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Biochemistry 440
Assignments, Problem Sets and Solutions, Previous Exams
Homework assignments |Honors Section Assignments |Midterm 1|Midterm 2 |Final
Reading assignments can be found on the Schedule page .
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| Problem Set | Solutions | Lecture Notes | Relevant Links | Quiz |
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2011 Syllabus Lect. 1 Lect. 2 |
* Amino Acid Codes: Twptophan is W * Blood, Sweat, and Buffers: pH Regulation During Exercise |
Quiz 0 (pH) September 30 Quiz 1 October 7 |
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Lect. 3 Lect. 4 Lect. 5 |
* 3D Web Tutorial: Primary Structure |
Quiz 2 October 14 |
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Lect. 6 Lect. 7 Lect. 8 |
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| HW #4 | HW #4 Key | Lect. 9 & 10 Lect 11 | First Midterm (Lectures 1-9, HW 1-4) October 24 | |
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Lect. 12 Lect. 13 | Quiz 3 November 4 |
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| HW #6 | HW #6 short answers |
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*Intermediary Metabolism Overview *Free-Energy of Hydrolysis of ATP Equation (Weblink) | Quiz 4 November 11 |
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Lect. 17
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Second Midterm (Lectures 10-19, HW 5-7) | ||
| HW #8 | HW #8 short answers | Quiz 5 December 2 | ||
| HW #9 | Quiz 6 December 9 Final (2/3 on lectures 20-26, 1/3 comprehensive)
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Honors Section Reading Assignments
Reading assignments will be uploaded throughout the quarter. Syllabus link.
| Date | Topic | Paper |
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| October 4 | “What is Life?” by Schrödinger |
Entropy readings discussion Writing assignment (class led by Scott Delbecq) |
| October 11 | How to Read a Scientific Paper | How to Read a Scientific Paper; Marquesee, et al. (1989) ?-helix formation paper discussion |
| October 18 | Chaperonin paper discussion | Chaperone paper GroELS |
| October 25 | No Class | |
| November 1 | Guest Prof. Richard Gardner | Gardner Assign |
| November 8 | Green Fluorescent Protein | 1995 Heim Nature Wavelength mutations and posttranslational autoxidation of green |
| November 15 | Guest Prof. Judith Frydman | Frydman Reading Assignment |
| November 22 | Fushinobu et al. | 2011 Fushinobu Nature Supplementary material (download both files) |
| November 29 | Homodimers and Heterodimers | O'Shea |
| December 6 | Guest Prof. David Hockenbery | Cancer Metabolism |
Midterm 1 is Monday, Oct 24
Get ready with ...
- Past midterms have been posted. Keep in mind, different years, different topics were emphasized and the schedule is adjusted, so slightly different material was covered on each exam.
- Professor review session: Friday, Oct 21 3:30-4:20pm in HSB T733
- TA open review session: Sunday, Oct 23 12-4pm in Allan Library - Red B
- GoPost is a great place to get help with past exam questions or organize a study group.
Past Exams
2011 Midterm 1 Key
2011 Midterm 1 Regrade Policy
Study Guide lectures 1-9
Equations provided for Midterm 1
2006 Midterm 1
2006 Midterm 1 key
2007 Midterm 1
2007 Midterm 1 key
2009 Midterm 1
2009 Midterm 1 key
2010 Midterm 1
2010 Midterm 1 key
Midterm 2 is Friday, Nov 18
Get ready with ...
- Past midterms have been posted. Keep in mind, different years, different topics were emphasized and the schedule is adjusted, so slightly different material was covered on each exam.
- Professor review session: Thursday, November 17: Room: HSB T733; Time: 3:00-4:00pm.
- TA open review session: Thursday, November 17: Room: HST T478; Time: 4:00-8:00pm.
- GoPost is a great place to get help with past exam questions or organize a study group.
Past Exams
2011 Midterm 2 Histogram
2011 Midterm 2 Key
2011 Midterm 2 Regrade policy
Study Guide - link now active
Equations provided for Midterm 2
2006 Midterm 2
2006 Midterm 2 key
2007 Midterm 2
2007 Midterm 2 key
2009 Midterm 2
2009 Midterm 2 key
2010 Midterm 2
2010 Midterm 2 key
Final is Tuesday, Dec 13
Get ready with ...
- Past midterms have been posted. Keep in mind, different years, different topics were emphasized and the schedule is adjusted, so slightly different material was covered on each exam.
- Professor review session: Monday, December 12: Room: HSB T747; Time: 3:30-5:20pm
- TA open review session: Sunday, December 11: Room: HST T530; Time: 3:00-5:00pm
- TA open review session: Monday, December 12: Room: HST T530; Time: 5:30-7:30pm
- GoPost is a great place to get help with past exam questions or organize a study group.
Past Exams
Study Guide - link active now
Equations provided for Final
2006 Final
2006 Final key
2007 Final
2007 Final key
2009 Final
2009 Final key
2010 Final
2010 Final key
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