BIMS/Biochemistry 503, Fall 2008

Macromolecular Structure and Function

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 8:30-10:00 a.m.

Jordan Hall, Room 1-17

Course Directors:

David Auble, Jordan Hall Rm 6-213, dta4n@virginia.edu
Jeff Smith, Jordan Hall Rm 6-229, jss5y@virginia.edu

Texts:
BIOCHEMISTRY, C.K. Mathews and K.E. van Holde, Benjamin Cummings Publishing Co., latest edition.

INTRODUCTION TO PROTEIN STRUCTURE, C. Brandon and J. Tooze, Garland Publishing Co., Second Edition (1999).

Examinations: There are 4 in-class examinations. Exams 1 - 3 will begin at 8:00 am; Exam 4 will be held at 8:30 am.


T 8/26 Structure and Properties of Amino Acids and the Peptide Backbone - Lecture PPT Nakamoto
    Lecture Supplement  
R 8/28 Structure and Function of Proteins - Lecture PDF Nakamoto

M 9/1 Secondary Structure Prediction - Lecture PDF Pearson
T 9/2 Protein Evolution I - Lecture PDF Pearson
    Answers to student questions  
R 9/4 Protein Evolution II - Lecture PDF Pearson

M 9/8 Protein Domains/Morphology - Lecture PDF Pearson
T 9/9 Protein Structure Comparison/ Protein Morphology - Lecture PDF Pearson
R 9/11 Spectroscopy of Proteins Lecture PDF Khorasanizadeh

M 9/15 NMR I Lecture PDF Khorasanizadeh
T 9/16 NMR II Lecture PDF Khorasanizadeh
R 9/18 Review (NOTE: Additional Review Session: 4:00 in Jordan 1-17 on Friday 9/19)

M 9/22 Protein Folding and Kinetics I Lecture PDF Khorasanizadeh
T 9/23 Exam I previous exams  
R 9/25 Protein Folding and Kinetics II Lecture PDF Khorasanizadeh

M 9/29 Spectroscopic Approaches to Protein Folding Lecture PDF Khorasanizadeh
T 9/30 Electron Microscopy Lecture PDF Egelman
R 10/2 Protein polymers - structure and assembly Lecture PDF Egelman

M 10/6 Protein polymerization - kinetics Lecture PDF Egelman
T 10/7 Crystallography I Lecture PDF Wiener
R 10/9 Crystallography II Lecture PDF Wiener

M 10/13 Reading Break  
T 10/14 Reading Break  
R 10/16 Membrane Protein Structure I Lecture PDF Wiener
    Membrane protein structure WWW site  

M 10/20 Exam II previous exams
T 10/21 Membrane Protein Structure II Lecture PDF CLASS CANCELLED Wiener
R 10/23 Protein purification Auble

M 10/27 DNA-Protein interactions I Auble
T 10/28 DNA-Protein interactions II Auble
R 10/30 Protein-Protein Interactions I Auble

M 11/3 Protein-Protein Interactions II Auble
T 11/4 Allosterism Auble
R 11/6 Protein Dynamics Lecture PDF Wiener

M 11/10 Enzyme Kinetics I Lecture PDF Auble
T 11/11 Enzyme Kinetics II Lecture PPT Nakamoto
R 11/13 Protein modification I - Acetylation Lecture PDF Smith
F 11/14 Alternative Exam III time slot -info here-  

M 11/17 Exam III previous exams
T 11/18 Protein modification II - Deacetylation Lecture PDF Smith
R 11/20 Protein Modification - Misc. Lecture PDF Smith

M 11/24 Protein Structure and Mechanism: Protein Ser/Thr Kinases Lecture PDF Brautigan
   Assigned Reading PDF
T 11/25 Protein Structure and Mechanism: Protein Tyr Kinases Lecture PPT Brautigan
   Assigned Reading
R 11/27 Thanksgiving Break  

M 12/1 Protein Structure and Mechanism: Protein Tyr Phosphatases Lecture PPT (updated) Brautigan
   Assigned Reading
T 12/2 Protein Structure and Mechanism: Protein Ser/Thr Phosphatases Lecture PPT (updated) Brautigan
   Assigned Reading
R 12/4 Review  

M 12/8 Exam IV 8:30 am previous exams

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