CHEM 460 Biochemistry
An introduction to the major groups of biochemical molecules, the catabolic processes which derive energy from them and the anabolic processes which produce them. Special attention is given to basic metabolic cycles and pathways (glycolysis, the TCA cycle, electron transport and oxidation phosphorylation) and to carbohydrate, lipid, protein and nucleic acid biosynthesis. These processes are related to cells and cellular substructure. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory period each week. Lab: CHEM 460L