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CHEM 153LBiochemical Methods I

Chemistry and Biochemistry · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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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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grade C- or better in
  • all of
    • one of
      • CHEM 14BL
      • all of
        • CHEM 20L
        • CHEM 30AL
    • one of
      • 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
      • MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students1 more beneath
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
    • CHEM 14BGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists II
      • CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists Ianother path to it
      • CHEM 14AEGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I—Enhancedanother path to it
      • LIFESCI 30BMathematics for Life Scientists
      • CHEM 20AChemical Structureanother path to it
      • MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
    • CHEM 20AChemical Structure
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus1 more beneath
    • CHEM 20AHChemical Structure (Honors)
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
  • CHEM 20LGeneral Chemistry Laboratory
    • CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists Ianother path to it
    • CHEM 14BGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists IIanother path to it
    • CHEM 20AChemical Structureanother path to it
  • CHEM 30ALGeneral Chemistry Laboratory II
    • CHEM 20BChemical Energetics and Change
      • CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists Ianother path to it
      • CHEM 14AEGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I—Enhanced
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
      • CHEM 20AChemical Structureanother path to it
    • CHEM 20BHChemical Energetics and Change (Honors)
      • CHEM 20AChemical Structureanother path to it
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
      • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
    • CHEM 20LGeneral Chemistry Laboratoryanother path to it
    • CHEM 30AOrganic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
      • CHEM 20BChemical Energetics and Changeanother path to it
  • CHEM 153ABiochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism
    • CHEM 14DOrganic Reactions and Pharmaceuticals
      • CHEM 14CStructure of Organic Molecules
    • CHEM 30BOrganic Chemistry II: Reactivity, Synthesis, and Spectroscopy
      • CHEM 30AOrganic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivityanother path to it
  • CHEM 153AHBiochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism (Honors)
    • CHEM 14DOrganic Reactions and Pharmaceuticalsanother path to it
    • CHEM 30BOrganic Chemistry II: Reactivity, Synthesis, and Spectroscopyanother path to it

5 direct requisites. Showing 40 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

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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.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Fall 2026
  • Winter 2027
  • Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.