- Docente: Flavio Flamigni
- Credits: 2
- SSD: BIO/10
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Orthopaedics techniques (cod. 8483)
Course contents
- The chemical foundations of biochemistry. Water.
- Amino acids, peptides and proteins. Hemoglobin.
- Enzymes and their regulation.
- Coenzymes and vitamines.
- Bioenergetics and role of ATP. Catabolism and anabolism.
- Structure and digestion of carbohydrates. Blood glucose and its regulation. Overview of carbohydrate metabolism. Glycogen synthesis and glycogenolysis. Glycolysis and glucogenesis.
- Pyruvate oxidation and citric acid cycle (TCA cycle). Respiratory chain and oxidative phosphorylation.
- Overview of lipid metabolism. Fatty acids. Structure and digestion of lipids. Plasma Lipoproteins. Lipolysis and lipogenesis. beta-oxidation of fatty acids. Ketone bodies. Cholesterol.
- Metabolism of nitrogen compouds. Digestion of proteins. Overview of amino acid metabolism. Fate of carbon skeleton and amino group of aminoacids. Urea cycle. Gluconeogenesis. Biogenic amines.
- Metabolic interrelations and role of tissues.
- Signal trnsduction. Nuclear and membrane receptors.
- Main hormones regulating metabolism: glucagon, insulin, catecholamines, glucocorticoids.
- Biochemistry of bone and cartilage. Collagen, glycosaminoglycans. Regulation of blood calcium.
Links to further information
http://www.unibo.it/SitoWebDocente/default.htm?UPN=flavio.flamigni@unibo.it
Office hours
See the website of Flavio Flamigni