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Biomedical Sciences I - mod. BIOCHEMISTRY
MONICA EMANUELLI

Seat Medicina e Chirurgia
A.A. 2013-2014
Credits 2
Hours 20
Period 1^ semestre
Language ENG
U-gov code MT01-11-11 MT067

Program

Biomolecules

 

Carbohydrates (classification, chemical and physical properties of monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides; the glycosidic bond).

 

Amino acids and proteins (amino acid structures, essential amino acids, the peptide bond, protein structure and function).

 

Enzymes (introduction to enzymes, mechanism of enzyme catalysis, classification and substrate specificity, coenzymes, chemical and enzyme kinetics, regulation of enzyme activity, enzyme activity measurement).

 

Lipids and biological membranes (triacylglycerols, phospholipids, sphingolipids, cholesterol, fat-soluble vitamins and structure of biological membranes).

 

 

 

Metabolism

 

Glycolysis and the tricarboxylic acid cycle.

 

Oxidative phosphorylation.

 

Introduction to  bioenergetics.

 

Amino acid catabolism and the urea cycle.

 

Beta-oxidation of fatty acids and synthesis of ketone bodies.

Development of the examination
Oral exam

Recommended reading
"Introduzione alla biochimica",  D.L. Nelson, M.M. Cox  ,Zanichelli
"Biochimica", M. Samaja,  Piccin
"Biochimica, J.M. Berg, Ed. Zanichelli
"Le basi della Biochimica", P.C. Champe R.a. Harvey D.R. Ferrier,  Ed. Zanichelli
"Appunti di Biochimica", M.V. Catani, I Savini P. Guerrieri, L. Avigliano, Piccin.
 


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