Biological Chemistry I

Session 8: Introduction to Sugar Chemistry and Carbohydrate Catabolism

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Lecture Topics

Glucose Chemistry Carbohydrate Catabolism Use of Gucose as a Metabolic Fuel Introduction to Metabolism and Methods of Analysis Overview of the Glycolysis Pathway

Readings

• Chapter 8: Carbohydrates
  • Monosaccharides
  • Polysaccharides
  • Glycoproteins
• Chapter 14: Introduction to Metabolism
  • Overview of Metabolism
  • Experimental Approaches to the Study of Metabolism
• Chapter 15: Glucose Catabolism
  • Overview of Glycolosis

Lecture Notes

• Introduction to Sugar Chemistry (PDF)
• Overview of Glycolysis (PDF - 1.1MB)

Lecture Video: Introduction to Carbohydrate Catabolism

This video by Professor John Essigmann provides an introduction to carbohydrate catabolism. It is the first video in the metabolism portion of the course.

• Storyboard 1 (PDF)
• Metabolic Chart (PDF)
• Abbreviations List (PDF)

Problem Set & Solutions

• Problem Set 6 (PDF)
• Solutions to Problem Set 6 (PDF)

Problem Solving Video: Problem Set 6, Problem 2: Mechanism of Phosphoglycerate Mutase

The mechanism of phosphoglycerate mutase, the eighth enzyme in glycolysis, is the focus of this problem. It is this enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of 3-phosphoglycerate to 2-phosphoglycerate.

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