CHBE 557
DISCOVERY AND ENGINEERING OF BIOACTIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS
The course surveys the discovery and biosynthesis of natural products and engineering approaches to modify and optimize production of natural products. Topics include: Mechanistic enzymology. Biosynthetic gene clusters and pathways. Bioinformatic analysis and genome mining. Engineering of enzymes for biocatalysis. Metabolic engineering for natural and non-natural products.
Prerequisites & course information
Short Title: DISCOVERY & ENG BIO NAT PROD Department: Chemical & Biomolecular Engr Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Course Level: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027