CHEM567 - Bio-Inorganic Chemistry

Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Bio-Inorganic Chemistry
Term
2020A
Syllabus URL
Subject area
CHEM
Section number only
401
Section ID
CHEM567401
Course number integer
567
Registration notes
Permission Needed From Department
Meeting times
MW 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Meeting location
CHEM B13
Level
graduate
Instructors
Ivan J. Dmochowski
Description
The course covers selected topics in bioinorganic chemistry; special emphasis is placed on dioxygen chemistry and electron transfer processes. Course topics include: (i) oxygen uptake and utilization; (ii) diatomic oxygen trans port; (iii) diatomic and monoatomic oxygen incorporation into substrates; (iv) metalloenzyme-catalyzed C-C bond formation; (v) the metallobiochemistry of DNA; (vi) metal-sulfide proteins; (vii) manganese-containing metalloproteins; (viii) Photosystem II: light-driven electron transfer and the biological water-splitting reaction; (ix) biological electron transfer; (x) electron transfer theory; (xi) mechanisms of energy storage and release; and (xii) long-distance electron transfer reactions.
Course number only
567
Cross listings
BMB567401
Use local description
No