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12th September 2009

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12th September 2009

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welcome to the 153 series


This is the UCLA three part biochemistry series offered by UCLA Extension.

lecture notes

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153a

153A summer 2009 syllabus

Introduction and amino acids
Supplemental slides
Practice problems for introduction and amino acids (key)
Protein structure and purification
Supplemental slides
Practice problems for amino acids and proteins (key)
Carbohydrates and lipids
Myoglobin and hemoglobin
Supplemental slides
Practice problems for myoglobin and hemoglobin (key)
Enzymes and enzyme kinetics
Supplemental slides
Practice problems for enzyme kinetics (key)
Biochemical thermodynamics
Standard free energy at pH 7
Practice problems for thermodynamics (key)
Metabolism, glycolysis and regulation
TCA cycle
Glycogen metabolism
Electron transport chain/oxidative phosphorylation

Final Q&A's (Summer 2009)
Midterm 1 key (scantron)
Midterm 2 key (scantron)



Grades, Summer 2009

Pictures of Paul Boyer (UCLA Biochemistry Professor) and John Walker (1997 Nobel Prize winners in chemistry for their work on ATP synthase) taken in CS-50.

153b

153B winter 2008 syllabus

Nucleic acid structure
Nucleic acid nomenclature
Nucleic acid figures
Nucleic acid metabolism
Nucleic acid metabolism figures
DNA replication
DNA replication figures
Topoisomerases
DNA replication figures 2
DNA repair
Transcription
Transcription figures
RNA processing
RNA processing figures
Control of gene expression
Control of gene expression figures
Translation
Translation figures
DNA technology
Applications of PCR

Practice for trancription and translation

Midterm 1 FAQ's   Sample questions
Midterm 2 FAQ's
Final FAQ's

Picture with James Watson taken in CS-50.

Grades (final course grades) Winter 2009

153c

153C spring 2009 syllabus

Metabolism, glycolysis and TCA cycle review
Metabolism, glycolysis and TCA cycle review supplemental slides
Electron transport and gluconeogenesis
Pentose phosphate pathway
Lectures 2 and 3 supplemental slides
Amino acid deamination and the urea cycle
Amino acid metabolism and nitrogen fixation
Fatty acids 1
Beta-oxidation, ketone bodies and fatty acid biosynthesis
Fatty acid metabolism supplemental slides
Beta-oxidation of unsaturated FA and FA biosynthesis
Cholesterol and heme metabolism
Photosynthesis
Photsynthesis slides

Midterm 1 question and answer document (updated 4/27)
Final exam question and answer document NEW!
Sample exam questions
Explanation of questions 11 and 16 from midterm 1
Grades Spring 2009 (includes letter grade)

contact me

Currently, the only way to contact me is by email. I check all of the following regularly (don't be afraid to send me multiple follow-up and reminder emails):
pdoucett@chem.ucla.edu
pdoucett@caltech.edu
doucette_peter@smc.edu
pdoucette@elcamino.edu

    If you think 153A is fun, then you will like 153B and really like 153C. Warning: if you take 153B and 153C in addition to 153A, you may become a full-fledged biochemist.


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