- Docente: Claudia Tomasini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: CHIM/06
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Chemistry and Materials Chemistry (cod. 8006)
Learning outcomes
The student will gain a good knowledge of bio-organic chemistry,
that includes the structure and reactivity of biological molecules,
such as peptides, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids. The
student will also study the most important metabolic pathways
(both anabolism and katabolism), including all the reaction
mechanisms.
Course contents
Biomolecules: lipids, carbohydrates, peptides, proteins, nucleic acids, enzimes, coenzimes Lipids metabolism. Carbohydrates metabolism. Amino acids metabolism. Nucleic acids metabolism. Metabolism includes anabolism and katabolism. Biosynthesis of some natural compounds compared with some simple synthesis of the same compounds.
Readings/Bibliography
Chimica Bio-organica - John McMurry, Tadhg Begley - Zanichelli
I principi di biochimica di Lehninger sesta edizione - David. L.
Nelson, Michael M. Cox - Zanichelli
Teaching methods
The topics listed in the program will be fully covered, with a particular attention to the reaction mechanisms.
Assessment methods
The preparation is tested by a oral exam.
Teaching tools
Overhead projector, PC, blackboard
Office hours
See the website of Claudia Tomasini