BCH 4054

GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Tentative Lecture Syllabus

SPRING 2002

(Dr. Light)

Date

Topic

Chapter

Other

Jan 7

M

Introduction, Metabolism Overview

18

Jan 9

W

Glycolysis Review

19

Jan 11

F

TCA Cycle Review

20

Jan 14

M

               “

20

Jan 16

W

Anaplerotic Reactions., Glyoxalate Cycle

20

Jan 18

F

Electron Transport

21

Web Test 1 (18,19,20)

Jan 21

M

Martin Luther King day, no class

Jan 23

W

Oxidative Phosphorylation

21

Jan 25

F

                “

21

Jan 28

M

Photosynthesis (Light Reaction)

22

Web Test 2 (21,22)

Jan 30

W

          “

22

Feb 1

F

HOUR TEST 1

18-22

Feb 4

M

Photosynthesis (Dark Reaction)

Feb 6

W

Gluconeogenesis

23

Feb 8

F

Glycogen Metabolism

23

Feb 11

M

Regulation of Glycogen Metabolism

23

Feb 13

W

Pentose Phosphate Pathway

23

Web Test 3 (22,23)

Feb 15

F

Fatty Acid Oxidation

24

Feb 18

M

            "

24

Feb 20

W

Fatty Acid Biosynthesis

25

Feb 22

F

HOUR TEST 2

22-24

Feb 25

M

Eicosanoid Biosynthesis

25

Feb 27

W

Sterol Biosynthesis

25

Mar 1

F

Plasma Lipoproteins

25

Web Test 4 (24,25)

Mar 4

M

N-Metabolism-Assimilation

26

Mar 6

W

N-Metabolism-Transamination

26

Mar 8

F

N-Metabolism-Urea Cycle

26

M. 11-15

SPRING BREAK

Mar 18

M

Nucleotide Biosynthesis (C₁ carriers)

11,27

Web Test 5 (26,27)

Mar 20

W

                      “

27

Mar 22

F

HOUR TEST 3

11,25-27

Mar 25

M

Nucleic Acids-review; supercoiling

12

Mar 27

W

DNA Recombination and Mutation

29

Mar 39

F

                       "

29

Apr 1

M

DNA Replication and Repair

30

Apr 3

W

             "

30

Web Test 6 (29,30)

Apr 5

F

RNA Transcription

31

Apr 8

M

            "

31

Apr 10

W

RNA Processing

31

Apr 12

F

HOUR TEST 4

12,29-31

Apr 15

M

Protein Biosynthesis

32,33

Web Test 7 (31,32)

Apr 17

W

            "

33

Apr 19

F

            "

33

Apr 22

M

Final Exam—10:00-12:00 noon

cumulative