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B016088 - BIOCHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY
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Course Content
Suggested readings
Prerequisites
Teaching Methods
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Type of Assessment
Academic Year 2014-15
Course year
Second year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Biology (BIO)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
BIO/10 - BIOCHEMISTRY
Credits
9
Teaching Hours
76
Teaching Term
22/09/2014 ⇒ 23/12/2014
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
Course Content
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Knolewdge acquired:
Protein structure. Enzymes: catalysis and reaction mechanism. Structure of nucleic acids. Lipids and biological membranes. Bioenergetics.Metabolism of carbohydrates. Lipids and aminoacids: Citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorilation.
Competence acquired
Molecular design of life.
Protein functions
Metabolic pathways: design and regulation
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
Analyses of protein solutions
Determination of enzymatic activity
C
Protein structure. Enzymes: catalysis and reaction mechanism. Structure of nucleic acids. Lipids and biological membranes. Bioenergetics.Metabolism of carbohydrates. Lipids and aminoacids: Citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorilation.
Competence acquired
Molecular design of life.
Protein functions
Metabolic pathways: design and regulation
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
Analyses of protein solutions
Determination of enzymatic activity
C
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Textbooks:
D.L. Nelson, M.Cox Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry by W.H. Freeman and Company
J.M. Berg, J.L. Tymoczko, L. Stryer Biochemistry by W.H. Freeman and Company
D.L. Nelson, M.Cox Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry by W.H. Freeman and Company
J.M. Berg, J.L. Tymoczko, L. Stryer Biochemistry by W.H. Freeman and Company
Prerequisites
Courses to be used as requirements (required and/or recommended)
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Courses required:
Chemistry (general and organic)
Courses recommended
Basic Biology
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Courses required:
Chemistry (general and organic)
Courses recommended
Basic Biology
Teaching Methods
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 225
Hours reserved to private study and other indivual formative activities: 149
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 64
Contact hours for: Laboratory (hours): 12
Contact hours for: Laboratory-field/practice (hours): 0
Seminars (hours): 0
Stages: 0
Intermediate examinations: 0
Hours reserved to private study and other indivual formative activities: 149
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 64
Contact hours for: Laboratory (hours): 12
Contact hours for: Laboratory-field/practice (hours): 0
Seminars (hours): 0
Stages: 0
Intermediate examinations: 0
Further information
Frequency of lectures, practice and lab: yes
Teaching tools
slides
Office hours:
Friday 11-12
Teaching tools
slides
Office hours:
Friday 11-12
Type of Assessment
Programme (short version for Diploma Supplement):
Structural pattern in Proteins. Allosteric protein. Enzymes: kinetics, mechanism and regulation. Lipids: structure and function. Biological membranes. Structure of nucleotides and nucleic acids.
Carbohydrates, Lipids and Protein metabolism. The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle and Oxidative Phosphorylation. Biosynthesis of nucleotides and porphyrins. The integration of metabolism
Structural pattern in Proteins. Allosteric protein. Enzymes: kinetics, mechanism and regulation. Lipids: structure and function. Biological membranes. Structure of nucleotides and nucleic acids.
Carbohydrates, Lipids and Protein metabolism. The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle and Oxidative Phosphorylation. Biosynthesis of nucleotides and porphyrins. The integration of metabolism