Course: Biochemistry

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Course title Biochemistry
Course code KBBV/C627
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kanďár Roman, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Čegan Alexander, prof. Ing. CSc.
  • Štěpánková Šárka, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Aminoacids, peptides and proteins - chirality, function, importance, division according to structure. Saccharides - chirality, nomenclature, function and importance. Glycosidic bond. Derivates of saccharides. Lipids - structure, importance and division. Simple, combined and polar lipids. Phospholipids. Vitamins - structure, function, presence, importance. Hormones ? structure, function and importance. Nucleosides, nucleotides, nucleic acids - structure and importance. Genetic code and mutations. Enzymes - classification, nomenclature and biochemical importance, active and allosteric site. Kinetics of enzymatic reactions, substrate and function specificity. Enzyme inhibition. Respiration chain and oxidative phosphorylation. Chemiosmotic theory of ATP synthesis. Photosynthesis. Citric acid cycle, glyoxylate cycle, principle, importance. Degradation of pyruvate. Anaplerotic reactions. Glycolysis, fermentation, pentose phosphate pathway. Metabolism of fructose and galactose. Function of carnitine, beta-oxidation and modification for odd-numbered chain and unsaturated fatty acids. PropionylCoA. Proteins - degradation. Transamination, aldol degradation and decarboxylation. Degradation of carbon chains. Ammonia detoxication in animals. Ornithine cycle. Nucleotide degradation. Gluconeogenesis, glyconeogenesis. Biosynthesis of aminoacids, lipids and nucleotides.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
According the subject, students will be acquainted with a basic knowledges concerning biochemistry of living subjects with accent on the catabolic and anabolic processes. The course of biochemical processes is described on molecular level and documentated through chemical equations with enzyme catalysis.
According the subject, student will get a complex knowledges about course of basic metabolic processes of living subjects. He is able to solve a problems of enzymatic catalysis of biochemical equations and experimentaly follow the course of main different biochemical equations.
Prerequisites
not specified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

Presence at seminar lessons is required. running test - 33 % of total exam oral exam - 66 % of total exam
Recommended literature
  • MATHEWS CH. K., van HOLDE K. E., AHERN K. G. Biochemistry , Addison Wesley Longman Inc., San Francisco USA, 2000.
  • Štern P. a kol. Obecná a klinická biochemie pro bakalářské obory studia, Nakladatelství Karolinum 2005..
  • Vodrážka Z. Biochemie 1 - 3, Academia Praha 1992.
  • Voet D., Voetová J.G. Biochemie, Victoria publishing Praha 1994.


Study plans that include the course
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Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Clinical Biology and Chemistry (2013) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Farmacochemistry and Medicinal Materials (2013) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Clinical Biology and Chemistry (2015) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Clinical Biology and Chemistry (2016) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Farmacochemistry and Medicinal Materials (2016) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Farmacochemistry and Medicinal Materials (2015) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Farmacochemistry and Medicinal Materials (2014) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer