Unit GENERAL AND APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

Course
Chemistry and technology of drugs
Study-unit Code
65903909
Location
PERUGIA
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Tommaso Beccari
Teachers
  • Tommaso Beccari
  • Carmela Conte
Hours
  • 72 ore - Tommaso Beccari
  • 6 ore - Carmela Conte
CFU
9
Course Regulation
Coorte 2019
Offered
2020/21
Learning activities
Caratterizzante
Area
Discipline biologiche e farmacologiche
Academic discipline
BIO/10
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
knowledge of the main macromolecules of the cell- Structure and function.
Methods in biochemistry
Reference texts
I principi d biochimica di Lehninger, DL Nelson - MM Cox Zanichelli editore
Educational objectives
Understanding the biochemistry of the life and knowledge of the applied biochemistry
Prerequisites
Inorganic and organic chemistry
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Other information
None
Learning verification modality
The exam consists of an oral test.
Oral test consists on an interview of about 40.minutes long aiming to ascertain the knowledge level and the understanding capability acquired by the student on theoretical and methodological contents as indicated on the program.
The oral exam will also test the student expression skills.
Extended program
Water and biological buffers - amino acids, peptides and proteins - tridimensinal strucure of proteins- protein functions - enzyme and enzyme catalysis - carbohydrates and glycobiology - monosaccharides- disaccharides and polysaccharides - nucleic acid - lipids- storage lipis - structural lipids- biological membranes - membrane transport - biosignaling - bioenergetics and metabolism- glycolisis and gluconeogensis - Krebs cycle - catabolism of fatty acids - aminoacids oxidation and urea cycle - oxidative phosphorilation - biosynthesis of carbohydrates - biosynthesis of aminoacids - hormonal regulation - protein metabolism -
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