Bke2 Biochemistry Lectures

This is the starting page for the Bke2 biochemistry lecture series. Clicking on a lecture title will bring you to a page where you can read a short abstract of the corresponding lecture, view a list of relevant key words and topics, and find recommended links for self studies.

Lecture index

Zoom in: from animals/plants to cells
Zoom in: inside cells
Basic principles: chemical groups, weak interactions, water...
Amino acids, peptides, proteins
Protein chemistry, structure and function I
Protein chemistry, structure and function II
Evolution: lessons in protein structure and function
Biochemical methods
Summary of protein chemistry, structure, function
Introduction to intermediary metabolism
Introduction to enzymes
Carbohydrates, vitamins, glycolysis
Active sites and enzyme mechanisms: a closer look
Enzyme Kinetics
Mechanisms of enzyme regulation
The citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation
Oxidative phosphorylation lab, summary of energy metabolism
Glucose metabolism
Pentose phosphate pathway and fatty acid metabolism
Metabolism of amino acids
Summary: Enzyme structure and function
Comparative metabolism
Quantitative metabolism
Metabolism of exogenous compounds (xenobiotica)
Physiological aspects on metabolism
Summary & recapitulation of metabolism
Plant biochemistry
Photosynthesis light reactions
Photosynthesis dark reactions
DNA structure, replication and repair
Cloning
Transcription, gene regulation
Protein synthesis
Summary: DNA
Genetically manipulated organisms (GMO)