Unit BIOCHEMISTRY
- Course
- Biological sciences
- Study-unit Code
- 55008608
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Carla Emiliani
- Teachers
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- Carla Emiliani
- Hours
- 56 ore - Carla Emiliani
- CFU
- 8
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2016
- Offered
- 2017/18
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline biomolecolari
- Academic discipline
- BIO/10
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Structural and physicochemical properties of proteins. Protein functions. Structure and dynamics of membranes. Hormones. Nutrient metabolism and metabolic integrations.
- Reference texts
- Tymoczko and Stryer, Principi di Biochimica, Ed. Zanichelli
Nelson, M.M.Cox, Principi di Biochimica di Lehninger, Ed. Zanichelli
Salvatore, Biochimica Generale, Idelson Gnocchi. - Educational objectives
- The main objective of the course is to provide students with the basic knowledge to understand the biochemical mechanisms that lead to the production of energy and allow life
The main knowledge gained will be:
- Basics of structural biochemistry
- Basics of functional biochemistry
- Understanding of the metabolic biochemistry. - Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge in the field of chemistry, biology, organic chemistry, represent a prerequisite for student planing to follow the course with profit.
- Teaching methods
- Lectures on the topics covered by this program, carried out with the aid of slides and movies.
- Other information
- Attendance is optional but strongly advised.
- Learning verification modality
- The exam consists in written and oral examination. The written examinations are designed at evaluating the student's knowledge and understanding of the topics proposed. The written exam consists in 30 multiple-choice questions followed by an essay to evaluate the ability to communicate in written form.
The oral examination provided they have optained at least the minimum mark 18/30. - Extended program
- The molecules of life. Biological macromolecules. Amino acids. Structure and function of proteins. Fibrous and globular proteins. Hemoglobin and myoglobin. Enzymes: general principles of enzymatic catalysis; enzyme kinetics; mechanisms of inhibition and regulation of enzymatic activity. Lipid reserves and structural. Molecular and supramolecular architecture of biological membranes constituents. Introduction to metabolism. Principles of bioenergetics and biological redox (redox coenzymes). High-energy compounds (ATP). Glycolysis. Beta-oxidation of fatty acids. Citric acid cycle. Electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation. Gluconeogenesis. Biosynthesis of fatty acids. Hormones and biosegnalazioni. Amino acids methabolism. Urea cycle.