BIO 442 - Advanced Biochemistry

A detailed study of the biosynthesis and metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids, including gluconeogenesis, glycogen metabolism, pentose phosphate pathway, ?-oxidation, fatty acid biosysnthesis, ketone bodies, eicosanoid biosynthesis, cholesterol biosynthesis, bile acids, steroid hormone biosynthesis, the nitrogen cycle, synthesis and degradation of amino acids, nucleotide biosynthesis, and purine/pyrimidine metabolism. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours scheduled weekly.

Credits: 4

Prerequisites BIO 342
Crosslisted as: CHEM 442.