Chem 142A Biochemistry Summer 2008

Lecturer:

Dr. Kalju Kahn
Office: PSB-N 2623
Office hours: Mon and Wed 1:00-2:00 PM or by appointment
Phone: (805) 893-6157
E-mail: kalju@chem.ucsb.edu
Website:www.chem.ucsb.edu/~kalju/

	Lecture:        MTWR 11:00-12:20   Place: North Hall 1111

Mission statement

Chem 142A is the first course of a three-course sequence (Chem 142ABC) and serves as an introduction and prerequisite for the two following courses. The Chem 142 sequence provides the students fundamentals of biochemistry and molecular biology, and is mainly intended for students in the field of chemistry and biology.

The current course, Chem 142A, has two main focuses:

1. Understanding of life via study of structures, properties, and reactions of biological macromolecules, such as proteins and nucleic acids.
2. Understanding biological macromolecules via study of structures and properties of small biological molecules, such as amino acids, nucleotides, saccharides, and lipids.

Course materials

Lecture Notes

On days that I use PowerPoint slides in the class, the notes will be posted here before 7:00 a.m. of that day.

Biochemistry Links

Protein Data Bank
How to Create Movies with PyMOL
PyMOL Molecular Visualization Program
Biomolecular Visualization Examples with PyMol
Induced Fit in Hexokinase: Animations
Chemscape Chime to view 3D structures online
How To View Stereo Pair Photographs
Stereo Viewing
Hints for studying biochemistry
Membrane Biochemistry Resources at UCSB Induced Fit Animations

Biochemistry Lecture Materials on the Web:

Fall 2002 by Dr. Shea
Fall 2001 by Dr. Gerig
Introductory Biochemistry at Pennsylvania State University

General Science Links

Electronic Journals
Spectroscopy Online Resources

UCSB links

UCSB General Catalog
UCSB Campus Map
UCSB Gold Login
UCSB Umail Access
UCSB Environmental Health and Safety