Description: (Same as Chemistry CM170.) Lecture, two to three hours; discussion, zero to two hours. Requisites: Chemistry 153A and 153B, or Life Sciences 3 and 23L, and Chemistry 153L. Recommended: Chemistry 153C, 154, Life Sciences 4. Light harvesting, photochemistry, electron transfer, carbon fixation, carbohydrate metabolism, pigment synthesis in chloroplasts and bacteria. Assembly of photosynthetic membranes and regulation of genes encoding those components. Emphasis on understanding of experimental approaches. P/NP or letter grading.

Units: 2.0