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FCH-BA_BCH1Acad. year: 2023/2024
Organization and composition of living cells and cellular compartments. Amino acids - composition and structure, peptides, proteins. Methods of isolation and separation of proteins. Functional roles of proteins. Nucleic acids. Carbohydrates. Lipids. Biomembranes. Metabolic pathways. termodynamic relationships and energy-rich components. Enzymology, enzyme catalysis. Enzyme kinetics, inhibition of enzymes. Regulation of enzyme activity. Nucleic acids. Applied biochemistry.
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specialization CHPL , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsoryspecialization PCH , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsoryspecialization BT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
specialization PCH , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsoryspecialization BT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsoryspecialization CHPL , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
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1. Amino acids and proteins - structure and distribution of amino acids, spatial structure of proteins, non-covalent bonds and their biochemical significance. 2. Carbohydrates - monosaccharides, polysaccharides, complex carbohydrates (glycoproteins, glycolipids). 3. Lipids and fatty acids - structure, simple and complex lipids, phospholipids, isoprenoids. 4. Biomembranes - structure and function, membrane transport. 5. Enzymes and biocatalysis. Substrate specificity. Brief nomenclature of enzymes. Cofactors. Enzyme kinetics and inhibition. 6. Nucleic acids and nucleotides - types, structure of nucleotides and nucleic acids, function in the organism, genetic code. 7. Carbohydrate metabolism - glycolysis, fermentation and their industrial use. 8. Tricarboxylic acid cycle. Gluconeogenesis. Glyoxalate cycle. 9. Biological oxidation. Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation. Macroergic compounds. Photosynthesis. 10. Lipid metabolism - beta-oxidation of fatty acids, fatty acid biosynthesis. 11. Amino acid catabolism - urea cycle, transformations of the carbon skeleton of amino acids. Biosynthesis of amino acids. 12. Biosynthesis of nucleic acids - replication. 13. Process of gene expression - transcription, translation. Proteosynthesis.