Description
BIOL 334. BIOCHEMISTRY FOR BIOLOGY. This course covers all the major principles in the field of biochemistry. Proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids are studied within the themes of macromolecule structure & function, metabolic pathways, and gene expression. Specific topics include oxygen binding proteins, enzyme catalysis, membrane transport, synthesis/degradation pathways of carbohydrates, lipids, & amino acids, and the informational pathways of DNA replication, transcription, & translation. Prerequisites: Biology 101, 102, and Chemistry 241. No credit will be given to students who have already received credit for Chemistry 351 or 352. Biology 334 does not fulfill the biochemistry requirement for Biochemistry majors. Spring semester only, three hours.