Biochemistry for dummies / by John T. Moore and Richard Langley.

Pt. 1. Setting the stage: basic biochemistry concepts -- Biochemistry : What you need to know and why -- Seems so basic : Water chemistry and pH -- Fun with carbon : Organic chemistry -- Pt. II. The meat of biochemistry: proteins -- Amino acids : The building blocks of protein -- Protein structure and function -- Enzyme kinetics : Getting there faster -- Pt. III. Carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, and more -- What we crave : Carbohydrates -- Lipids and membranes -- Nucleic acids and the code of life -- Vitamins : Both simple and complex -- Hormones : The body´s messengers -- Pt. IV. Bioenergetics and pathways -- Life and energy -- ATP : The body´s monetary system -- Smelly biochemistry : Nitrogen in biological systems -- Pt. V. Genetics: why we are what we are -- Photocopying DNA -- Transcribe this! RNA transcription -- Translation : Protein synthesis -- Pt. VI. The part of tens -- Ten great applications of biochemistry -- Ten biochemistry careers.