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Prerequisite: {CHEM271 and CHEM272} or {CHEM276 and CHEM277}. A grade of C (2.0) or better in all course prerequisites is required for majors in the College of Chemical and Life Sciences, and recommended for all students. Not open to students who have completed BCHM261 or BCHM463. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BCHM261, BCHM461, or BCHM463. First semester of a comprehensive introduction to modern chemistry. Structure, chemical properties, and function of proteins and enzymes, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids. Basic enzyme kinetics and catalytic mechanisms.

Section 101 Tugarinov, V (123 seats open, out of 123 seats.) TuTh 9:30-10:45

Section 102 Laronde-Leblanc, N (120 seats open, out of 120 seats.) TuTh 12:30-1:45

BCHM462

Biochemistry II (3 credits)

Prerequisite: BCHM461. A grade of C or better in the prerequisite is required for Life Science majors and recommended for all students. Not open to students who have completed BCHM463. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BCHM462 or BCHM463. A continuation of BCHM 461. Metabolic pathways and metabolic regulation, energy transduction in biological systems, enzyme catalytic mechanisms.

Section 101 Julin, D (140 seats open, out of 140 seats.) TuTh 3:30-4:45

BCHM463

Biochemistry of Physiology (3 credits)

Prerequisite: {CHEM271 and CHEM272} or {CHEM276 and CHEM277}. A grade of C (2.0) or better in all course prerequisites for majors in the College of Chemical and Life Sciences, and recommended to all students. Not open to students who have completed BCHM461 or BCHM462. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BCHM463 or {BCHM461 or BCHM462}. A one-semester introduction to general biochemistry. A study of protein structure, enzyme catalysis, metabolism, and metabolic regulation with respect to their relationship to physiology.

Section 101 Watson, J (125 seats open, out of 125 seats.) MWF 11-11:50

BCHM464

Biochemistry Laboratory (3 credits)

Prerequisite: BCHM461 or BCHM463. A grade of C or better in the prerequisite is required for Life Science majors and recommended for all students. Corequisite: BCHM465. BCHM, CHEM and Nutritional Sciences majors have first priority, followed by other life science majors. Biochemical and genetic methods for studying protein function. Site-directed mutagenesis and molecular cloning, protein purification, enzyme activity assays, computer modeling of protein structure. Students must pay a $40.00 Laboratory Materials fee.

Section 101 Watson, J (18 seats open, out of 18 seats.) Tu 12:30-1:20, Th 12:30-5:20

Section 102 Watson, J (18 seats open, out of 18 seats.) W 1-6:00, Tu 12:30-1:20

BCHM465

Biochemistry III (3 credits)

Prerequisite: BCHM461 or BCHM463. A grade of C or better in the prerequisite is required for Life Science majors and recommended for all students. Recommended: BCHM462. CORE Capstone (CS) Course. An advanced course in biochemistry. Biochemical approach to cellular information processing. DNA and RNA structure. DNA replication, transcription, and repair. Translation of mRNA to make proteins.

Section 101 Dayie, K (80 seats open, out of 80 seats.) MWF 12-12:50

BCHM485

Physical Biochemistry (3 credits)

Prerequisite: CHEM481. For BCHM majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: CHEM482 or BCHM485. The application of physical chemistry to biological systems. Principal topics: statistical mechanics, transport processes in liquid phase, chemical and biochemical kinetics, modeling and simulation, polymer dynamics.

Section 101 Fushman, D (45 seats open, out of 45 seats.) TuTh 9:30-10:45

BCHM673

Regulation of Metabolism (3 credits)

Prerequisite: BCHM 462 or BCHM 463 or equivalent. Intracellular milieu, compartmentation, metabolic and enzymic approaches to identifying control points, regulation by covalent modification of enzymes, metabolic disorders.

Section 101 Kahn, J (35 seats open, out of 35 seats.) TuTh 2-3:15

BCHM675

Biophysical Chemistry (3 credits)

Prerequisites: BCHM 461 and CHEM 481 or equivalent. Conformation, shape, structure, conformational changes, dynamics and interactions of biological macromolecules and complexes or arrays of macromolecules. Physical techniques for studying properties of biological macromolecules.

Section 101 Beckett, D (25 seats open, out of 25 seats.) TuTh 9:30-10:45

BCHM676

Biological Mass Spectrometry (3 credits)

Prerequisite: BCHM461 or BCHM463. Formerly BCHM 669B. Fundamentals of modern mass spectrometry and use with biochemical techniques to provide unique analyses of drug metabolites, lipids, carbohydrates, nucleotides and proteins. The interface with bioinformatics will be examined, which provides the foundation of proteomics. Also offered as BIOE689B and CHEM699A.

Section 101 Fenselau, C (30 seats open, out of 30 seats.) TuTh 12:30-1:45

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