Biochemical Energetics

Catalog description

This course focuses on the energetics of biomolecules and biochemical processes. Topics covered include the importance of electrostatic interactions in determining structure and function of biomolecules, bimolecular folding and processes of denaturation, bioenergetics application of thermodynamic, mechanisms of enzyme action, enzyme kinetics, cooperative bonding models, solution properties of macromolecules, membrane dynamics.