Description: Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: course 156. Detailed examination of how various membrane proteins work. Topics include lipid bilayer properties and how they affect membrane protein function and biology; membrane protein biogenesis; principles of transport across membranes; how channels, transporters, and receptors work at atomic level. Emphasis on reading and analyzing original research papers. Concurrently scheduled with course C163. S/U or letter grading.

Units: 4.0