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INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM Schedule FALL SEMESTER 2007 |
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INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM Schedule FALL SEMESTER 2007 |
The class meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9:05 to 9:55 AM in 110 Memorial Hall.
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| August 29 Intro. and Review of Metabolic Principles |
August 31 ATP and Bioenergetics |
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| September 3 Labor Day - Holiday |
September 5 Energy Charge, and Adenylate Metabolism. Group work on metabolic reactions involving pyruvate. |
September 7 Inborn Errors of Metabolism - Assignment due Review of Pyruvate Pyruvate metabolism, Pyruvate dehydrogenase and its coenzymes |
| September 10 Lactose structure and metabolism Pentose Phosphate Pathway (oxidative branch) |
September 12 Pentose Phosphate Pathway (non-oxidative branch) NAD vs NADP in Redox Reactions |
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| September 17 Go over Homework Problem set 2 Wrap up Life Without Oxygen problem |
September 19 Are you what you eat? Page 1 Read text chapter on Photosynthesis for Friday Calvin Cycle |
September 21 Are you what you eat? Page 2 Case Study Term Project Topic due. |
| September 24 Are you what you eat? Page 3 & 4 |
September 26 Are you what you eat? Page 5 |
September 28 Concluding Discussions |
| October 1 Group quiz on Photosynthesis Photosynthesis Summary |
October 3 Intro to Fatty Acid Structure and Nomenclature Fatty acid oxidation Fatty Acid Synthesis vs Degradation Coenzyme A structure and function |
October 5 Ketone Body Metabolism Propionyl CoA Metabolism Coenzyme B12 Lipid Metabolism - Problems due |
| October 8 Citrate-pyruvate Cycle Glyceride Metabolism |
October 10 Steroid and Isoprenoid Biosynthesis Overview of Isoprenoid metabolism HMG-CoA and IPP synthesis |
October 12 Rxns of HMGCoA - Problem due Intro. Amino Acid Metabolism Nitrogen Acquisition and Excretion |
| October 15 Nitrogenase Nitrate and Nitrite Reduction Molybdopterin |
October 17 Ammonium entry into metabolism Glutamine Synthetase and its Regulation Pyridoxal Phosphate (PLP) |
October
19 Lysine Biosynthesis - Problem due Glutamate Family of Amino Acids Synthesis of Proline from Glutamate Synthesis of Arginine from Glutamate via Ornithine |
| October 22 Flux in Metabolism Oxaloacetate Family of Amino Acids Regulation of Branched Biosynthetic Pathways |
October 24 Work on Problem set 6 in class. |
October 26 Fall Break - No Class |
| October 29 Biosynthesis of Essential Amino Acids - due Generation of Formyl and Methyl Groups- Folate MetabolismAmino Acid Catabolism Urea Cycle |
October 31 Human Starvation Metabolic Limits of Human Performance |
November 2 Midterm Exam 7:30 am - 10 am in 110 & 111 Memorial Hall MidTerm Examination 2005 & 2006 |
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5 Plant vs Animals in the Dining Hall. Page 1 |
November 7 Plant vs Animals in the Dining Hall. Page 2 |
November 9 Plant vs Animals in the Dining Hall. Page 3 |
| November 12 Plant vs Animals in the Dining Hall. Page 4 (Page 5) |
November 14 Group quiz amino acid metabolism |
November 16 Nucleotide Structure and Metabolism Purine Biosynthesis Pyrimidine Biosynthesis Deoxynucleotide biosynthesis Purine Salvage Pathways |
| November 19 Folate Metabolism Kellogg's Product 19 Page 1 |
November 21 Kellogg's Product 19 Page 2 |
November 23 Thanksgiving Break |
| November 26 Kellogg's Product 19 Page 3 |
November 28 Wrap-up folate problem- Folate Concept Map Worksheet |
November 30 Case Study/PBL Problem Due |
| December 3 Case Study/PBL Problem in class Creatine Creates Controversy Case Study |
December 5 Metabolism Problem. |
Last year's Final Exam Final Exam 3:30-6:30 Thursday, December 13 in 123 Memorial Hall |
