- Docente: Maurizio Pirini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: BIO/10
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Cesena
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Aquaculture and Fish Production Hygiene (cod. 8834)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student would acquire the basic knowledge of macromolecules of biological interest, of the cell biochemical arrangements and the metabolic processes.
Course contents
Glucides. Lipids. Amino acids. Proteins. Nucleotides and Nucleic acids. Enzymes. Vitamins and coenzymes. Bioenergetics. ATP. Energy-rich compounds and energy coupling. Metabolism and metabolic regulation. Biological systems of oxido-reduction. Carbohydrate metabolism. Glycolysis and fermentations. Substrate-level phosphorylation. Citric acid cycle. Respiratory chain and ATP production by oxidative phosphorylation. Gluconeogenesis. Glycogen synthesis and lysis. Pentose cycle. Photosynthesis. Lipid metabolism. Beta-oxidation of fatty acids. Biosynthesis of fatty acids, triglycerides and glycerophospholipids. Chetogenesis and cholesterol synthesis. Protein metabolism. Aminoacid catabolism. Fate of ammonia. Urea and uric acid synthesis. Synthesis of nucleic acids. The genetic code. Protein synthesis.
Readings/Bibliography
1. Nelson D.L., Cox M.M., Introduzione alla Biochimica di Lehninger, IV Edizione, Zanichelli.
2. Stefani M., Taddei N., Chimica, Biochimica e Biologia applicata, Zanichelli.
3. McKee T., McKee J.R., Biochimica-Le basi molecolari della vita, McGraw-Hill.
4. Slides and notes from the lessons.
Teaching methods
The presentation of each subject is supported by the simultaneous projection of illustrations and schemes to facilitate understanding; the course is accompanied by some practicals and, in agreement with students, by auto-evaluation multiple-choice or open-answer tests on previously taught subjects. Seminars could be requested by students too deepen subjects of specific aquacoltural interest.
Assessment methods
The learning assessment involves an oral test. During the test it will be placed at least three questions with the same weight. In order to be able to take the test of Biochemistry the exam of chemistry must have been successfully taken. Any mid-term tests may be carried out during the course, in agreement with the students.
Teaching tools
Blackboard, overhead projector, video-projector, PC, video-recorder, laboratories and specific instruments.
Office hours
See the website of Maurizio Pirini