CHEM 4124: Biochemistry
Course Description
Biochemistry 4124 is a senior-level chemistry course
with student prerequisites including General Chemistry I, General
Chemistry II, Organic Chemistry I, and Organic Chemistry II. As a
required component of the ACS (American Chemical Society) accredited Professional
Chemistry B.S degree, its curriculum should also be based in Physical Chemistry.
The course predominantly services Chemistry and Biology majors as well
as several pre-professional programs, including Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-Medicine,
Pre-Optometry, and Pre-Dentistry. General topics covered in Biochemistry
4124 include: cellular organization; amino acids and proteins; thermodynamics;
enzyme kinetics; lipids; carbohydrates; nucleic acid structure and chemistry;
central dogma, i.e. replication, transcription, and translation; recombinant
DNA technology; and metabolic pathways and regulation, including details
of glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, electron transport, oxidative phosphorylation,
glycogen degradation and synthesis, fatty acid catabolism, gluconeogenesis,
and ketone body formation.
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