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Structure and Function of Proteins
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Structure and Function of Proteins |
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| A study of the structure and function of proteins, including enzymes, assembly systems and proteins involved in interactions with nucleic acids and membranes. Prerequisite: Biology 200 or its equivalent. Proteins are involved in regulating every biochemical process and offer the foundation for structural plasticity and integrity within cells and in cell-cell interactions. Given the importance of proteins to life and medicine, it is essential that biologists understand the complex relationship between the structures of proteins and their functions. This relationship is far from understood. This course will take advantage of structural information as a paradigm for understanding protein function. We will also study the mechanisms involved in the synthesis of proteins and in attaining their correct structure in the appropriate context. Based on what we now know about proteins, efforts towards designing novel functions and material properties have enjoyed some success and these will be touched on as well. By the end of this course, through your assignments, you should have a good working knowledge for understanding the relationship between amino acid composition and protein function. |
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