PROTEINS MEDICINE & DISEASE

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A second semester in introductory chemistry focusing on the relevance of protein sequence and structure in health, disease and drug design. Specific topics include introduction to organic molecules, enzyme kinetics and inhibition and protein structure. There will also be an emphasis on correlating protein chemistry aspects to mechanisms of disease, methods of drug discovery, and computational methods used in the drug discovery process. A combination of projects involving wet and computational laboratory methods will be included. Prerequisite: CHEM1100 (4 credits)