BCH 4054

GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY

SPRING 2001

Tentative Lecture Syllabus

(Dr. Light)

Jan 8

M

Introduction, Metabolism Overview

18

Jan 10

W

Glycolysis Review

19

Jan 12

F

TCA Cycle Review

20

Jan 15

M

Martin Luther King day, no class

Jan 17

W

Anaplerotic Reactions., Glyoxalate Cycle

20

Web Test 1 (18,19,20)

Jan 19

F

Electron Transport

21

Jan 22

M

Oxidative Phosphorylation

21

Jan 24

W

Photosynthesis

22

Jan 26

F

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22

Jan 29

M

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22

Web Test 2 (21,22)

Jan 31

W

Gluconeogenesis

23

Feb 2

F

HOUR TEST 1

18-22

Feb 5

M

Glycogen Metabolism

23

Feb 7

W

Regulation of Glycogen Metabolism

23

Feb 9

F

Pentose Phosphate Pathway

23

Feb 12

M

Fatty Acid Oxidation

24

Web Test 3 (23)

Feb 14

W

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24

Feb 16

F

Fatty Acid Biosynthesis

25

Feb 19

M

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25

Web Test 4 (24,25)

Feb 21

W

Eicosanoid Biosynthesis

25

Feb 23

F

HOUR TEST 2

23-25

Feb 26

M

Sterol Biosynthesis

25

Feb 28

W

Plasma Lipoproteins

25

Mar 2

F

N-Metabolism-Assimilation

26

Mar 5

M

N-Metabolism-Transamination

26

Mar 7

W

N-Metabolism-Urea Cycle

26

Mar 9

F

Nucleotide Biosynthesis (C₁ carriers)

11,27

M. 12-14

SPRING BREAK

Mar 19

M

Nucleotide Biosynthesis (C₁ carriers)

27

Web Test 5 (25,26,27)

Mar 21

W

Metabolic Coordination

28

Mar 23

F

HOUR TEST 3

11,25-27

Mar 26

M

Nucleic Acids-review; supercoiling

12

Mar 28

W

DNA Recombination and Mutation

29

Mar 30

F

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29

Apr 2

M

DNA Replication and Repair

30

Apr 4

W

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30

Web Test 6 (28,29,30)

Apr 6

F

RNA Transcription

31

Apr 9

M

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31

Apr 11

W

HOUR TEST 4

12,29-31

Apr 13

F

RNA Processing

31

Apr 16

M

Protein Biosynthesis

32,33

Apr 18

W

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33

Web Test 7 (31,32,33)

Apr 20

F

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33

Apr 26

Th

Final Exam—12:30-2:30 p.m.

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