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Dec 26, 2024
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2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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CHEM 0513 - Biochemistry
Credits: 3
This course addresses the structure and chemical properties of four types of biomolecules: proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids. Enzyme kinetics and the mechanistic details of enzyme catalyzed reactions will be considered. Special consideration will be given to the chemical reactions and energy transfers involved in metabolic pathways such as the tricarboxylic acid cycle and the electron transport chain. Emphasis will be placed on the similarities that exist between the apparently disparate chemical transformations that occur in metabolic pathways. Where appropriate the class will consider the role that organelles play in the chemical transformations being discussed. The instructor and the student shall arrange a filed-based pedagogical component whose goal is an exploration of the application of the subject matter to the secondary school science curriculum.
Prerequisites: CHEM 0201 Organic Chemistry I
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