Chem 142A
Biochemistry
Summer 2009
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Chem 142A Summer 2009 |
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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
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:
| Syllabus | General information about the course. | |
| Textbook | Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry (Nelson & Cox) | Link |
| Last Year | Biochemistry Chem 142A: Summer 2008 | Link |
| Homework | Problem Set 1 | |
| Practice | Practice Problems for 2009 | |
| Exam | Midterm I Preparation Guide | |
| Exam | Midterm I Answer Key (2009) | |
| Homework | Problem Set 2 | |
| Homework | Problem Set 2: Partial Key | |
| Exam | Midterm II Preparation Guide | |
| Exam | Practice Test for Midterm II | |
| Exam | Practice Test Key for Midterm II | |
| Exam | Midterm II Answer Key (2009) | |
| Homework | Problem Set 3 | |
| Exam | Final Preparation Guide | |
| Exam | Practice Calculation Questions | |
| Exam | Sample Questions from 2003 | |
| Exam | Statistics Page | Link |
| Exam | Selected Answers from Final |
The lecture notes will be posted here before 7:00 a.m. of that day.
| Notes | Powerpoint Lecture Note Pages in PDF | Acrobat |
| August 3 | Foundations of Biochemistry: The Molecular Logic of Life (Free Access) | |
| August 4 | Foundations of Biochemistry: Cells and Evolution | |
| August 5-6 | Foundations of Biochemistry: Chemical Principles | |
| August 6 | Foundations of Biochemistry: Forces and Water | |
| August 11 | Ionization of Water, pH, pKa, Buffers | |
| August 12 | Amino Acids | |
| August 13 | Peptides and Proteins: Intro to Structure and Methods | |
| August 17 | Proteins: Secondary Structure | |
| August 18 | Fibrous Proteins: Structure and Function | |
| August 19 | Membraneous and Globular Proteins. Protein Folding | |
| August 20 | Function of Globular Proteins. Hemoglobin | |
| August 24 | Immune System and Antibodies. | |
| August 25 | Carbohydrates | |
| August 26 | Glycobiology | |
| Aug 31-Sept 1 | Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids | |
| Sept 2 | DNA Structure and Function | |
| Sept 3 | DNA Technologies | |
| Sept 8 | Lipids | |
| Sept 9 | Membrane Biochemistry |
| Literature | Reading in PDF | Acrobat |
| Week1 | Nanobacteria are mineralo fetuin complexes | |
| Week3 | Characterization of saxitoxin binding ... | |
| Week5 | Aequorin and green fluorescent protein |
Protein Data Bank
PyMOL Molecular Visualization Program
Biomolecular Visualization Examples with PyMol
How to Create Movies 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
Fall 2002 by Dr. Shea
Fall 2001 by Dr. Gerig
Introductory Biochemistry at Pennsylvania State University
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Spectroscopy Online Resources
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