BIOCHEMISTRY WITH ELEMENTS OF CHEMISTRY

General Module

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2016/2017

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in PHYSIOTHERAPY

Disciplinary Sector:

Biochemistry

Is part of:

SCIENZE PROPEDEUTICHE BIOCHIMICHE E BIOLOGICHE

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

FORMATO Marilena

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

None

AF code:

40004083

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The course will provide the molecular basis of biological systems, interaction between biomolecules, enzyme catalysis, structure-function relationship of proteins and enzymes. Furthermore, the major metabolic pathways and their interconnections will be addressed. The student will be able to apply the experimental method to biochemical research, to identify causal relationships among different biological variables, to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the specificity of the interaction and integration of metabolic pathways.

Contents

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF BIOCHEMISTRY
AMINOACIDS AND PEPTIDES: structure and properties. Characteristics of peptide bond.
PROTEINS: structure and function. The enzymes. Enzyme mechanisms; Enzyme regulation: allosteric and covalent.
CARBOHYDRATES: monosaccharides; oligosaccharides; polysaccharides.
LIPIDS: fatty acids; triacylglycerols; phospholipids; steroids; lipoproteins.
BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES: structure and function.
NUCLEOSIDES, NUCLEOTIDES, AND NUCLEIC ACIDS: structure and function.
EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX
INTRODUCTION TO METABOLISM
BIOENERGETICS AND ATP CYCLE
CARBOHYDRATES METABOLISM
LIPIDS METABOLISM

Recommended Bibliography

Nelson DL e Cox MM: Introduzione alla biochimica di Lehninger, quinta edizione. Zanichelli, Bologna.
Baynes JW e Dominiczak MH: Biochimica per le discipline biomediche, terza edizione. Elsevier
Campbell LK e Farrell SO: Biochimica, Quarta Edizione, Edises, Napoli.
Ferrier DR: Le Basi della Biochimica. Zanichelli, Bologna.

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