04 06 06 BCMB 8020 Spring 2006 C127 Life Sciences Building Tuesdays Thursdays 12 30 3 15 Carbohydrates Structure Function Biosynthesis Debra Mohnen Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Complex Carbohydrate Research Center 542 4458 dmohnen ccrc uga edu WEB SITE http www ccrc uga edu personnel dmohnen list html Important Information You will be asked to carry out several in class activities in a group You should use the same groups that you used with Dr Schmidt To confirm the groups you will be asked to give Dr Mohnen a list of all group members before the end of class on Thursday April 6 Due before class April 11 1 Read Chapter 7 pages 356 381 and Chapter 23 pages 852 862 in the class text Biochemistry third Edition by Voet and Voet 2004 Wiley 2 Read the articles by Rudd et al 2004 Shearer and Graham 2004 and James et al 2003 These articles will be given out in class Pdf files of additional optional articles can be found on the website http cell ccrc uga edu dmohnen bcmb8020 list html 3 Required PDF files will be available on the website at least two days before class http cell ccrc uga edu dmohnen bcmb8020 list html Be sure to check the web site regularly 04 06 06 BCMB 8020 Spring 2006 C127 Life Sciences Building Tuesdays Thursdays 12 30 3 15 Carbohydrates Structure Function Biosynthesis Debra Mohnen Apr 6 CARBOHYDRATES General Review Apr 6 Overview Apr 11 Analytical methods Energy storage carbohydrates Apr 11 Starch Glycogen Apr 13 Nucleotide sugars carbohydrate transport glycosyltransferases Apr 13 N linked Glycoproteins biosynthesis Apr 18 O linked Glycoproteins biosynthesis Apr 18 Glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans Apr 20 Extracellular nonstandard O glycans congenital muscular dystrophy Lance Wells Apr 20 Intracellular O glycans in disease diabetes Lance Wells Apr 25 Bacterial cell wall and function Russell Carlson Apr 25 Fungal cell wall polysaccharides Apr 27 Plant cell wall polysaccharides Apr 27 Bioactive oligosaccharides carbohydrate protein interactions May 4 FINAL EXAM 12 00 3 00 covers lectures April 6 27
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