Table of Contents:

Chapter 1.  Introduction to Metabolic Pathways

Chapter 2.  Biosynthesis of ATP: ATP, the molecule that powers Metabolism

Chapter 3.  Biosynthesis of ATP II: Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain

Chapter 4. The Oxidation of Cytosolic NADH:  The Malate/ Aspartate Shuttle and the Glycerol Phosphate Shuttle

Chapter 5.  Metabolism of Glucose to Provide Energy

Chapter 6.  Metabolism of one Molecule of Glucose yields 31 (or should it be 38?) Molecules of ATP

Chapter 7.  Metabolism of Glucose to Glycogen

Chapter 8.  Anaerobic Metabolism of Glucose and Glycogen to Yield Energy as ATP

Chapter 9.  2,3-Bisphosphoglycerate (2,3-BPG) and the red blood cell

Chapter 10. Metabolism of Glucose to fat (triacylglycerol)

Chapter 11. Metabolism of glucose to fatty acids and triacylglycerol

Chapter 12. The Pentose Phosphate Pathways: The Production of NADPH and Reduced Glutathione

Chapter 13. The Pyruvate/Malate Cycle and the Production of NADPH

Chapter 14. Mammals Cannot synthesize Glucose from Fatty Acids

Chapter 15. Metabolism of Triacylglycerol to Provide Energy as ATP

Chapter 16. Glycogen Metabolism 1

Chapter 17. Glycogen Metabolism 2

Chapter 18. Glycogen Metabolism 3: Regulation of Glycogen Breakdown

Chapter 19. Glycogen Metabolism 4: Regulation of Glycogen Synthesis

Chapter 20. Regulation of Glycolysis: Overview Exemplified by Glycolysis in Cardiac Muscle

Chapter 21. Glycolysis and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway Collaborate in Liver to Make Fat

Chapter 22. Glycolysis in Skeletal Muscle:  Biochemistry of Sport and Exercise

Chapter 23. Regulation of Gluconeogenesis

Chapter 24. Regulation of Krebs Cycle

Chapter 25. Regulation of Fatty Acid Oxidation:  Mobilization of Fatty Acids from Storage in Adipose Tissue

Chapter 26. Fatty Acid Oxidation and the Carnitine Shuttle

Chapter 27. The Ketone Bodies

Chapter 28. Ketone Body Utilization

Chapter 29. B-Oxidation of Unsaturated fatty acids

Chapter 30. Peroximosal B-oxidation

Chapter 31. Elongation and Desaturation of Fatty Acids

Chapter 32. Cholesterol, Bile Acids and the Steroid Hormones

Chapter 33. The Ornithine Cycle for the Production of Urea: 'The Urea Cycle'

Chapter 34. Metabolic Channelling: Enzymes are Organized to Enable Channelling of Metabolic Intermediates

Chapter 35. Biosynthesis of the non-essential Amino Acids

Chapter 36. Catabolism of Amino Acids 1

Chapter 37. Catabolism of Amino Acids 2

Chapter 38. Metabolism of Amino Acids to Glucose in Starvation and During the Period Immediately after Refeeding

Chapter 39. Metabolism of Protein to Fat

Chapter 40. Disorders of Amino Acid Metabolism

Chapter 41. Phenylalanine and Tyrosine Metabolism

Chapter 42. Tryptophan Metabolism : the Biosynthesis of NAD*, Serotonin and Metabolism

Chapter 43. Amino Acid Metabolism, Folate Metabolism and the '1-carbon pool' 1: Pyrimidine Biosynthesis

Chapter 44. Amino Acid Metabolism, Folate Metabolism and the '1-carbon pool' 2: Pyrimidine Biosynthesis

Chapter 45. Porphyrin Metabolism, Haem and the Bile Pigments

Chapter 46. Metabolism of Ethanol

Chapter 47. Sorbitol, Galactitol, Glucuronate and Xylitol

Chapter 48. Fructose Metabolism

Chapter 49. Metabolic Pathways in Fasting Liver and their Disorder in Reye's Syndrome

Chapter 50. Diabetes 1: Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Uptake into Cells and Glycogen Synthesis-Signal Transduction

Chapter 51. Diabetes 2: Metabolic Changes in Type 1 Diabetes

Chapter 52. Diabetes 3: Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, MODY and pancreatic B-cell Metabolism

Chapter 53. Diabetes 4: Type 2 Diabetes and Insulin Resistance in Muscle

Chapter 54. Diabetes 5: Type 2 Diabetes and insulin Resistance in Adipose Tissue

Chapter 55. Diabetes 6: Type 2 Diabetes and Insulin Resistance in Liver