CHEM C179Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Chemistry and Biochemistry · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Role of metal ions in biology. Topics include interactions of metal ions and metallocofactors with proteins, nucleic acids, and other biological molecules; mechanisms of metal ion transport and storage; metallocofactor biosynthesis; hydrolytic chemistry; biological electron transfer; metalloenzymes; metals in medicine. Concurrently scheduled with course C279.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 153A (or 153AH), 171.
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CHEM C179
- CHEM 153ABiochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism
- CHEM 14DOrganic Reactions and Pharmaceuticals
- CHEM 153AHBiochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism (Honors)
- CHEM 171Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry
- CHEM 30BOrganic Chemistry II: Reactivity, Synthesis, and Spectroscopy
3 direct requisites. Showing 10 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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No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.