Biochemistry 721.03: Physical Biochemistry III

SP Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq or concur: 511 or 613, 721.01, Math 153 (254 recommended), and Physics 113 or 133; or permission of instructor.

 

Instructor: Mark P. Foster; foster.281; 734 Riffe Bldg; 292-1377

TA: Yiren (Joy) Xu (xu.172) Riffe 732; 688-8146

 

Grading: Homework 10%, Midterms 60%, Final 30%.

 

Text: Tinoco, Sauer, Wang and Puglisi, Physical Chemistry. Principles and Applications in Biological Sciences, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, New Jersey 2002

 

Other texts (on reserve in BPL):

Cantor and Schimmel, Biophysical Chemistry, v. II-III, W. H. Freeman, San Francisco, 1980

Chang, Physical Chemistry for the Chemical and Biological Sciences, University Science Books, Sausalito, 2000

 

Molecular Motion and Transport Properties (Chapter 6)

  1. Kinetic Theory, Diffusion, Viscosity
  2. Sedimentation, size and shape of macromolecules

Kinetics: Rates of Chemical Reactions (Chapter 7)

  1. Rate law, reaction order (zero, first, second, other)
  2. Reaction mechanisms and rate laws

 

Midterm 1, TBA

 

  1. Temperature dependence, transition state theory
  2. Fast reactions, diffusion limit, acid/base catalysis

Enzyme Kinetics (Chapter 8)

  1. Steady-state and non-steady state
  2. Competition and inhibition

 

Midterm 2, TBA

 

Molecular Distributions and Statistical Thermodynamics (Chapter 11)

  1. Small molecule binding to a polymer
  2. Random walk, statistical thermodynamics

 

Memorial day: Monday, 5/29/06 Ð no class

 

Final, Monday, 6/5/06, 9:30-11:18 am

 

Links:

Course page: available on Carmen ( http://carmen.osu.edu  )

Physical constants:  http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/

Gnuplot  http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/

Reference card: http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/docs/gpcard.pdf

Documentation: http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/docs/gnuplot.html

                              Or PDF: http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/docs/gnuplot.pdf