An introduction to protein structure and function -- Amino acids: the building blocks of proteins -- The three-dimensional structure of proteins -- The structure and function of fibrous proteins -- The structure and function of membrane proteins -- The diversity of proteins -- Enzyme kinetics, structure, function, and catalysis -- Protein synthesis, processing, and turnover -- Protein expression, purification and characterization -- Physical methods of determining the three-dimensional structure of proteins -- Protein folding in vivo and in vitro -- Protein structure and a molecular approach to medicine