BIOCHIMICA GENERALE

Mario Felice TECCE BIOCHIMICA GENERALE

0760100012
DIPARTIMENTO DI FARMACIA
CORSO DI LAUREA MAGISTRALE A CICLO UNICO DI 5 ANNI
PHARMACY
2015/2016

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2010
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1BIOCHIMICA GENERALE MOD. 1 MODULO DI BIOCHIMICA GENERALE
540LESSONS
2BIOCHIMICA GENERALE MOD. 2 MODULO DI BIOCHIMICA GENERALE
540LESSONS


Objectives
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: STUDENTS COMPLETING THIS COURSE MUST HAVE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE ABOUT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF MAIN BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES, CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS OF ENZYMATIC CATALYSIS, ORGANIZATION AND STEPS OF CELLULAR METABOLISM, GENE REGULATION AND EXPRESSION.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: STUDENTS COMPLETING THIS COURSE MUST HAVE ACQUIRED THE CAPABILITY TO USE ITS CONTENTS WITHIN THEIR LEARNING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MAKING JUDGEMENTS: REFERRING TO KNOWLEDGE OBTAINED BY THIS COURSE, STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO ACQUIRE CAPABILITIES TO PERFORM EVALUATIONS ON THE BASIS OF OBJECTIVE ABSOLUTE TRUTHS AND RATIONAL DECISIONS.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS: STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO BECOME ABLE TO ARGUMENT ABOUT KNOWLEDGE OBTAINED BY THIS COURSE AND TO COMMUNICATE ITS MAJOR POINTS.
LEARNING SKILLS: THE KNOWLEDGE ADDED TO THE WHOLE GENERAL ABILITIES OF THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO STIMULATE THEIR SELF-LEARNING AND DEEPENING OF COURSE RELATED MATTERS.
Prerequisites
TO BE QUALIFIED FOR THIS COURSE STUDENTS HAVE TO REACH LEARNING OF THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS: MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, ANIMAL BIOLOGY, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO BIOCHEMISTRY. COMPOSITION OF ORGANISMS: THE MOLECULES OF LIVING MATTER. THE PROPERTIES OF WATER. AMINO ACIDS: STRUCTURE, PROPERTIES AND CLASSIFICATION. PEPTIDE BOND. PROTEINS: STRUCTURE, CONFORMATION AND FUNCTION. HEMOGLOBIN, MYOGLOBIN, IMMUNOGLOBULINS. ENZYMES: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, ENZYME KINETICS, ENZYME INHIBITION. VITAMINS AND COENZYMES. NUCLEIC ACIDS: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, DNA REPLICATION, TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION. BIOENERGETICS AND METABOLISM: TRANSFER OF PHOSPHATE GROUPS AND ATP, BIOLOGICAL REDOX REACTIONS. GLUCOSE METABOLISM: GLYCOLYSIS, GLUCONEOGENESIS, GLYCOGEN METABOLISM, PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY. OXIDATIVE DECARBOXYLATION OF PYRUVATE. THE CITRIC ACID CYCLE. LIPID METABOLISM: BIOSYNTHESIS AND CATABOLISM OF FATTY ACIDS. SYNTHESIS OF KETONE BODIES. CATABOLISM OF AMINO ACIDS AND UREA PRODUCTION. RESPIRATORY CHAIN AND OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION. METABOLIC REGULATION AND REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION. SYSTEM BIOCHEMISTRY: GENOMICS, PROTEOMICS AND METABOLOMICS.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES, INTERACTIVE TEACHING, PRACTICE
Verification of learning
WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS WITH CLOSED QUESTIONS AND ORAL DISCUSSIONS
Texts
FRANCESCO SALVATORE, BIOCHIMICA GENERALE, IDELSON-GNOCCHI
DAVID L NELSON, MICHAEL M COX, I PRINCIPI DI BIOCHIMICA DI LEHNINGER, ZANICHELLI
DONALD VOET, JUDITH G VOET, CHARLOTTE W PRATT, FONDAMENTI DI BIOCHIMICA, ZANICHELLI
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