the cytoskeleton, and molecular motors; Part 3 Metabolism; 9: Food digestion, absorption, distribution to the tissues and appetite control; 10: Mechanisms of transport, storage and mobilisation of dietary components; 11: Principles of energy release from food; 12: Glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and the electron transport system; 13: Energy release from fat; 14: The synthesis of fat and related compounds; 15: Synthesis of glucose (gluconeogenesis); 16: Strategies for metabolic control and their applications to carbohydrate and fat metabolism; 17: Why should there be an alternative pathway of glucose oxidation? The pentose phosphate pathway; 18: Raising electrons of water back up the energy scale - photosynthesis; 19: Amino acid metabolism; 20: Nucleotide synthesis and metabolism; Part 4 Information storage and utilisation; 21: The genome; 22: DNA synthesis, repair and recombination; 23: Gene transcription and control; 24: Protein synthesis and controlled protein breakdown; 25: The RNA world - RNA microgenes and RNA interference; 26: Protein sorting and delivery; 27: Cell signalling; 28: Manipulating DNA and genes; Part 5 Molecular biology in health and disease; 29: Special topics: blood clotting, xenobiotic metabolism, reactive oxygen species; 30: The immune system; 31: The cell cycle and its control; 32: Apoptosis; 33: Cancer
