Here you will find information relevant to CH-341, the Molecular Structure in Biochemistry course. My aim is to keep the page simple, and every topic in the syllabus will have a collection of links to class outlines, homework, and external links with useful data. If you think that additional information should be posted here, or find other links that may be useful, please let me know by e-mail. Guillermo.

This link takes you to an on-line copy of the syllabus (exactly the same as the one I gave you the first day of classes).

Here you will find a topic list with link to all the lecture notes, problem sets, and exam practice problems. Also, here are your course grades.

Molecular Logic of Life
 

Brief Review of Thermodynamics
 

A handout prepared by Dr. Mike Bruist with explanations of all the thermodynamics a biochemist will ever need...

Fantastic introductory lecture on cells here. From The Experimental Study Group at MIT.

A pretty good collection of materials on cell biology can be found here. Form the Computational Biology Centers, University of Minesota.

Very nice review on chemistry topics, which includes chemical bonds, pH, chemical models, functional gropups, stereochemistry, and a problem set at the end. From The Experimental Study Group at MIT.

A review of general and organic chemistry that will help you to dust off those forgoten concepts like the Lewis structure, atomic structure, atomic models, etc., etc. It also covers more advanced topics that will be used later in the course. University of Akron.

A short review of acid/base reactions, plus hints on solving problems can be found here. From Univarsity of California at Davies.

A nice page that details amino acid properties. They are grouped according to chemical character.  From Univarsity of California at Davies.

Three-dimensional (3D) structure of proteins
 

A link to my CHIME page, where you will find 3D models proteins and will aid you in the study and understanding of 3D features of protein structure.

Enzymes
 

There are a number of pages that I will post here. some of them are so-so, some of them are good.

Biological membranes and transport
 

We have used part of this page before, but the description of membranes is very nice. Form the Computational Biology Centers, University of Minesota.

Nucleotides and nucleic acids
 

NOTE:Many of the links are part of bigger homepages that cover most of the topics in this outline. You are free to check them out, if you want. Hoewever, I picked the best ones of each page in describing each topic. Guillermo.

Problem sets: (1) - (2) - (3) - (4) - (5) - (6) - (7)

Exam I

Here are copies of the first exam from 1999 and 2000., and some additional problems.

Exam II

Copies of the second exam from 1999 and 2000.

To be found here at the end of the course...