Chemistry 301 is designed to help you achieve a number of broad objectives. At the end of the course, you will be able to

  1. define “biochemistry.”
  2. identify the five classes of polymeric biomolecules and their monomeric building blocks.
  3. explain the specificity of enzymes (biochemical catalysts), and the chemistry involved in enzyme action.
  4. explain how the metabolism of glucose leads ultimately to the generation of large quantities of ATP.
  5. describe how fats and amino acids are metabolized, and explain how they can be used for fuel.
  6. describe the structure of DNA, and explain how it carries genetic information in its base sequence.
  7. describe DNA replication.
  8. describe RNA and protein synthesis.
  9. explain how protein synthesis can be controlled at the level of transcription and translation.
  10. summarize what is currently known about the biochemical basis of cancer.