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Fall 1997 syllabus for Biochemistry I (CHEM 4400). This is a pdf file, you will need the acrobat reader.
Homework
- Chapter 2: 1,2,3,4,5,7,9
- Chapter 3: 1,2,3,4,6
- Chapter 4: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
- Chapter 5: 2,3.4,5,6,7,8,9
- Chapter 6: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
- Chapter 7: 1,3,4,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
- Chapter 8: 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14
- Chapter 9: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,14
- Chapter 10: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14
Lecture notes:
Warning: these are the notes that I try to use for the lectures. Due to time
constraints and the "whim" factor, things may be added or deleted
during the actual lectures.
lecture 1
lecture 2
lecture 3
lecture 4
lecture 5this is a pdf file, it requires the acrobat reader.
An outline of chapter 7 this is a pdf file, it requires the acrobat reader.
Prions. Why? because the shape of the defective PrP protein makes it infectious and causes severe neurological disease. Mad Cow Page is your one stop page for everything you may want to know about prions. This page includes a link to Stanley Prusiner's American Scientist article.
More info about fats More info about fats: lipases, Tay Sach's disease, and Nieman Pick disease.
Some more information about enzymes: What are thermodynamics? What are kinetics? What is a more complete approach to problem #5 in chapter 8?
Exercises
The one letter codes for the amino acids are in a table on page 113. Also,
you can check out the quiz on the amino acids from last year.
Practice pI problems: amino acids or polypeptides
Here are some practice questions for exam 2; there is also extra information about Hill plots and cooperative binding.
Exam 2 will cover: Chapters 6 and 7 homework, the additional practice problems (see above), and prions (see lecture notes).
Practice problems for exam 3, and here are the answers!
Sing these words to the tune from a favorite jingle for canned food:
When it says
"Lipids, lipids, lipids
on the label, label, label,
you will like it, like it, like it,
on your table, table, table"
Now go to the list of common fatty acids that you need to memorize. You need to know the common name, the short hand notation and the structures.
Questions for Membrane Transport
An Adventure in DNA Structures
1996 Quizes and Exams
Quiz 1 due by 5:00 Friday September 6, 1996
Quiz 4 due by 5:00 Friday October 6, 1996
Quiz 5 due by 5:00pm Friday October 11, 1996. This is a pdf file, so you will need the acrobat reader to view it. Here is a place to go to download the acrobat reader and other nifty freeware.
Old Exams
Exam 1 from 1994. Note these are pdf files, so you need to have
the acrobat reader installed and your browser preferences set
to associate pdf files with acroread.exe. Or, you can view an abreviated
html version of Exam 1 for 1994.
Exam 1 from 1995.
Exam 2 from 1994
Exam 2 from 1995.
Exam 3 from 1995 This is an html file, so you can view it without the Acrobat reader.
Created by Koni Stone, koni@chem.csustan.edu
Last edited Sunday, November 10, 1996