本书因其对最基本的生物化学原理进行精确、流畅、清晰的描述在国外受到广泛的赞扬。作者Robert从事生物化学教学已30余年，具有丰富的教学经验。全书共分为四大部分，包括导论、生物大分子的结构和功能、代谢动力学和遗传物质，章节之间保持较好的连贯性。此版还增加了许多读者感兴趣的内容，并阐述了相关的最新研究进展。在每一章后面都附有较全面的练习题，包括简答题、选择题和论述题，而且在书后对练习题做了详尽的解答，可以帮助学生更好地掌握生物化学基本原理。
　　本书适合生物学类专业本科学生和研究生作为双语教材使用，并可供相关的研究工作者参考。

H.Robert Horton，Dr Horton who received his Ph.D from the University of Missouri in 1962,is William Neal Reynolds rofessor Emeriturs and Alunmi Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Bisochemistry at North Carolina State University,where he served on the faculty for over 30 years.Most of Professor Hortons research was in protein and enzyme mehanisms.

PART ONE
Introduction
1 Introduction to Biochemistry
2 Water
PART TWO
Structure and Function of Biomolecules
3 Amino Acids and the Primary Structures of Proteins
4 Proteins:Three-Dimensional Structure and Function
5 Properties of Enzymes
6 Mechanisms of Enzymes
7 Coenzymes and Vitamins
8 Carbohydrates
9 Lipids and Membranes
PART THREE
Metabolism and Bioenergetics
10 Introduction to Metabolism
11 Glycolysis
12 The Citric Acid Cycle
13 Additional pathways in Carbohydrate metabolism
14 Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
15 Photosynthesis
16 Lipid Metabolism
17 Amino Acid Metabolism
18 Nucleotide Metabolism
PART FOUR
Biological Information Flow
19 Nucleic Acids
20 DNA Replication,Repair,and Recombination
21 Transcription and RNA Processing
22 Protein Synthesis
23 Recombinant DNA Technology
Solutions
Illustration Credits
Glossary
Index