13 Aug.
Wed.
9:00-11:00
Course overview; intramolecular forces
Haas
14 Aug.
Thurs.
Amino acids as protein building blocks
15 Aug.
Fri.
Protein structure
Chiu
18 Aug.
Mon.
19 Aug.
Tues.
Principles of enzyme catalysis
20 Aug.
21 Aug.
Thermodynamics
22 Aug.
Fri
Enzyme kinetics and assays
25 Aug.
Mon
Protein expression and purification
26 Aug.
Structure determination by x-ray crystallography
27 Aug.
Sequence alignments, BLAST, and molecular graphics
Review Session
8 Sept.
Overview of metabolism
9 Sept.
Carbohydrate structure
Kim
10 Sept.
9:00-12:00
EXAM 1
NEW BIOCHEMISTRY CONFERENCE ROOM MEB 7158
15 Sept.
16 Sept.
Glycolysis and gluconeogenesis
17 Sept.
Glycogen metabolism, pentose phosphate pathway
22 Sept.
Catabolism of fructose and other carbohydrates, regulation of carbohydrate metabolism
23 Sept.
Cell biology of carbohydrate metabolism, Molecular manipulation of metabolism
24 Sept.
Krebs cycle
29 Sept.
Oxidative phosphorylation
30 Sept.
Lipid structure
Wojcik
1 Oct.
Lipid metabolism
6 Oct.
7 Oct.
Cholesterol and steroid hormone synthesis
8 Oct.
Exam 2
13 Oct.
Urea cycle
Desai
14 Oct.
Amino acid metabolism
15 Oct
20 Oct.
Nucleotide metabolism
Streich
21 Oct.
22 Oct.
Integration of energy metabolism
27 Oct.
Exam 3