ENZIMOLOGY

Alessandra TOSCO ENZIMOLOGY

0760200036
DIPARTIMENTO DI FARMACIA
EQF7
PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY
2020/2021

YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
540LESSONS
Objectives
THE STUDENT AT THE END OF THE COURSE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE:

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE OF ENZYMATIC CATALYSIS, KINETIC EQUATIONS, CATALYSIS MECHANISMS AND INHIBITION. FACTORS INFLUENCING CATALYSIS .

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
TO BE ABLE TO CRITICALLY DISCUSS AN EXPERIMENTAL PROBLEM OF ENZYMOLOGY, TO FORMULATE HYPOTHESIS AND PROGRAMM EXPERIMENTS TO VERIFY THEM

Prerequisites
IT IS REQUIRED THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES OF THE SUBSEQUENT COURSES: BIOLOGY, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, BIOCHEMISTRY
Contents
ENZYMES DESCRIPTION AND CLASSIFICATION, COENZYMES AND COFACTORS, ISOENZYMES. ENZYMATIC KINETIC: ENZYMATIC CATALYSIS AND REACTION RATE; MICHAELIS-MENTEN EQUATION (EQUILIBRIUM HYPOTHESIS AND STATIONARY STATE HYPOTHESIS); KINETIC PARAMETERS VM, KM, KCAT; MICHAELIS-MENTEN LINEARIZATION; BINDING SITES. ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY INHIBITION: REVERSIBLE AND IRREVERSIBLE. COMPETITIVE INHIBITION AND KI CALCULATION. NON-COMPETITIVE INHIBITION. ACOMPETITIVE AND SUBSTRATE INHIBITION. ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY REGULATION BY COVALENT MODIFICATIONS: REVERSIBLE (PHOSPHORYLATION); IRREVERSIBLE (PARTIAL PROTEOLYSIS): INDUSTRIAL ENZYMES: POTENTIALITY AND APPLICATIONS. IMMOBILIZED ENZYMES. BIOSENSORS. ENZYMES IN DIAGNOSIS. ENZYMATIC ASSAYS: DIRECT, INDIRECT AND DISCONTINUOUS. ENZYMATIC UNITS. LABORATORY: ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS AND INHIBITION.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES AND LABORATORY
Verification of learning
WRITTEN TEST
Texts
COPELAND, EVALUATION OF ENZYME INHIBITORS IN DRUG DISCOVERY: A GUIDE FOR MEDICAL CHEMISTS AND PHARMACOLOGISTS, WILEY
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