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<p><strong>Section I Foundational Principles and Protein Function</strong><br>1 Chemical Foundations: Acid-Base Chemistry, Buffers, and Bioenergetics<br>2 Chemistry of Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, and Nucleotides<br>3 Biochemical Reactions and Catalysis<br>4 Protein Structure and Function<br><strong>Section II Metabolism</strong><br>5 The TCA Cycle and Oxidative Phosphorylation<br>6 Carbohydrate Digestion and Metabolism<br>7 Fatty Acid Metabolism and Lipid Digestion<br>8 Cholesterol and Steroid Metabolism<br>9 Protein, Amino Acid, and One Carbon Metabolism<br>10 Nucleotide, Heme, and Iron Metabolism<br>11 Nutrition and Integrated Metabolism<br><strong>Section III Molecular Biology</strong><br>12 Cellular Signaling and Posttranslational Modifications<br>13 DNA Replication and Cell Cycle<br>14 DNA Mutation and Repair<br>15 Gene Transcription and RNA Processing<br>16 Protein Translation<br>17 Cell Stress and Death<br>18 Biochemical and Molecular Techniques</p>