Unit GENERAL AND MOLECULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

Course
Pharmacy
Study-unit Code
65002012
Location
PERUGIA
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Elisabetta Albi
Teachers
  • Elisabetta Albi
  • Carmela Conte
Hours
  • 84 ore - Elisabetta Albi
  • 6 ore - Carmela Conte
CFU
12
Course Regulation
Coorte 2017
Offered
2018/19
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
The General and Molecular Biochemistry course introduces the student to the structure and functions of molecules of biological interest, their metabolism and their metabolic interactions and their role in various organs and tissues.
Reference texts
I principi di Biochimica di Lehninger – David L et al., Zanichelli
Educational objectives
Students must achieve a high level of knowledge of the structure of biological molecules (glucids, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids), the functioning of enzymes, the anabolic and catabolism metabolism of macromolecules, structure and function of vitamins, of trace elements and hormones and their role in the different metabolisms.
Prerequisites
It is indispensable to have passed the exam of organic chemistry
Teaching methods
ntal lectures with projection of images and video
Other information
attendance in the classroom is recorded
Learning verification modality
final ora exam
Extended program
Introduction to the course: physics and chemistry recalls for biochemistry
The water, its ionization, weak acids and weak bases, buffer systems, water as reagent
Glucosides: structure and function of monosaccharides, disaccharides, polisaccharides, proteoglicans, glycoproteins, and glycosphingolipids, saccharide code
Lipids: structure and function of fatty acids, triglycerides, phosphoglycerolipids, sphingolipids, and cholesterol
Amino acids, peptides and proteins, protein denaturation, structure and function of the different proteins.
Nucleic acids: structure and functions
Vitamins water-soluble and fat-soluble
Minerals
Enzymatic proteins: physical-chimical properties, enzyme kinetics, examples of enzymes, regulatory enzymes
Bioenergetics : chemical equations, transfer of phosphate groups and ATP, redox reactions
Signal transduction
Glucoside metabolism: glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, pentose phosphate pathway, glycogen synthesis.
Lipid metabolism: catabolism and anabolism of fatty acids, triglycerides, phospholipids, sphingolipids and cholesterol
Ketonic bodies: synthesis and role
Amino acid and protein metabolism: oxidation of amino acids and urea production, biosynthesis of amino acids, protein synthesis and degradation
Nucleotide metabolism: synthesis and degradation. Genetic code, oncogenes and oncosuppressors
The Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation
Metabolic interactions
Regulatory mechanisms of hormones in metabolisms
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