Course Catalog

CHEM 345 Biochemistry

Covers organizing principles of living systems; structure and function of proteins, sugars, and lipids; mechanism and kinetics of enzymes; introduction to bioenergetics; and integration and control of metabolic pathways. One laboratory per week emphasizes modern instrumentation such as Western blotting, column chromatography, HPLC, and spectrophotometer metric methods. Three hours of lecture and one three hour laboratory per week.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

A grade of C- or better in CHEM 216, CHEM 225, and BIOL 225

Corequisite

CHEM 345L

Course Type

SCI