- Docente: Giulio Agnetti
- Credits: 9
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Learning outcomes
The main objective of this course is to provide knowledge on the following subjects:
the general characteristics of chemical reactions (stoichiometry, kinetics and spontaneous reactions);
the properties of the chemical components of the living organisms: structure and properties of simple and complex carbohydrates and lipids;
the thermodynamic aspects of biochemical processes and the basis of cellular bioenergetics;
the structural and functional properties of proteins;
the enzyme mechanism of action and kinetics; regulation of biochemical reactions rate;
the structure of nucleic acids and the description of the mechanisms involved in DNA replication, transcription and translation (protein synthesis).
Course contents
Amino acids and their properties. Protein structure and conformation. Denaturation.
Hemoglobin:
Enzymes. Kinetics of enzymatic reactions. Mechanism of action of the enzymes and
Readings/Bibliography
M.Lieberman, A.D.Marks "Mark's Basic Medical Biochemistry, A Clinical Approach"
D.L.Nelson, M.M.Cox. "Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry"
Teaching methods
onsite teaching
Assessment methods
written exam
Teaching tools
Updated lessons slides will be available at ALMA@DL - AMS Campus upon completion of the course
Office hours
See the website of Giulio Agnetti