Teaching 2003/2004
Update: 15.08.2017

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Contents
Tutorials
Biological Sciences 3rd year module: Structure and Functions of Proteins, 2003-2004
Tutorial T1, 10.10.03Amino acids, peptide bonds, spectroscopy
Downloads: Handout (PDF)
Tutorial T2, 31.10.03Protein Folding
Downloads: Handout (PDF)
Further reading, original literature and tutorials:
The hydrophobic effect from: Schutt & Lindberg (2000) Anat. Rec. 261, 198-216.
Tutorial T3, 28.11.03Enzyme Mechanisms
Downloads: Answers (PDF file)
Tutorial T4, 09.01.04Membrane Structure
Downloads: Handout (PDF file)
Tutorial T5, 23.01.04Bioenergetics
Downloads: Handout (PDF file)
Lectures
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Honours: Structural Biology, 2003-2004
Structural Biology 8, 10.11.03The Structural Basis of Transcription: RNA Polymerase II
Downloads: Lecture (PDF), Lecture (6 slides per page; PDF), Handout (PDF)
Further reading, original literature and tutorials:
Cramer et al. (2000) Architecture of RNA polymerase II and implications for the transcription mechanism. Science 288, 640.
Cramer et al. (2001) Structural basis of transcription: RNA polymerase II at 2.8 Å resolution. Science 292, 1863.
Gnatt et al. (2001) Structural basis of transcription: An RNA polymerase II elongation complex at 3.3Å resolution. Science92, 1876.
Poglitsch et al. (1999) Electron crystal structure of an RNA polymerase II transcription elongationcomplex. Cell 98, 791.
Zhang & Darst (1998) Structure of the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase alpha subunit amino-terminal domain. Science 281, 262.
Zhang et al. (1999) Crystal structure of Thermus aquaticus core RNA polymerase at 3.3 Å resolution. Cell 98, 811.
Structural Biology 9, 17.11.03The Structural Basis of Translation: The ribosome and protein synthesis
Downloads: Lecture (PDF), Lecture (6 slides per page; PDF), Handout (PDF)
Further reading, original literature and tutorials:
Beckmann et al. (2001) Architecture of the protein-conducting channel associated with the translating 80S ribosome. Cell 107, 361-372.
Gabashvili et al. (2000) Solution structure of the E. coli 70S ribosome at 11.5 Å resolution. Cell 100, 537-549.
Moore & Steitz (2002) The involvement of RNA in ribosome function. Nature 418, 229-235.
Wimberly et al. (2000) Structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit. Nature 407, 327-339.
Yusupov et al. (2001) Crystal structure of the ribosome at 5.5 Å resolution. Science 292, 883-896.
Biological Sciences 3rd year module: Structures and Functions of Proteins, 2003-2004
Lecture 7, 24.10.03Protein X-ray Crystallography (substituting for Malcolm Walkinshaw)
Downloads: Lecture (PDF), Handout (PDF)
Biotechnology Honours: Enzymology, 2003-2004
Enzymology 7, 05.11.03Membrane Enzymes
Downloads: Lecture (PDF), Handout (PDF)
Further reading, original literature and tutorials:
Web resource: Membrane Structure and Function (Cell Biology Webpages, Interactive learning topics in Cell Biology)
Web resource: Photosystem I (W Saenger, FU Berlin; some exciting pages about PSI structure and function)
Schubert et al. (1997) J. Mol. Biol. 272, 741-769.
Enzymology 8, 05.11.03Enzyme Encapsulation
Downloads: Lecture (PDF), Handout (PDF)
Further reading, original literature and tutorials:
Lasic (1998) Novel applications of liposomes. Trends Biotechnol. 16, 307.
Sawada & Ueda (2001) Enzyme processing of textiles in reverse micellar solution. J. Biotechnol. 89, 263.
Walde & Ichikawa (2001) Enzymes inside lipid vesicles: preparation, reactivity and applications. Biomol. Eng. 18, 143.
Electives
Structural Biology: Studying Macromolecules in Health and Disease, 2003-2004
Session 1, 06.01.04Lecture: Introduction, General Comments, UV/Vis Spectroscopy
Downloads: Handout (PDF file)
Session 2, 08.01.04Practical: Amino Acid Properties
Downloads: Handout (PDF file)
Session 3, 13.01.04Lecture: Fluorescence Spectroscopy 1
Downloads: Handout (PDF file)
Session 4, 15.01.04Lecture: Fluorescence Spectroscopy 2, Practical: Titration Experiments
Downloads: Handout (PDF file)
Session 5, 20.01.04Lecture: CD Spectroscopy, Practical: Analysis of CD spectra
Downloads: Handout (PDF file)
Session 6, 22.01.04Paper discussion
Downloads: Handout (PDF file)
Session 7, 27.01.04Practical: Fluorescence Experiment
Downloads: Results (PDF file), Literature 1 (PDF file), Literature 2 (PDF file)