BCH 400/600  Spring 2007

Lecture Notes

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Chapter 1 - Introduction to Biochemistry (lecture 1)

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Chapter 2 - Properties of Water/pH/Buffers (lecture 2, 3)

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acid base practice problems 1, 2, 7, 9 on Pgs 43-45 in Principles of Biochemistry (same questions for 3rd and 4th edition texts)

Chapter 3 - Amino acids, Peptides and Proteins (lecture 3, 4)

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Chapter 3 - Protein purification/Analysis (lecture 5)

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Chapter 4 (part 1) - Protein Structure Introduction / 2o Structure (lecture 6)

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Chapter 4 (part 2) - Protein 3-D structure: 3o and 4o structure and protein folding (lecture 7)

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Chapter 4 (part 3) - Protein 3-D structure: Structure Function (lecture 8)

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Hemoglobin movie 1    Hemoglobin movie 2  Hemoglobin movie 3    Hemoglobin movie 4 

Sample Exams/Exam 1 2002 to 2006.pdf

NIH INBRE SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS ($4,500.00 plus 3 course credit)

NSF EPSCOR SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP ($4,500.00 plus 3 course credits)

Chapter 5 (part1) - Enzymes - Introduction (lecture 9)

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Chapter 5 (part2) - Enzymes - Michaelis-Menton Kinetics (lecture 10)

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Chapter 5 (part3) - Enzymes - More Kinetics (lecture 11)

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Helpful problems in the book for the next exam 

Chapter 5 (problems 2, 7, 8, 9)(same problems for both 3rd and 4th edition text)

Lineweaver-Burk Sample Problem (question) (solution)

(something similar will be on the exam)

Chapter 5 (part 4) - Enzymes Regulation (lecture 12)

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Chapter 6 (part 1) - Enzymes Mechanisms (lecture 14) 

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Chapter 7 (part 1) - cofactors (lecture 15) 

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Chapter 7 (part 2) - cofactors (lecture 16) 

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Chapter 7 (p227     1, 2)

Chapter 8 (part 1) - Carbohydrates: monosaccharides (lecture 17) 

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Chapter 8 (part2) - Carbohydrates: oligo- and polysaccharides (lecture 18 

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Sample Exams/Exam 2 2002 to 2006.pdf

Chapter 9 (part1) - Lipids and Membrane (lecture 19) 

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Chapter 9 (part2) - Lipids and Membrane (lecture 20) 

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Chapter 9 (part3) - Lipids and Membrane (lecture 21) 

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Chapter 10  - Introduction to Metabolism (lecture 22) 

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Chapter 11  - Glycolysis (lecture 23) 

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Chapter 11  - Glycolysis (lecture 24) 

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glycolysis pathway figure - Print this out!!!! PDF

Check out this site (http://www.jonmaber.demon.co.uk/diygly/). It has some very good exercises to help you learn glycolysis.

Chapter 12  - Citric Acid Cycle (lecture 25) 

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Sample Exams/Exam 3 2002 to 2006.pdf

Chapter 13  - Additional Pathways of Carbohydrate metabolism (lecture 26) 

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Chapter 14  - Electron Transport (lecture 27) 

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Chapter 14  - Oxidative Phosphorylation (lecture 28) 

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Chapter 15  - Photosynthetic Electron Transport (lecture 29) 

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Chapter 15  - Photophosphorylation (lecture 30) 

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Chapter 15  - Carbon Fixation (dark reactions) (lecture 31) 

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Chapter 16  - Lipid Absorption and Mobilization (lecture 32) 

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Chapter 16  - Fatty Acid Catabolism (b-oxidation) (lecture 33) 

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Chapter 16  - Fatty Acid Synthesis (lecture 34)

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 Chapter 16  - Synthesis of Eicosanoids, Glycerolipids and Isoprenoids (lecture 35)

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Sample Exams/Exam 4 2002 to 2005.pdf

Sample Exams/Exam 5 2002 to 2005.pdf

EXAM 4 CHANGED TO MONDAY APRIL16

REVIEW SESSION IN CLASS THURSDAY AND

SUNDAY NIGHT AT 6:30 PM IN FA 301

Chapter 17  - Nitrogen Assimilation and Amino Acid Synthesis (lecture 36) 

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Chapter 17  - Protein Degradation and Amino Acid Catabolism (lecture 37) 

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Summary of Metabolism

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Chapter 19  - Nucleic Acids (lecture 38) 

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Chapter 19  - Nucleic Acids (lecture 39) 

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Chapter 20  - DNA Replication and Repair (lecture 40) 

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Chapter 21  - Transcription (lecture 41) 

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Chapter 21  - Transcriptional Regulation and RNA Processing (lecture 42) 

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Chapter 22  - Protein Synthesis (Part 1) (lecture 43) 

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Chapter 22  - Protein Synthesis (Part 2) (lecture 44) 

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Chapter 23  - Recombinant DNA Technologies (Part 1) (lecture 45) 

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