Biochemistry 325
Spring 2007

TABLES OF CONTENTS

L E C T U R E S
Quizzes and Tests will be given during lab time
Lecture #Date
Text pages 5th ed
Text pages 4th ed
Topic(s)Page
1January 10
(in lab)
Introduction to the course
Nobel Laureates in Biochemistry
Research interests of the instructor
1
2
3
2 January 11Control [coarse] mechanisms - the Lac-Operon 5
3January 16
131-139
General enzymology; active sites; molecular ecology10
4January 18
139-155
Kinetics I: Michaelis-Menton Theory 15
5 January 23
156-183
Kinetics II: Fine control mechanisms20
6January 25
463-    
Glycolysis A:The Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas Pathway
 Coenzymes in the "EMP"
25
26
7January 30
    486
Glycolysis B: The EMP continued30
7February 01
    486
The Entner-Douderoff Pathway33
8February 06
515-518
The Korkes-Gunsälus Intermediate Pathway35
9February 08Glycolytic Inhibitors; Poisson Distribution40
10February 13
540-567
Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation45
11February 15
 
 
Membranes and Transport
(goes with the LPS SDS-PAGE lab)
50
12February 20
511-539
Krebs Cycle; P/O; inhibitors, etc.55
13February 22Energetics of the above pathways60
14February 27
504-510
Pentose Shunt [aka: Hexose monophosphate shunt, HMS]65
15March 01
434-447
Carbohydrates IA:Monosaccharides
IB:Monosaccharides (cont'd)
 Nomenclature
70
75
76
16March 06
448-462;487-494
Carbohydrates II: Polymers
The Glycogen Cycle
Hormal Control of the Glycogen Cycle
80
 
 
17March 20Proteins IIIA: isolation and purification procedures85
18March 22
80-112
 
Proteins IV: structural analysis
in vitro Synthesis of the Peptide Bond
90
91
19March 27
58-72
 
Proteins I: amino acids, chemical tests, structural classification95
20March 29
122-130
 
Proteins II: degradation (chemical and enzymatic)
Practice Problem
100
101
21April 03
629-648
The Nitrogen Pool (Ammonium fixation & Transamination)105
Here a placement quiz will be given to ascertain which of the following may be skipped due the students' having had genetics.
22 April 03In vivo Protein Synthesis110
23April 05
568-586
Fat and Terpene Syntheses115
24April 10
586-603
LPS electrophoresis120
25April 12
648-656
Other Lipids125
26April 17LPS electrophoresis (gel making)130
27April 19LPS electrophoresis (gel development)135
28April 24Radio-Isotopes in Biochemistry140
29April 26Immunology in vivo 145
30May 01Carbon-carbon bond formation review150
31May 02Vitamin Survey and help session for final exam155
32May 04
1 p.m.
final exam 


M E T A B O L I C   P A T H W A Y S   &   F I G U R E S
Topic(s)Page
Glycolysis (Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas Pathway)250
Hormonal Control of Glycolysis251
Entner-Douderoff Pathway252
Korkes-Gunsälus Connector Pathway253
Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation254
Krebs Cycle (aka: Citric Acid Cycle; Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle256
Glyoxalate Shunt257
Glycogen Synthesis Pathway258
Hormal Control of the Glycogen Cycle259
Monosaccharides (Fisher Structures with Mnemonics)260
Monosaccharides (Haworth Structures)261
Pentose Shunt (Hexose Monophosphate Shunt)262
Tri-Glycerin Metabolism263
Fatty-Acid Metabolism264
Terpene Biosynthesis265
Complex Lipids266
Amino Acids (Fischer Structures)267
Nitrogen Pool (including the Urea Cycle)268
Folic Acid Derivatives270
deoxy-nucleotide Biosynthesis271
Purine Biosynthesis to Inosinic Acid272
AMP and GMP Biosynthesis273
Purine Catabolism274
Pyrimidine Biosynthesis275
Thymidine mono-phosphate Biosynthesis276
Hydroxy-methyl-Cytosine Biosynthesis in T-even phages277
Pyrimidine Catabolism278
Codon Assignments273
DNA Base-Composition vs Tm and Density279
Antibiotics and Replication280


L A B O R A T O R Y
Labs will usually begin with a quiz on previous and current work.
There is no published lab manual; handouts will be provided on-line.
#DateSubjectPage
1Jan 10Intro to course
Preparation of source material - 1
Mission Lac-Operon
Basic Bacteriological Preparations
400
 
401
402
2Jan 17Preparation of source material - 2
Looking for catalase and lactase in bacteria and selected eukaryotes
Learning how to use substrate analogs and the spectrophotometer
In vitro lactase inhibition, In vivo lactase inhibition
410
411
412
413
3Jan 24Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Protein Chemistry420
4Jan 31Paper chromatography of amino acids and their derivatives
amino acids, proteins and enymatic activities
with unknowns!
RF values of amino acids
RF values of DNP-amino acid derivatives
430
 
 
436
437
5Feb 07Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Carbohydrate Chemistry
using chromatographic and other techniques
such as optical rotation and chemical tests
440
6Feb 14A Study of the Effects of Fever on
E. coli Lipopolysaccharide
Set up and preparation
450
7Feb 21SDS-PAGE and Development of E. coli LPS
(detergent augmented polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and silver staining of gels)
460
8Feb 28Intro quiz to Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis Lab
A Study of Light
Extension #1   Extension #2
470
471
472
473
9Mar 07Metabolism
Optimization of Growth
480
10Mar21Glycolytic Inibitors:
Glycerol Fermentation using Sodium Bisulfite
490
11Mar 28Saponification of Olive Oil500
12Apr 04Isolating the products and byproducts of the previous two labs510
13Apr 11LPS-electrophoresis via SDS-PAGE520
14Apr 18Photosynthesis and Pollutants530
15Apr 25Isolation of DNA and RNA
Investigation of some of their chemical and physical properties.
(More sophisticated exercises are done in Genetics and will not be done here.)
540
16May 02Help Session for Final Exam
(See the last lecture, above)
 


FINAL EXAM STUFF
I T E MPage
My sketches of the structures of GLUCOSE, ATP, NAD+/NADH800
My list of Carbon-Carbon bond formations and breakings805
My list of the vitamins covered in this course and their molecular points of action810
My list of techniques I've learned in this course.815