TFKE71 · 6 credits · Advanced level (A1N) · Bioteknik, Kemisk biologi
Protein Chemistry
Active · next start VT 2027
98%
passed the latest ordinary exam
DIT1 · 23 Mar 2026 · 41 students
95%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
DIT1 · 153 students
18%
Harder than 18% of courses at advanced level
Compared with 285 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 85 students.
Part of 1 programme
Exam
DIT1 Digital examination
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Ordinary exams
95% passed · 153 students
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- 97%32
Re-exams
No sittings with at least 5 students.
- Get 4 or 5: 78% (153 students)
Show small sittings (6)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
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About the course
Aim
The course aims to provide in-depth knowledge in the following areas: protein engineering, structural-functional relationships, the biophysical/chemical properties of proteins and methodology for characterization of proteins.
After the course, the student is expected to be able to
- identify how proteins are structured.
- use information from different databases to compare amino acid sequences and based on that make predictions related to the biophysical properties of the protein.
- use biophysical measurement data for characterization of proteins.
Content
Different structural motifs of proteins: alpha domain structures, alpha / beta structures, antiparallel beta structures, multifunctional enzymes, membrane proteins, prediction of protein structures. Biophysical properties of proteins and methodology for studies of these: Chemical properties of polypeptides, protein engineering, physical interactions that determine properties of proteins, i.e., the role of the hydrophobic interaction, the protein structure flexibility, protein stability, protein folding mechanisms, interaction with other molecules, enzyme catalysis.
- Examiner
- Lars-Göran Mårtensson
- Scheduled hours
- 41 h
- Main field of study
- Bioteknik, Kemisk biologi