BIO317 (BIO317)

These notes provide an introduction to biochemistry. They cover the four biomolecules, the central dogma of biology, and the importance of membranes. There is a mind map included with additional information that will provide you with a great foundation for starting this course.

These notes cover water and buffers. They cover how weak bonds allow transient interactions, brownian motion, Coulomb's Law, hydrogen bonding, van der waals interactions, and effects of pH for buffers. There is a mind map included to help you connect the concepts of this chapter that also explains the differences in respiratory/metabolic acidosis/alkalosis.

These notes cover amino acids and proteins in depth. They cover polar and nonpolar effects of amino acids proteins in three-dimensional structure, how shape determines function, protein structure, and protein folding. There are two mind maps included that are there to help you make sense of the concepts and how they relate with one another.

These notes do not cover specifics on enzyme kinetics, but rather the basic concepts of enzymes and enzyme action. They cover the types of enzymes, cofactors needed for activity, Gibbs free energy, the importance of the transition state, binding energy, and transition state analogs. There is also a mind map included to help you make sense of the concepts.

These notes cover the basics of enzymes kinetics including: reaction rates, michaelis menten kinetics/enzymes, the lineweaver burk equation, kM and Kcat, Vmax, allosteric enzymes, feedback inhibition, and negative/positive effectors. Allosterics are a very important part of enzyme kinetics and you'll find lots of good information about that in these notes. A mind map is also included to help you better understand how all of the concepts come together,

These notes cover the basics of the structure and function of hemoglobin and myoglobin. They cover cooperativity, heme groups, allosteric regulation, and mutations. There is also a mind map included to help you make sense of the important topics and comparing the two globins.

These notes give a summary of gluconeogenesis. They cover the important steps, comparisons to glycolysis, and regulation.

These notes cover fatty acid degradation/oxidation. They cover odd-chain fatty acids, ketone body formation, and fatty acid metabolism as it relates to diabetes and starvation. There is also a mind map included that summarizes the important parts of the chapter.

These notes cover Fatty Acid synthesis in depth by stage. They also cover fatty acid synthesis regulation and the enzymes that are necessary in completing it (ie. acetyl CoA carboxylase II). There is also a mind map included to summarize the important parts of the chapter.