Fall term only. Study of amino acids, protein structure and conformation, kinetic and molecular basis of enzyme action, lipids, and membrane structure, carbohydrates and intermediary metabolism, regulatory mechanisms, elementary thermodynamics in biochemical equilibria, and relationships between structure and function of biological macromolecules. PREREQ: CHE 234. Departmental Permission required for students who have previously taken CHE 244.

3 hours; 3 credits Properties and reactions of compounds of biological importance. Oxygen-transport proteins. Enzyme kinetics and mechanisms. Basic immunology. Biological membranes. DNA replication, mutation, and repair. Transcription and the Genetic Code. Protein biosynthesis. (Not open to students who are enrolled in or have completed Chemistry 4570.) Prerequisite: Biology 2074 or Biology 1002. Prerequisite: Chem 3510 or both Chem 3511 and 3512

This is the first semester of a two-semester Biochemistry course sequence. The course covers the cellular biochemistry of amino acids, proteins, enzymes, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids, in depth.

Chemical aspects of protein structure and function, fundamentals of bioenergetics, biochemical mechanisms of gene replication and expression.

This course provides a fundamental and detailed introduction to modern biochemistry. Lecture topics include amino acids and proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, carbohydrates, classical bioenergetics, and metabolism. Emphasis is placed on contemporary applications of protein and nucleic acid biochemistry. Forensic applications of and special topics in biochemistry are integrated with the course material. Modern laboratory procedures in biochemistry including bimolecular purification, analysis, and spectroscopic thermodynamic and kinetic techniques are introduced. Current methods of graphical presentation and mathematical analysis of experimental data are applied.

This course concerning the chemical characteristics of living matter. Topics include general concepts of the cell, biomolecules, carbohydrates, amino acids, peptides, protein structure and function, lipids, enzymes, citric acid cycle and nucleic acids. Laboratory studies include modern experimental and research techniques in Biochemistry.

Structure, properties, biosynthesis, and metabolism of major groups of compounds of biological importance: proteins, amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, and coenzymes. The course emphasizes the relationship between the biochemical pathways and their location in the cell as well as metabolic regulation.

Enzyme systems and their control, intermediary metabolism; transport mechanisms and role in cell function, structure of nucleic acids; protein synthesis. The interrelationship of these processes and effects of disease will be stressed.