CHEM 153L
Biochemical Methods I
Chemistry and Biochemistry · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Integrated term-long project involving biofuel production in bacteria. Purification of key enzyme for alcohol production from bacteria via affinity chromatography. Assessment of protein amount, purity, and activity of enzyme. Techniques include protein determination by Bradford assay, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, immunoblotting, and enzyme activity assays to determine enzyme activity (Km, Vmax, inhibitor studies).
P/NP or letter grading.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 14BL or 20L and 30AL, and 153A or 153AH (may be taken concurrently), with grades of C– or better.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
confidence 1.00 · from text- all of
- one of
- CHEM 153A
- CHEM 153AHmay be taken concurrently
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
CHEM 153L
- CHEM 14BLGeneral and Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
- CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
CHEM 153L
- CHEM 103Environmental Chemistry
- CHEM C150Research Integrity and Methods in Cellular Biology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry Research
- MCD BIO M170Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Photosynthetic Apparatus
- CHEM 154Biochemical Methods II
- CHEM CM170Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Photosynthetic Apparatus