GBCH 601-Graduate Biochemistry

Fall 1999

Room 5001: M,W,F 8:30AM-10:30AM

Course Syllabus 
Lectures


Course Syllabus

Date Day Topic Instructor
1-Sep W Amino acids; polypeptide primary, secondary structure Landry
3-Sep F Tertiary structure, protein folds Landry
6-Sep M Labor Day Holiday  
8-Sep W Protein folding, stability Landry
10-Sep F Student Presentations Landry
13-Sep M Protein solubility, purification and analysis Wimley
15-Sep W Enzyme kinetics Wimley
17-Sep F Enzyme inhibitors, allosteric enzymes Wimley
20-Sep M Yom Kippur Holiday  
22-Sep W Structure of membranes and membrane proteins Wimley
24-Sep F Carbohydrate structure & conformational analysis Li
27-Sep M Structural analysis; proteoglycans; glycoproteins Li
29-Sep W Glycolipids, mucopolysaccharidoses Li
1-Oct F Glycobiology Li
4-Oct M EXAM 1  
6-Oct W Bioenergetics Hamori
8-Oct F DNA structure/function, RNA structure/function
Last day to drop w/o record
Hamori
11-Oct M DNA replication Hamori
13-Oct W Chromosomal DNA organization Hamori
15-Oct F Mutation, repair, recombination Karam
18-Oct M Transcription Karam
20-Oct W Translation Nolan
22-Oct F Processing and ribozymes Nolan
25-Oct M Recombinant DNA Nolan
27-Oct W Recombinant DNA Nolan
29-Oct F Regulation of gene expression Nolan
1-Nov M Regulation of gene expression 
Last day to drop
Nolan
3-Nov W EXAM 2  
5-Nov F Nucleotide synthesis and degradation Stjernholm
8-Nov M Glycolysis, citric acid cycle Stjernholm
10-Nov W Oxidative phosphorylation, HMP-shunt Stjernholm
12-Nov F Glycogen, galactose and fructose metabolism Stjernholm
15-Nov M C(H20) regulation, uronic acid metabolism Stjernholm
17-Nov W Protein turnover, amino acid transport Stjernholm
19-Nov F NH3 metabolism, aromatic amino acid metab. Stjernholm
22-Nov M S-containing-amino acid metab., polyamines Stjernholm
24-Nov W Thanksgiving Holiday  
26-Nov F Thanksgiving Holiday  
29-Nov M Heme; bile pigments; branched amino acids Stjernholm
1-Dec W Fatty acid synthesis and oxidation Tou
3-Dec F Phospholipids, signal transduction Tou
6-Dec M Eicosanoids, isoprenoids and cholesterol Tou
8-Dec W Steroids, lipoproteins and transport Tou
15-Dec W FINAL EXAM  

The suggested text is Fundamentals of Biochemistry by Voet, Voet, and Pratt, available in the Bookstore.
Lectures will be derived from a variety of sources, including the suggested textbook.

Contact information:

Jim Nolan- Course Director
Dept. Biochemistry, room 6053
jnolan@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
584-2453

Biochemistry Department web address: www.tulane.edu/~biochem
GBCH601web address: www.tulane.edu/~biochem/lecture/601sched99.htm


Lectures


Answers to Dr. Wimley's Homework Problems 1 and 2

Answers to Dr. Wimley's Thermodynamics/Enzyme Homework


Optional Files for Jim Nolan's Lectures

From my DNA-RNA Structure Tutorials page for GBCH722. tRNA structure.
GroupI intron full structure.
Hammerhead Ribozyme


Biochemistry Home Page Graduate Program Faculty Research Interest
Staff and Students Seminar Online Materials for Classes
Online Journals Info On New Orleans Tulane University Home Page