BIOS 240:
MACROMOLECULAR
STRUCTURE
AND FUNCTION
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CONTACT:
Thu 10-11 or by appointment
GRNQ 357
595-2172
pham@uwp.edu
CLASS
SYLLABUS
I. The Realm of Biochemistry (Lectures 1-8:
Lehninger,
Chapters 1-4, 6-7, 10)
Lecture
1. Rules for the class
II.
Cell organization,
cell
signaling, traficking and cell-cycle control
(Lectures
9-19:
Lodish et
al., Chapters 5-7, 13-4, 16-7, 21, 23)
Lecture
9. Chapter 5 & 6: Biomembranes and cell architecture. (LONG VERSION)
Description
of project
Session
10. Thu 2/17/03. EXAM 1: Lectures 1-7 (Lehninger, Chapters 1-4, 6-7, 10).
Lecture
11. Go over exam. Chapter 5 & 6: Biomembranes and
cell architecture. (LONG VERSION)
Lecture 12.
Chapter
7: Transport of
ions
and small molecules across cell membrane. (LONG
VERSION)
Lecture
13. Chapter 13: Signaling at the cell surface. (LONG VERSION)
Lecture 14.
Chapter
14: Signaling pathways that control gene activity. (LONG VERSION)
Lecture
15. Chapter 16: Moving proteins into membrane and organelles. (LONG VERSION)
Session 16.
Review
homework
for Chapters 7-16.
SPRING
BREAK
Lecture
17.
Chapter
17: Vesicular traffic, secretion, and endocytosis. (LONG VERSION)
Lecture
18. Thu 3/24/03. Project due at
8:00
AM. Chapter 21: Regulating the
eukaryotic cell cycle. (LONG VERSION)
Lecture
19. Chapter
23: Cancer (LONG VERSION)
Session 20.
Review homework
for Chapters 17, 21, and 23.
III.
Bioenergetics and
metabolism
(Lectures 20-25:
Lehninger, Chapters 13, 14, 16, 19, 21)
Lecture 21. Chapter 13: Principles of bioenergies. (LONG VERSION)
Session
22. Thu 4/7/03 EXAM 2: Lectures 9-19
Lecture 23.
Chapter 14: Glycolysis
and pentose phosphate pathway. (LONG VERSION)
Lecture 24.
Go
over exam. Chapter
16: Citric acid
cycle. (LONG VERSION)
Lecture 25.
Chapter 19:
Oxidative phosphorylation. (LONG VERSION)
Lecture
26. Chapter
21: Lipid biosynthesis. (LONG VERSION)
Session
27. Tue 4/26/05. Danielle DeWaal, Chinou Thao
Session
28. Thu 4/28/05. Jacob Metallo, Erica Berzin, Amy Sainski
Session
29. Review
Session
30. Exam
3
Thursday
5/5/02
8:00-10:00
AM
Pre-Requirements:
Chem 101, 102, 321
Concurrently enrolled in
Chem 322
Math 113
Three
Exams:
Each: 32 %
Total: 64% = 32 % from
highest
score + 32 % from average of the two lowest scores
One project: 32 %
Due Thu 3/25/02 at 8:00 AM
Homework:
Will not be graded
60-70 % of the exams will
come
out of your homework = D grade
NO
make-up exam will
be
given
and NO late project will be accepted without a written medical excuse
from
your physician. Four percent of
your grade is from class participation.
This
class will be
graded on a
straight
percentage:
90-100 = A-/A
80-90 = B-/B+
70-80 = C-/C+
60-70 = D-/D+
<60 = F