Biochemistry
A.Y. 2018/2019
Learning objectives
Gli obiettivi del corso sono: (1) fornire le conoscenze necessarie alla comprensione della struttura e della funzione delle principali biomolecole costituenti gli organismi viventi; (2) descrivere i principali processi biologici presenti nelle cellule animali, con particolare riferimento ai destini metabolici dei principali componenti degli alimenti (carboidrati, lipidi e proteine); (3) approfondire in particolare i meccanismi molecolari attraverso cui gli organismi animali ottengono energia dagli alimenti in condizioni aerobie ed anaerobie; (4) acquisire conoscenze di base relative alla biologia delle macromolecole informazionali, inclusi i processi di replicazione del DNA e biosintesi dell'RNA e delle proteine
Expected learning outcomes
Undefined
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
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Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
ATTENDING STUDENTS
Course syllabus
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
Amino acids, proteins and structural levels of proteins (3 hours)
Biological membranes and transport across membranes (4 hours)
Oxygen-transporting proteins (4 hours)
Collagen (1 hour)
Enzymes: kinetics and mechanisms of regulation, zymogens (4 hours)
Molecular mechanisms of digestion, absorption and transport of the main nutritionally relevant classes of compounds (6 hours)
Metabolism of carbohydrates: glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway, metabolism of glycogen, gluoconeogenesis, biosynthesis of lactose (8 hours)
Metabolism of lipids: metabolism of fatty acids and ketone bodies, overview of metabolism of triacylglicerols, phosphoglycerids, sfingolipids, cholesterol and steroids (6 hours)
Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation (4 hours)
Metabolism of amino acids: amino acid degradation and the urea cycle, overview of nitrogen fixation and amino acid biosynthesis (3 hours)
Overview of metabolism of nucleotides (2 hours)
Integration of metabolism and overview of hormonal control of metabolism (2 hours)
Vitamins (1 hour)
Molecular biology: structure and function of nucleic acids, genetic code, DNA replication, transcription and post-transcriptional modifications, protein synthesis and post-translational modifications (10 hours)
Seminars on practical use of enzymes, bioenergetics, oxidative stress, recombinant proteins, ruminal biochemistry (6 hours)
Biological membranes and transport across membranes (4 hours)
Oxygen-transporting proteins (4 hours)
Collagen (1 hour)
Enzymes: kinetics and mechanisms of regulation, zymogens (4 hours)
Molecular mechanisms of digestion, absorption and transport of the main nutritionally relevant classes of compounds (6 hours)
Metabolism of carbohydrates: glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway, metabolism of glycogen, gluoconeogenesis, biosynthesis of lactose (8 hours)
Metabolism of lipids: metabolism of fatty acids and ketone bodies, overview of metabolism of triacylglicerols, phosphoglycerids, sfingolipids, cholesterol and steroids (6 hours)
Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation (4 hours)
Metabolism of amino acids: amino acid degradation and the urea cycle, overview of nitrogen fixation and amino acid biosynthesis (3 hours)
Overview of metabolism of nucleotides (2 hours)
Integration of metabolism and overview of hormonal control of metabolism (2 hours)
Vitamins (1 hour)
Molecular biology: structure and function of nucleic acids, genetic code, DNA replication, transcription and post-transcriptional modifications, protein synthesis and post-translational modifications (10 hours)
Seminars on practical use of enzymes, bioenergetics, oxidative stress, recombinant proteins, ruminal biochemistry (6 hours)
Course syllabus
Amino acids, proteins and structural levels of proteins (3 hours)
Biological membranes and transport across membranes (4 hours)
Oxygen-transporting proteins (4 hours)
Collagen (1 hour)
Enzymes: kinetics and mechanisms of regulation, zymogens (4 hours)
Molecular mechanisms of digestion, absorption and transport of the main nutritionally relevant classes of compounds (6 hours)
Metabolism of carbohydrates: glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway, metabolism of glycogen, gluoconeogenesis, biosynthesis of lactose (8 hours)
Metabolism of lipids: metabolism of fatty acids and ketone bodies, overview of metabolism of triacylglicerols, phosphoglycerids, sfingolipids, cholesterol and steroids (6 hours)
Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation (4 hours)
Metabolism of amino acids: amino acid degradation and the urea cycle, overview of nitrogen fixation and amino acid biosynthesis (3 hours)
Overview of metabolism of nucleotides (2 hours)
Integration of metabolism and overview of hormonal control of metabolism (2 hours)
Vitamins (1 hour)
Molecular biology: structure and function of nucleic acids, genetic code, DNA replication, transcription and post-transcriptional modifications, protein synthesis and post-translational modifications (10 hours)
Seminars on practical use of enzymes, bioenergetics, oxidative stress, recombinant proteins, ruminal biochemistry (6 hours)
Biological membranes and transport across membranes (4 hours)
Oxygen-transporting proteins (4 hours)
Collagen (1 hour)
Enzymes: kinetics and mechanisms of regulation, zymogens (4 hours)
Molecular mechanisms of digestion, absorption and transport of the main nutritionally relevant classes of compounds (6 hours)
Metabolism of carbohydrates: glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway, metabolism of glycogen, gluoconeogenesis, biosynthesis of lactose (8 hours)
Metabolism of lipids: metabolism of fatty acids and ketone bodies, overview of metabolism of triacylglicerols, phosphoglycerids, sfingolipids, cholesterol and steroids (6 hours)
Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation (4 hours)
Metabolism of amino acids: amino acid degradation and the urea cycle, overview of nitrogen fixation and amino acid biosynthesis (3 hours)
Overview of metabolism of nucleotides (2 hours)
Integration of metabolism and overview of hormonal control of metabolism (2 hours)
Vitamins (1 hour)
Molecular biology: structure and function of nucleic acids, genetic code, DNA replication, transcription and post-transcriptional modifications, protein synthesis and post-translational modifications (10 hours)
Seminars on practical use of enzymes, bioenergetics, oxidative stress, recombinant proteins, ruminal biochemistry (6 hours)
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