CHEM 153LBiochemical 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).
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Requisites: courses 14BL or 20L and 30AL, and 153A or 153AH (may be taken concurrently), with grades of C– or better.
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- CHEM 153A
- CHEM 153AHmay be taken concurrently
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CHEM 153L
- CHEM 14BLGeneral and Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
- CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- CHEM 14BGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists II
- LIFESCI 30BMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
- CHEM 20AChemical Structure
- CHEM 20AHChemical Structure (Honors)
- CHEM 20LGeneral Chemistry Laboratory
- CHEM 30ALGeneral Chemistry Laboratory II
- CHEM 153ABiochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism
- CHEM 153AHBiochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism (Honors)
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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
- CHEM C270Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Photosynthetic Apparatus
6 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 6 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.