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$79
Plus membership
3 Credits
All courses include:
eTextbooks
2 to 3-day turnaround for grading
Multiple chances to improve your grade
On-demand tutoring & writing center
Student support 7 days a week
Biochemistry
$79
Plus membership
3 Credits
About This Course
ACE Approved 2023
Our Biochemistry online course is designed to provide you with a comprehensive overview of the fundamental principles of biochemistry. Concepts from the structure and function of biomolecules to the regulation of cellular metabolism are discussed during this online Biochemistry course for college credit.
Course Outcomes
Identify weak interactions in aqueous systems, ionizations of water, and buffers against pH changes in biological systems.
Contrast primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures of proteins and their effects on binding and interactions.
Sort monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides, and glycoconjugates.
Understand nucleic acid structure and chemistry.
Contrast the functions and features of lipids when acting as signals, cofactors, and pigments.
Understand the relationship of membrane dynamics with their composition and architecture.
Explain how the G Protein, gated ion channels, regulation of transcription and cell cycle achieve biochemical signaling.
Identify the effects of bioenergetics and thermodynamics on metabolism.
Explain the role of glycogen and glycolysis in metabolic pathways.
Articulate the citric acid cycle.
Understand the digestion, mobilization, and transport of fats.
Articulate the role of ATP in oxidative phosphorylation.
Explain the biosynthesis of fatty acids, triacylglycerols and membrane phospholipids.
Understand the role of hormone regulation on metabolism.
Articulate how genes, chromosomes, DNA, RNA, and other proteins are used as information pathways.
Course Text
Prefer the hard copy? Simply purchase from your favorite textbook reseller; you will still get the eTextbook for free. The required eTextbook for this course is included with your course purchase at no additional cost.
Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry
Nelson, David L., et al. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry. 8th ed., Macmillan Learning, 2021. ISBN: 9781319322342
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