BIOL department

BIBC 102. Metabolic Biochemistry (4 units)

Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/BIOL.html#bibc102

Description

Energy-producing pathways–glycolysis, the TCA cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, photosynthesis, and fatty acid oxidation; and biosynthetic pathways–gluconeogenesis, glycogen synthesis, and fatty acid biosynthesis. Nitrogen metabolism, urea cycle, amino acid metabolism, nucleotide metabolism, and metabolism of macromolecules. Prerequisites: BENG 120 or CHEM 140A or CHEM 40A or CHEM 41A and BENG 120 or CHEM 140B or CHEM 40B or CHEM 41B. Note: Students may not receive credit for both BIBC 102 and CHEM 114B.

Prerequisite courses

Successor courses

BIBC 102 is a prerequisite of the following 14 courses:

• BIBC 120
• BIBC 151
• BIBC 194
• BICD 110
• BICD 130
• BIMM 110
• BIMM 118
• BIMM 120
• BIMM 124
• BIMM 130
• BIOM 266
• BIPN 108
• BIPN 150
• CHEM 164