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General information
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Course
news
11/20/08
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An answer key for exam 3 is now
available. Tests will be graded and returned as soon as this has
been finished.
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Instructor
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Jon D. Stewart , 102
Leigh Hall, jds2@chem.ufl.edu
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Teaching
Assistants
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Colin Conerly, 148 Leigh Hall, conerly@ufl.edu
Dimitri Dascier, 148 Leigh Hall, ddascier@ufl.edu
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Lectures
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Tuesday,
Thursday, 2nd and 3rd period (8:30 - 10:25 a.m.),
50 Flint Hall
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Office
hours
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Tuesday, 4th period
(10:40 - 11:30 a.m.) - Dr. Stewart, 102 Leigh Hall
Wednesday, 2nd
period (8:30 - 9:20
a.m.) - Dr. Stewart,
102 Leigh Hall
Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. -
12:00 p.m. - Colin Conerly, 148 Leigh Hall
Thursday, 6th period
(12:50 - 1:40 p.m.) - Dr. Stewart, 102 Leigh Hall
Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. -
Dimitri Dascier, 148 Leigh Hall
and other mutually convenient times
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Objectives
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This class covers all of the material
commonly found in undergraduate biochemistry courses, with a special
emphasis on using concepts from organic chemistry to help students
better understand biological chemistry. Topics will include amino
acids and proteins, enzyme structure, mechanisms and kinetics, primary
metabolism, and nucleic acid structure and metabolism.
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Prerequisites
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Students should have taken and passed
either CHM
2210 and 2211 or CHM
3217 before attempting this course (course
descriptions). If this is not the case, please
see Dr. Stewart as soon as possible. A handout covering organic chemistry
concepts that should be familiar is available to help your
preparations for this course. |
Classroom
attendance
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While attendance is
voluntary, the lectures are an essential component of the experience
for this
class. Readings from the textbook serve as a starting point and
the classroom lectures will explain
and
expand upon this material.
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Textbook
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Lehninger
Principles of Biochemistry, Fifth or Fourth Edition, Nelson, D.
L. and
Cox, M. M. |
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Organic
Chemistry / Biochemistry 2
