CHM 5049 Chemical Biology
This course presents organic chemistry in the context of molecules important in biochemistry and cell biology. The relevant functional groups, stereochemistry and reaction mechanisms are explained in relation to carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids, with extra attention for structure-activity relationships and kinetics of enzymatic reactions. Prerequisite: CHM 2002 and CHM 2006; BIO 5061 /5062 are recommended.