BCH 4054

GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY

FALL 1999

 

Tentative Lecture Syllabus

(Dr. Light)

 

Date

Topic

Chapter

Other

Aug 30

M

Glycolysis, TCA-review

13,14

 

Sep 1

W

              "

13,14

 

Sep 3

F

Anaplerotic Rxns., Glyoxalate Cycle

14

Pre-Test 1 on Web

Sep 6

M

Labor Day, no class

 

 

Sep 8

W

Pentose Phosphate Pathway

14

 

Sep 10

F

Gluconeogenesis

16

 

Sep 13

M

Glycogen Metabolism

13,16

Pre-Test 1 due

Sep 15

W

Regulation of Glycogen Metabolism

13,16

Help Session 5:30 pm

Sep 17

F

HOUR TEST 1

13,14,16

 

Sep 20

M

Electron Transport

15

 

Sep 22

W

Oxidative Phosphorylation

15

 

Sep 24

F

Photosynthesis

17

Pre-Test 2 on Web

Sep 27

M

              "

17

 

Sep 29

W

              "

17

 

Oct 1

F

Plasma Lipoproteins

18

 

Oct 4

M

Fatty Acid Oxidation

18

Pre-Test 2 due

Oct 6

W

Fatty Acid Biosynthesis

18

Help Session 5:30 pm

Oct 8

F

HOUR TEST 2

15,17,18

 

Oct 11

M

Fatty Acid Biosynthesis

18

 

Oct 13

W

Sphingolipid Metabolism

19

 

Oct 15

F

Sterol Biosynthesis

19

Pre-Test 3 on Web

Oct 18

M

              "

19

 

Oct 20

W

Eicosanoid Biosynthesis

19

 

Oct 22

F

N-Metabolism-Transamination

20

 

Oct 25

M

N-Metabolism-Urea Cycle

20

Pre-Test 3 due

Oct 27

W

N-Metabolism-C1 carriers

20

Help Session 5:30 pm

Oct 29

F

HOUR TEST 3

18,19,20

 

Nov 1

M

Nucleotide Biosynthesis

22

 

Nov 3

W

              "

22

 

Nov 5

F

Metabolic Coordination

23

Pre-Test 4 on Web

Nov 8

M

              "

23

 

Nov 10

W

Nucleic Acids-review

4

 

Nov 12

F

DNA Replication

24

 

Nov 15

M

               "

24

Pre-Test 4 due

Nov 17

W

DNA Repair and Recombination

25

Help Session 5:30 pm

Nov 19

F

HOUR TEST 4

22,23,24

 

Nov 22

M

DNA Repair and Recombination

25

 

Nov 24

W

              "

25

Pre-Test 5 on Web

Nov 26

F

Thanksgiving Holiday, no class

 

 

Nov 29

M

RNA Transcription

26

 

Dec 1

W

              "

26

 

Dec 3

F

              "

26

 

Dec 6

M

Protein Biosynthesis

27

Pre-Test 5 due

Dec 8

W

              "

27

Help Session 5:30 pm

Dec 10

F

              "

27

 

Dec 13

M

Final Exam—10:00-12:00 am

cumulative