Here is a course I found that offers an "intro biochemistry" course: Would this be sufficient for the MCAT? Would this + review books + self study be enough?
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- 1) List the 4 major classes of biomolecules (proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids) and explain their structure and function.
- 2) Define the concepts of pH and buffers, and describe the application of buffer solutions.
- 3) Describe the basic principles of enzyme catalysis, and explain enzyme kinetics in terms of the Michaelis-Menten rate equation.
- 4) Distinguish between competitive and noncompetitive enzyme inhibition.
- 5) Describe the lipid bilayer structure of biomembranes and provide ultrastructural details.
- 6) Collect, analyze and interpret experimental data, and summarize the findings in written laboratory reports.
- 7) Describe carbohydrate metabolism (glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, pentose phosphate pathway, citric acid cycle) and lipid metabolism (primarily fatty acid catabolism/anabolism) in terms of cellular energetics, regulation of enzyme activity, and enzyme/coenzyme involvement.
- 8) Describe the role of the electron transport chain and Mitchell’s Chemiosmotic Hypothesis in oxidative phosphorylation.
- 9) Describe amino acid metabolism in terms of deamination reactions, the urea cycle, and the role of the citric acid cycle in both catabolism and anabolism of amino acids.
- 10) Describe nucleotide metabolism in terms of de novo and salvage pathways for biosynthesis, regulation of biosynthetic pathways, and purine and pyrimidine catabolism.
