date

chapter #

                                                topic

Sept 1

Introduction

Sept 3

chapter 1

The foundations of biochemistry (introduction, 1.1 cellular foundations)

 Sept 8

chapter 1

The foundations of biochemistry (1.2 chemical foundations)

Sept 10

chapter 1

The foundations of biochemistry

(1.3 physical , 1.4 genetic, 1.5 evolutionary)

Sept 12

Lab 0

Basics of safe techniques

 Sept 15

chapter 2

Water (2.1 Weak Interactions in aqueous systems)

Sept 17

chapter 2

Water  (2.2 Ionization of water, weak acids and weak bases)

Sept 19

Lab 1

Titration curves of amino acids

 Sept 22

chapter 2

Water

(2.3 Buffering; 2.4 Water as reactant; 2.5 The fitness of water for living)

Sept 24

chapter 3

Amino acids, peptides and proteins (3.1  Amino acids)

Sept 26

Lab 2

The absorbance curves of two colored compounds

Sept 29

chapter 3

Amino acids, peptides and proteins

 (3.2  Peptide and proteins; 3.3 Working with  proteins)

Oct 1

chapter 3

Amino acids, peptides and proteins (4.3 Primary structure)

Oct 3

Lab 3

General properties of amino acid

 Oct 6

chapter 4

Protein tertiary and quaternary structures

Oct 8

Midterm examination I

Eid Aladha Holiday (Oct 11-Oct 22)

Oct 22

chapter 5

Protein function (5.1 Reversible binding of a protein to a ligand)

Oct 24

Lab 4

Separation of amino acid by paper chromatography

 Oct 27

chapter 5

Protein function (5.3 Protein interactions modulated by chemical energy)

Oct 29

chapter 6

Enzymes (6.1 Introduction to enzymes; 6.2 How enzymes work)

Oct 31

Lab 5

General properties of protein

 Nov 3

chapter 6

Enzymes

(6.3 Enzyme kinetics as an approach to understanding mechanism)

Nov 5

chapter 6

Enzymes

(6.4 Examples of enzymatic reactions; 6.5 Regulatory enzymes) 

Nov 7

Lab 6

Quantitation of proteins

 Nov 10

chapter 8

Nucleotides and nucleic acids

(8.1 Some basics; 8.2 Nucleic acid structure)

Nov 12

chapter 8

Nucleotides and nucleic acids

(8.3 Nucleic acid chemistry; 8. 4 Other functions)

Nov 14

Lab 7

Preparation of an enzyme extraction

 Nov 17

chapter 0

Lipids.  (10.1 Storage Lipids; 10.2 Structural lipids in membranes)

Nov 19

chapter 10

Lipids

(10.3  Lilpids as signals, cofactors and pigments; 10.4 Working with lipids)

Nov 21

Lab 8

General properties of lipids

 Nov 24

Midterm examination II

Nov 26

chapter 11

Biological membranes and transport

(11.1 Composition and architecture of membranes)

Nov 28

Lab 9

General test for carbohydrate

 Dec 1

chapter 11

Biological membranes and transport

(1.3  Solute transport across membranes)

Dec 3

chapter 12

Biosignaling (12.1 General features of signal transduction )

 Dec 8

chapter 12

Biosignaling 

(12.2 G Protein-Coupled Receptors and second messengers)

Dec 10

chapter 12

Biosignaling  (12.3 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases)

 Dec 15

chapter 13

Bioenergetics and biochemical reaction types

(Introduction;  13.1 Bioenergetics and thermodynamics )

Dec 17

chapter 13

Bioenergetics and biochemical reaction types

(13.2 Biochemical logic and common biochemical reactions )

Dec 22

chapter 13

Bioenergetics and biochemical reaction types

(13.3 Phosphoryl group transfers and ATP)

Dec 24

Midterm Examination III