Chem 333
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Schedule for Chemistry 333: Protein Structure and Function

Week of
Monday (lecture)
Tuesday (computers)
Wednesday (lecture)
Friday (lit presentations)
Corresponding Chapters
Sept. 1

Introduction, Proteins as linear Polymers

B&T Ch 1

 

Sept. 8
Functional Groups and Reactivity
1: Intro to PDB, RasMol
Secondary Structure Elements
Pauling's Alpha Helix
Helix Packing and Domains

B&T Ch 2,3

Sept. 15
Mandatory library workshop
2: Intro to PDB, RasMol
Structure Determination
Beta Sheets; Mass spectrometry

Creighton p. 20-47

Sept. 22
Structure Determination
3: DeepView: Structures
Structure Determination: X-ray
What makes a good structure?

B&T Ch 18

Kendrew's Nobel Address

Sept. 29

Structure Determination: NMR

Mountain Day!

No problem Set #4

Protein Folding
The Protein Folding Problem

B&T Ch 6

(p. 89-99)

Oct. 6
Structure Prediction and Proteomics
5:Homology searching, BLAST, SCOP
Evolution, Protein Families, SCOP
Proteomics: Fact and Fiction

B&T Ch 17, & skim Ch 4-5

Creighton Ch. 3

Oct. 15
Fall Break
Fall Break
Protein Design and Artificial Proteins
Artificially Designed Proteins

B&T Ch 17

Oct. 20
Exam #1
6: Proteins, the Web, and beyond
Catalysis-General, Kinetics
Catalysis and Active Site Probes

NEW! Berg, Tymoczko, and Stryer, ch 8

(book on reserve)

Oct. 27
Catalysis-Serine Proteases
7: Active Sites and Inhibitors
Catalysis-Metalloenzymes

Halloween

(no class)

B&T Ch 11

 

Nov. 3
Metalloproteins
8: Metalloproteins
Metalloproteins-Spectroscopy

CuZnSOD

siderophores

 

 

Nov. 10
DNA Metalloenzymes
9: DNA binding and recognition
Protein Recognition of DNA

DNA Binding Proteins

B&T Ch 7-10

 

Nov.17
Membrane Proteins
10: Membrane Proteins
Analysis of Membrane Proteins
Ion Channels and Transporters

B&T Ch 12,

skim 13

Nov. 24
Electron Transfer Proteins, Photosynthetic Rxn Cntr
11: Electron Transfer Proteins
Thanksgiving Break
Thanksgiving Break

B&T Ch. 12

 

Dec. 1
Antibodies and Immune Proteins
12: Antibodies and Viral Symmetry
Exam #2
Viruses

B&T Ch 15, 16

 

Dec. 8
Presentations
(free time to work on final exam ?s)
Presentations
no class (reading period)

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Dec. 15
no class (final exam week)
no class (final exam week)
Take-home Final Exam due 5pm