Short Course Description
The course question: How do enzymes catalyze biochemical reactions?
Syllabus:
- The theory and principles of enzymatic catalysis
- Experimental approaches for the study of the active site
- Examples of enzymatic mechanisms: proteases, phosphatases, G proteins?
- Computer workshop ? the active site
The course is designed to encourage thinking, with no memory component.
The course includes lectures in which students are encouraged to participate, homework, and a written open-material exam in which the students derive the catalytic mechanism of an enzyme based on experimental data.
The course gives 3 credit points.
It is open to graduate students (Ph.D. and M.Sc. studies) and upon approval ? also to outstanding undergraduate students.
Full Syllabus
