Lecture Schedule
[Chapters assigned in Campbell are in brackets.]
Week 1
      1. Introduction to the Course & Functional Groups [1]
      2. Water Structure & Hydrogen Bonds [2.1-2.2]
      3. Acid-Base Equilibria & Buffers [2.3-2.6]
Week 2
     
      4. Structure & Properties of Amino Acids [3.1-3.3]
      5. Peptides [3.4-3.5]
Week 3
      6. Protein Primary & Secondary Structure [4.1-4.3]
      7. Protein Tertiary & Quaternary Structure [4.3-4.5]
      8. Protein Folding & Protein Viewing [4.2-4.5]
Week 4
      9. Biochemical Energetics 1 [11.1-11.6]
    10. Biochemical Energetics 2 [11.7-11.10]
          Chs. 1-4       Exam 1   and   Exam 1 Answers
Week 5
    11. Immunoglobulin Structure and Function [20.5]
    12. Ligand Binding Measurements [None]
    13. O2 Binding by Myoglobin & Hemoglobin [4.5]
Week 6
    14. Enzyme Kinetics [5.1-5.6]
    15. Enzyme Inhibition [5.7-5.10]
    16. Protein Purification [none]
Week 7
    17. Nucleic Acid Structures [7]
    18. DNA Replication & Repair [8A]

 

 
19. DNA Transcription [8B]
Review of some Molecular Genetics Terminology.
Week 8
    20. Transcription Regulation [8B]
    21. Protein Synthesis: tRNA Structure & Charging [9.1-9.3]
     
Week 9
     
    22. Ribosomes & Peptide Bond Formation [9.4-9.9]
    23. Protein Structure Determination [None]
Week 10
    24. Lipids [6.1-6.3]
        Chs. 4.5, 5, 7, 8, 11, & 20.5       Exam 2   and   Exam 2 Answers
    25. Biological Membranes [6.3-6.6]
Week 11
    26. Enzyme Mechanism: Serine Proteases [5.11-5.12]
    27. Enzyme Mechanism: Serine Proteases [5.11-5.12]
    28. Carbohydrates 1 [12.1-12.3]
Week 12
    29. Carbohydrates 2 [12.4-12.5]
    30a. Glycolysis 1 [13.1-13.3]
    30b. Glycolysis 2 [13.4-13.5]
Week 13
    31. Glycogen Metabolism/Gluconeogenesis [14.1-14.3]
      
      
Week 14
    32a. Citric Acid Cycle 1 [15.1-15.4]
    32b. Citric Acid Cycle 2 [15.5-15.8]
    Chs. 5.11-5.12, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14.1-14.3       Exam 3   and   Exam 3 Answers
Week 15
    33a. Oxidative Phosphorylation: Electron Transport [16.1-16.3]
    33b. Oxidative Phosphorylation: ATP Synthesis [16.4-16.7]
    34. Catabolism of Fatty Acids [17.1-17.5]
    35. Integrated Metabolism [20.1-20.4]
 
       FINAL      Final Exam   and   Final Exam Answers
    5:30p.m.-8:30p.m.     WEH 7500

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