CHEM 6165/8165 Advanced Biochemistry Spring, 2005
Dr. Joanna K. Krueger
1. Office: Burson Physical Sciences Bldg 262
Phone: 687-4913
E-mail: jkkruege@uncc.edu
Office
hours: By appointment
only, but cheerfully
2. Lecture
Schedule: Tuesdays/Thursdays 4:30 pm – 5:50 pm (Burson
115)
3.
Text: 1Creighton,
T.E. Proteins: Structures and Molecular Properties- 2nd Edition, Freeman
and Company, 1993.
2Any general
biochemistry textbook such as
-Matthews, C.K., Van Holde, K. E. & Ahern, K. G. Biochemistry- 3rd Edition,
Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co., Inc., 1998.
(supplemental): 3Kyte,
J. Structure in Protein Chemistry,
Garland Publishing, 1995.
4Fersht, A. Structure and Mechanism in Protein Science,
Freeman and Company, 1999.
5Branden & Tooze. Introduction to Protein
Structure. 2nd Edition, 1999.
4. Homework: Outside
reading and problem set assignments will be passed out in class.
Students
are responsible for obtaining and attending to these assignments. Although these
assignments will not be graded, they will form the basis for class discussions-
for which participation is 10% of your grade. Also, each student is required to
provide a set of questions for their journal article presentation.
5. Exams: There
will be one mid-term on March 3rd and one final exam on May 10th,
each
of which is worth 30% of your total grade.
Final Exam: ------------------Tuesday,
May 10, 7:00 – 10:00 PM--------------------
6. Grading: Midterm
exam 250
points
Final
exam 250 points
Protein
Structure presentation 200
points
Journal
Article presentation 200
points
Class
Participation 100 points
Total points = 1000 points
Grades will be assigned approximately as follows: A = 90%+; B= 80-89%; C= 65-79%; F = less than 65% of total points.