Biology 331 - Biochemistry

Spring
2014
01
4.00
Anthony Bishop, Yan Qi, James Hebda
MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM
Amherst College
BIOL-331-01-1314S
MERR 4
acbishop@amherst.edu; yqi@amherst.edu; jhebda@amherst.edu
BIOL-331-01,BCBP-331-01,CHEM-331-01

(Offered as BIOL 331, BCBP 331, and CHEM 331.) Structure and function of biologically important molecules and their role(s) in life processes. Protein conformation, enzymatic mechanisms and selected metabolic pathways will be analyzed. Additional topics may include: nucleic acid conformation, DNA/protein interactions, signal transduction and transport phenomena. Four classroom hours and four hours of laboratory work per week. Offered jointly by the Departments of Biology and Chemistry. A student may not receive credit for both BCBP/BIOL/CHEM 331 and CHEM 330. 


Requisite: CHEM 221 and BIOL 191; or consent of the instructor. CHEM 231 is a co-requisite. Spring semester. Limited to 45 students. Professor Bishop (Chemistry) and Professor Qi (Biology).

Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.
You must take one section for each of the following coreqs : BIOL-331L,BIOL-331F
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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