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Welcome to Metabolic Biochemistry
at the Biology Department at the University of California, San Diego.
This course is taught by Dr. Lukas Buehler. The goal is to understand
energy producing pathways (glycolysis, citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation,
photosynthesis, and fatty acid oxidation) and biosynthetic pathways (gluconeogenesis,
glycogen synthesis, fatty acid synthesis, and amino acid and nucleic acid
metabolism) including the metabolism of signaling molecules like neurotransmitters
and steroid hormones. The course pays particular attention to human physiology,
and the structural organization of pathways is discussed in terms of cellular
location and compartmentalization, as well as coordination of pathways
among different organs (metabolic integration). The importance of biological
membranes for metabolic integration and regulation is addressed through
discussions of transport systems for small metabolites as well as the
central role of membrane biogenetic pathways in human lipid metabolism.
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BIBC 102 Summer 2008
MTWTh 12:30pm - 1:50pm Solis 107
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| Updates |
I will have office hours this week on Thursday 8/14 from 11am-1pm.
Finale exam: exam key (Note for key: #2 should say ACP or acyl carrier protein, not APC)
Exams are now available outside 3230 Bonner Hall. If you did not sign the waiver, please pick up your exam from Crystal Warning in room 3234 Bonner Hall with your ID.
| Grade* |
Final |
Class total |
| A |
110-140 |
260-340 |
| B |
94-109 |
225-259 |
| C |
78-93 |
190-224 |
| D |
62-77 |
155-189 |
* How to read this table and calculate + and - grades: pluses and minuses are the lower and upper 10p range of the grade range shown above; e.g. an A minus is from 260 to 269 points, a C+ from 215 to 224 points.
Study guide for final exam; sample final exam
Final exam includes: fatty acid metabolism, glycerolipid and sterol metabolism, nitrogen and amino acid metabolism, and nucleic acid metaolism
Results for midterm 2:
Exam Key;
Grade range: A 80-100; B 68-79; C 56-67; D 44-53 points; Cumulative grade range: A 160-200; B 135-159; C 110-134; D 85-104 points
Regrade requests for 2nd midterm must be made no later than Tue 7/29. Please contact the TAs as follow: [1&2: Gary], [3&4: Polly], [5&6: Farnaz], [7&8: Ching], [9&10: Jiwon]
Study guide for midterm 2, sample exam
Review session: Tue 7/22 from 7-9pm, location CSB 001
Review material
Dr. Buehler's Office Bonner Hall 3230 (not 3220) |
| Syllabus |
Course Calendar and policy
information
The lectures of this course are available as podcast.
Download PDF file of course syllabus |
| Grading |
Midterm
1 30%; Results: Exam key (correction: answer to question 7 includes AMP, should be ATP);
Grades: 78-100p A; 66-77p B; 54-65p C; 42-53p D
Regrading: please contact the appropriate TA for each question : 1&2: Jiwon,
3&4: Polly,
5&6: Ching,
7&8: Farnaz,
9&10: Gary; requests have to be sumbitted no later than Th 7/17
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Midterm
2 30% |
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Final
exam 40% |
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| Text books |
Metabolic Biochemistry
(custom reader)
by Lukas K. Buehler
Publisher: J.Wiley & Sons |
Fundamentals
of Biochemistry, 3rd ed.
by Voet, Voet and Pratt
J.Wiley & Sons, 2008
Available at Biomed Library Reserves
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