MCD BIO M170Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Photosynthetic Apparatus
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology · 2 to 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
(Same as Chemistry CM170.) Recommended: Chemistry 153C, 154, Life Sciences 4. Light harvesting, photochemistry, electron transfer, carbon fixation, carbohydrate metabolism, pigment synthesis in chloroplasts and bacteria. Assembly of photosynthetic membranes and regulation of genes encoding those components. Emphasis on understanding of experimental approaches.
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: Chemistry 153A and 153B, or Life Sciences 3 and 23L, and Chemistry 153L.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.55 · from text- · "LIFESCI 3" is not in this catalog version
- · "LIFESCI 23L" is not in this catalog version
- · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "Chemistry 153A and 153B, or Life Sciences 3 and 23L, and Chemistry 153L" — grouping is a best reading
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
MCD BIO M170
- CHEM 153ABiochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism
- CHEM 153BBiochemistry: DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis
- CHEM 153AHBiochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism (Honors)
- CHEM 153LBiochemical Methods I
- CHEM 14BLGeneral and Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
- CHEM 20LGeneral Chemistry Laboratory
- CHEM 30ALGeneral Chemistry Laboratory II
- CHEM 153AHBiochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism (Honors)another path to it
3 direct requisites. Showing 27 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.