Donald Hilvert: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2021

Award: The Golden Owl
Name Prof. em. Dr. Donald Hilvert
FieldOrganische Chemie
Address
Dep. Chemie und Angew. Biowiss.
ETH Zürich, HCI H 327
Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10
8093 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telephone+41 44 632 31 76
E-maildonald.hilvert@org.chem.ethz.ch
DepartmentChemistry and Applied Biosciences
RelationshipProfessor emeritus

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
529-0732-00LProteins and Lipids
Note for BSc Biology students: Only one of the two concept courses 529-0731-00 Nucleic Acids and Carbohydrates (autumn semester) or 529-0732-00 Proteins and Lipids (spring semester) can be counted for the Bachelor's degree.
6 credits3GD. Hilvert
AbstractAn overview of the relationship between protein sequence, conformation and function.
Learning objectiveOverview of the relationship between protein sequence, conformation and function.
ContentProteins, structures and properties, (bio)synthesis of polypeptides, protein folding and design, protein engineering, chemical modification of proteins, proteomics.
LiteratureGeneral Literature:
- T.E. Creighton: Proteins: Structures and Molecular Properties, 2nd Edition, H.W. Freeman and Company, New York, 1993.
- C. Branden, J. Tooze , Introduction to Protein Structure, Garland Publishing, New York, 1991.
- J. M. Berg, J. L. Tymoczko, L. Stryer: Biochemistry, 5th edition, H.W. Freeman and Company, New York, 2002.
- G.A. Petsko, D. Ringe: Protein Structure and Function, New Science Press Ltd., London, 2004.

Original Literature:
Citations from the original literature relevant to the individual lectures will be assigned weekly.