CHEM 5712 - Biochemistry II

(3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours 3 Credit Hours)

The second semester of a two semester sequence in biochemistry. Course will cover topics in physical biochemistry and spectroscopy of biomolecules. Specific topics will include protein folding, protein stability, protein-DNA interactions, physical chemistry of biomembranes, kinetics (beyond first order), molecular mechanics and dynamics, NMR spectroscopy, optical spectroscopy (florescence, circular dicroism, laser spectroscopy), mass spectrometry and xray crystallography.