Reading assignments, Week II: 30 June - 2 July 2009

For Tuesday:

Quiz on amino acid structures and chemistry

We will finish Chapter 5 today. The reading is all given on Week I.

Chapter 6: ENZYMES

† This section contains a derivation of the Michaelis-Menten (MM) equation and some details related to enzyme kinetics. You will not be expected to be able to derive the MM equation, but you will need to use the equation and to know what the parameters Vmax, kcat, and Km mean. Regarding the details of enzyme kinetics - you will be held responsible only for what we cover in class, which differs somewhat from the discussion in the book.

Note figures: 6-1, 2, 3, 4, 5*, 6, (7), 8, 9, 10, 11*, 12*, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21**, 22, 23*, 24, 25, (26, 27, 28, 30 are in the recommended section)
Tables: (6-1), (6-2), (6-3), 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9
Boxes 6-1*, 6-2
Worked Examples: 6-1, 6-2, (6-3)

Wednesday:

Chapter 6: ENZYMES (continued)

Note figures: 6-31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36*, (37), 38
Table: 6-10

For Thursday:

Chapter 7: CARBOHYDRATES AND GLYCOBIOLOGY

OK, I admit I don't expect you to have this read before the exam...

Note figures: 7-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6*, 7 through 12, (13), 14, 15, 17, (18), 20 through 31, (33), 34, 35
Table: (7-1: recognize abbreviations Fru, Gal, Glc, Rib, and GlcNAc), (7-2), (7-3) Boxes: (7-1)

'A' and' B' sections are required reading. If you are extremely short of time and can't read the entire assignment thoroughly, put most of your effort into the 'A' sections, and the 'B' sections more lightly. Reading breaks at the obvious point on the page unless otherwise noted, or in some cases, at the end of a page. 'R' means recommended.