CHEMISTRY 420/520 – Principles of Biochemistry A. General ...

1 Page 1 of 16 CHEMISTRY 420/520 Principles of Biochemistry Instructor: Professor Anthony S. Serianni Fall 2015 A. General Information Lecture Time and Location 10:30 11:20 MWF, 141 DeBartolo Instructor Prof. Anthony S. Serianni (Office: 428 SCH; Lab: 432 SCH) Email: Website: ~aseriann Office Hours: By appointment. Please email me, or see me before or after class, to set up an appointment. Unscheduled office visits are also welcome if I am not occupied with a visitor or prior commitment. Graduate Student Teaching Assistants Alissa Schunter Office hours: 4-5:30 PM, Wednesdays, 435 Stepan CHEMISTRY Primary Responsibilities: WileyPlus management and quizzes; grading problem sets; management of grade database; exam grading Marwa Asem Primary Responsibilities: Exam grading Required Textbook Donald Voet and Judith Voet, Biochemistry (4th Edition; green cover), Wiley, 2011 (available at the Notre Dame Bookstore).

2 The loose-leaf form of this textbook is available in the ND Bookstore and is cheaper to purchase than the bound form. You can also purchase a new or used version of the textbook on Amazon or elsewhere if you wish. Other Reference Texts **D. Voet, J. G. Voet and C. W. Pratt, Fundamentals of Biochemistry , 4th Edition, Wiley, 2013. T. M. Devlin (Ed.), Textbook of Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations (7th Edition), Wiley, 2010. R. H. Garrett and C. M. Grisham, Biochemistry (5th Edition), Brooks/Cole, 2013. B. Alberts, A. Johnson, J. Lewis, D. Morgan, M. Raff, K. Roberts and P. Walter, Molecular Biology of the Cell (6th Edition), Garland Publishing, Inc., 2014. Page 2 of 16 D. L.

3 Nelson and M. M. Cox, Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry (6th Edition), Freeman, 2013. D. R. Ferrier, Biochemistry (6th Edition), Lippincott s Illustrated Reviews, Wolters Kluwer, 2013. J. M. Berg, J. L. Tymoczko and L. Stryer, Biochemistry (7th Edition), Freeman, 2012. N. V. Bhagavan and Ha, Essentials of Medical Biochemistry With Clinical Cases, Academic Press, 2011. L. A. Moran, R. A. Horton, G. Scrimgeour and M. Perry, Principles of Biochemistry (5th Edition), Prentice Hall, 2012. R. F. Weaver, Molecular Biology (5th Edition), McGraw-Hill, 2012. C. K. Mathews, K. E. van Holde, D. R. Appling and S. J. Anthony-Cahill, Biochemistry (4th Edition), Pearson, 2013. ** C. Branden and J. Tooze, Introduction to Protein Structure (2nd Edition), Garland Publishing, 1999.

4 R. F. Luduena, Learning More Biochemistry - 100 New Case-Oriented Problems, Wiley-Liss, 1997. R. H. Abeles, P. A. Frey and W. P. Jencks, Biochemistry , Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 1992. M. H. Saier, Jr., Enzymes in Metabolic Pathways, Harper and Row, Publishers, 1987. A. L. Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry , Worth Publishers, Inc., 1982. Enzyme Nomenclature 1992: Recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry , Academic Press, 1992. (For more recent information see: ). I. H. Segel, Biochemical Calculations, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 1976. Page 3 of 16 B. Lecture Dates and Topics Total Lectures: 41 August (3 lectures) Self-Study Introduction (Chapter 1, pp.)

5 3-19, 28-36) 26, 28, 31 Covalent/Non-Covalent Bonding; CHEMISTRY of Aqueous Solutions; Ionization; pKa; Buffers; Functional Groups (Chapter 2, pp. 40-50) September (13 lectures) 2, 4 Biothermodynamics (Chapter 3, pp. 52-61) (Chapter 16, pp. 578-589) Review Session 1 Tuesday, September 8 - Chapters 2, 3, 16 7, 9 -Amino Acids and Oligopeptides: Structure, Properties and Purification (Chapter 4, pp. 67-80) 7, 9 Protein Primary Structure (Chapter 7, pp. 163-175, 185-209) 11, 14 Protein/Enzyme Classification, Isolation and Purification (Chapter 6, pp. 129-156) 16, 18 Protein Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary Structure (Chapter 8, pp.

6 221-259, 266-271) 21, 23 Protein Stability, Folding and Dynamics (Chapter 8, pp. 259-266) (Chapter 9, pp. 278-316) Review Session 2 Thursday, September 24 - Chapters 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 + First Exam Review 25, 28 Ligand Binding, Allosterism and Cooperativity (Chapter 10, pp. 323-343, 347-354) Page 4 of 16 Tuesday, September 29 First Examination - 14 Lectures (~9 Chapters) 15% of Grade 30 Enzyme Fundamentals (Chapter 13, pp. 469-479) October (10 lectures) 2 Enzyme Fundamentals (Chapter 13, pp. 469-479) 5, 7 Enzyme Kinetics (Chapter 14, pp. 482-501) Review Session 3 Thursday, October 8 - Chapters 10, 13, 14 9, 12 Mechanisms of Enzyme Catalysis (Chapter 15, pp.

7 506-538) 14, 16 Carbohydrates and Glycobiology (Chapter 11, pp. 359-383) (Chapter 23, pp. 880-892) 26, 28 Lipids, Membrane Structure, and Membrane Proteins (Chapter 12, pp. 386-422) Review Session 4 Thursday, October 29 - Chapters 11, 12, 15, 23 + Second Exam Review 30 Membrane Transport (Chapter 20, pp. 744-752, 758-771) November (11 lectures) 2 Biological Metabolism Fundamentals (Chapter 16, pp. 559-578) Page 5 of 16 Tuesday, November 3 Second Examination - 12 Lectures (~8 Chapters) 25% of Grade 4 Biological Metabolism Fundamentals (Chapter 16, pp. 559-578) 6, 9 Glucose Transport, Glycolysis and Hexose Metabolism (Chapter 17, pp. 593-619, 630-633) 11, 13 Other Carbohydrate Metabolic Pathways (Chapter 23, pp.

8 871-880, 892-898) 16 Glycogen Metabolism (Chapter 18, pp. 638-666) Review Session 5 Tuesday, November 17 Chapters 16, 17, 18, 23 18 Glycogen Metabolism (Chapter 18, pp. 638-666) 20, 23 The Tricarboxylic Acid (TCA) Cycle (Chapter 21, pp. 789-819) 30 Electron Transport/Oxidative Phosphorylation (Chapter 22, pp. 823-866) Review Session 6 Monday, November 30 Chapters 18, 21, 22 + Third Exam Review Tuesday, December 1 Third Examination - 10 Lectures (~7 Chapters) 25% of Grade December (4 lectures) 2, 4 Lipid Metabolism (Chapter 25, pp. 940-975) 7, 9 Integration of Metabolism (Chapter 27, pp. 1088-1104) Review Session 7 Page 6 of 16 Friday, December 11 Chapters 25, 27 + Review for Final Exam Monday, December 14 Final Examination - 41 Lectures (23 Chapters) 20% of Grade C.

9 Course Description Based on Biochemistry , 4th Edition, Voet & Voet, Wiley, 2011 Course Aims and Methods. My aim in CHEM 420/520 is to introduce you to core Principles relating biological structure to biological function and reactivity. Major emphasis is placed on the chemical and physical aspects of Biochemistry , and relatively minor emphasis on the biological/biomedical aspects ( , cell biology; genetics). Topics range from the underlying thermodynamics and kinetics of biological systems and reactions and to biological metabolism and metabolic regulation. This course is a survey course in that it covers a wide range of topics but not in great depth. If time allows, I will use the Review Sessions to comment further on a given topic, although you will not be tested on these additional treatments.

10 CHEM 420/520 , as I teach it, is not intended solely as an MCAT preparatory course. While I will make a significant effort to identify and discuss material that is treated on the MCAT, course content and topic emphasis are not dictated solely by the MCAT. I will treat different topics in varying degrees of depth based on my personal appraisal of their relative importance in the field of Biochemistry , and I place far more emphasis on quality of material covered than on quantity of material covered, especially when the latter leads to weaker understanding of the key concepts that underlie Biochemistry . My global mission is to help you think as a biochemist, not as a medical doctor.