Biological Inorganic Chemistry

CHEM C279 - Biological Inorganic Chemistry

<p>Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: courses 153A (or 153AH), 171. Role of metal ions in biology. Topics include interactions of metal ions and metallocofactors with proteins, nucleic acids, and other biological molecules; mechanisms of metal ion transport and storage; metallocofactor biosynthesis; hydrolytic chemistry; biological electron transfer; metalloenzymes; metals in medicine. Concurrently scheduled with course C279. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Chemistry and Biochemistry

College of Letters and Science

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CHEM C179 - Biological Inorganic Chemistry

Students are able to develop and support independent research ideas in the field of bioinorganic chemistry, broadly defined

Students understand basic physical principles governing electron transfer

Students are familiar with a wide array of modern spectroscopic/analytical techniques to characterize bioinorganic systems

Students are able to review and evaluate recent literature in the context of existing paradigms

Students are able to identify basic chemical reactions requiring metals

Students are able to effectively interact with scientists performing state of the art research

Students are able to identify key metals in biology and motifs of interaction with metallocofactors

Students are able to describe the premise of some modern metallodrugs

General Catalog

Biological Inorganic Chemistry

CHEM C179

4 units