This comprehensive biochemistry course covers the chemistry of biological molecules and metabolic processes at the level of Lehninger's Principles of Biochemistry. Beginning with water chemistry and buffer systems, you will master amino acid structure and protein folding, enzyme kinetics and inhibition, carbohydrate and lipid biochemistry, core metabolic pathways (glycolysis, TCA cycle, oxidative phosphorylation), and nucleic acid molecular biology. Rich with reaction mechanisms, Michaelis-Menten derivations, and metabolic pathway diagrams, this track prepares you for upper-division biochemistry exams, the MCAT, and graduate study.
Understand the unique properties of water, acid-base chemistry, pH calculations, and biological buffer systems
Learn the 20 standard amino acids, peptide bond formation, and the four levels of protein structure from primary sequence to quaternary assembly
Understand enzyme classification, Michaelis-Menten kinetics, inhibition types, and allosteric regulation
Study monosaccharide stereochemistry, disaccharide and polysaccharide structures, and the biological roles of glycoconjugates
Explore fatty acid chemistry, membrane phospholipids, cholesterol, the fluid mosaic model, and membrane transport mechanisms
Master the ten reactions of glycolysis, the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, and the eight reactions of the citric acid cycle
Understand the electron transport chain, chemiosmotic theory, ATP synthase, and the basics of photosynthesis
Study DNA and RNA structure, replication, transcription, translation, and the central dogma of molecular biology
Comprehensive assessment covering all modules of the Biochemistry track