8804 (v.9) Biochemistry 231

Area:

School of Biomedical Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Practical:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

    7077 (v.5) Chemistry 124 or any previous version
    OR
    7231 (v.5) Chemistry 118 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Properties and structure of amino acids, pH, pK and buffers, conformation and dynamics of proteins, protein purification and chromatographic techniques, myoglobin, haemoglobin, connective tissue proteins, enzymes, mechanisms of catalysis, computers and the molecular modelling of proteins, enzyme kinetics and measurement, enzyme inhibition, mechanisms of enzyme action, an overview of protein separation techniques. Overview, concepts and designs of metabolism, carbohydrates, glycogen, glycolysis, citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, electron transport and fat metabolism.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

010913 Human Biology

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Essential
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External