Chemistry 142A

 

Instructor: Kevin Plaxco

Office: Chemistry 1103

Office hours by appointment

kwp@chem.ucsb.edu

 

TA: Camille Lawrence

Office Chemistry 1154

Office hours: Mon 2-3pm, Thurs 11am – 12pm or by appointment

lawrence@lifesci.ucsb.edu

 

Lecture: MWF 1-2pm, Girvetz 1004

Textbook: Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry (Nelson & Cox), 5th edition

 

 

Course syllabus

 

 

Suggested homework questions

Week

Assignment

Chapter 1, 2:

Chapter 2 only: Review worked example 2-2.

End of chapter problems: 1, 5a, 7, 12, 25, 31

Chapter 3:

Be able to reconstruct peptide as in Figure 3-27

End of chapter problems: 2, 5, 9, 10, 13, 19

Chapter 4: End of chapter problems: 4, 7, 10, 13, 14
Chapter 5: End of chapter problems: 2,3,4,8,11,12
Chapter 6: Skip this chapter
Chapter 7: End of chapter problems 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 18, 23, 29
Chapter 8:

End of chapter problems 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 11, 13

 

 

Exam Key

 

Mid-term 1 key

Mid-term 2 key

 

 

Score Histogram, Mid-term 1

 

 

 

Score Histogram, Mid-term 2

 

 

Previous exams

 

Mid-term 1

Mid-term 2

Final