CHEM480

Apply fundamental energetic and mechanistic properties from general and organic chemistry towards explaining chemical phenomena in biological systems.

Identify basic structure of amino acids, nucleotides, fatty acids, and monosaccharides and explain in chemical detail how these monomers build the 4 major biological polymers carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids.

Analyze, evaluate, and interpret ligand-binding and enzyme kinetic data/graphs.

Construct different chemical strategies for how enzymes catalyze biochemical reactions.

Interpret thermodynamic principles in metabolic processes such as flux and enzyme regulation.

Apply metabolic principles to glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, the citric acid cycle, and oxidation phosphorylation.