CHE 485 - Physical Biochemistry (3 cr.)

Topics covered include: protein architecture and folding; nucleic acid structures and energetics; structure determination by X-ray crystallography and NMR; biological spectroscopy with emphasis on absorption, fluorescence, and NMR spectroscopies; and the kinetics and thermodynamics of protein-ligand interactions. Extended topics will include proteomics, biocalorimetry, hydrodynamics and fourier transform mass spectrometry.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): MAT 222 or MAT 225, CHE 242.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring