PHYS3410
BIOPHYSICS
II
Administration and Lecture Notes
Session:
2
Lecturer
for part (a) Mary
Beilby
room 9D, Biophysics Dept. xt 5463
mjb@newt.phys.unsw.edu.au
(email)
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Lecturer for Part B (weeks 8 - 14) Krystyna
Wilk
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Topics
(A)
Membrane transport
- Thermodynamics
of life processes
- Active
transport in membranes
- Membrane
potentials
- Experimental
techniques
- Current-voltage
analysis of membrane transporters
- Salt
tolerance and turgor regulation
(B)
Introduction to Protein Structure
Protein
Structure & Stability
- The
Native State
- Forces
that Determine Protein Structure
- Peptide
Bonds
Protein
Architecture
- a,
a/b,
b And Other Proteins
- Membrane
Proteins
Nucleic
Acid Structure
- DNA
and RNA
- DNA
and Protein
Proteins
as Machines
Proteins
are abundant in all organisms and are indeed fundamental to
life.
Protein
sequences are encoded in DNA, the holder of information.
Protein
structures can be determines to an atomic level by X-ray diffraction
and neutron-diffraction studies of crystalised proteins,
and by nuclear magnetiuc resonance (NMR) spectroscopy
of proteins in solution.
In part
(B) students are introduced to the structure and function
of protein.
Assessment:
- Two
assignments 35%
- In-session
exam 25%
- * Final
exam 40%
Textbooks
and References:
* H.G.L.
Coster, "Thermodynamics of Life Processes"
(U.N.S.W. Press, 1989).
* Branden,
C. and Tooze, J. "Introduction to Protein Structure"
(Garland Publ. 1991)
* Other
reference material: photocopies of appropriate material will
be supplied to students.
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