CONTENIDO: The foundation of biochemetry. -- Structure and catalysis. - Water. -- Amino acid, peptides, and proteins. -- The three-dimensional structure of proteins. -- Protein function. -- Enzymes. -- Carbohydrates and glycobiology. -- Nucleotides and nucleic acids. -- DNA-based information technologies. -- Lipids. -- Biological membranes and transport. -- Biosignaling. -- Principles of bioenergetics. -- Glycolysis, Glucogenesis, and the pentose phospate pathway. -- Principles of metabolic regulation: glucose and glycogen. -- The citric acid cycle. -- Fatty acid catabolism. -- Amino acid oxidation and the production of urea. -- Oxidative phosphorylation and Photophosphorylation. -- Carbohydrate biosynthesis in plants and bacteria. -- Lipid biosynthesis. -- Biosynthesis of amino acids, nucleotides, and related molecules. -- Hormonal regulation and integration of mammalian metabolism. -- Genes and chromosomes. -- DNA metabolism. -- RNA metabolism. -- Protein metabolism. -- Regulation of gene expression