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Biochemistry | Zoology

Biochemistry

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Paper Code: 
ZOL 124
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
10.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I

Biocatalysis

  • Classification and nomenclature of enzymes
  • Mechanism of enzyme action
  • Enzyme kinetics
  • Inhibition of enzyme
  • Isoenzymes and co-enzymes

Energy consideration

  • Biological oxidation and reduction
  • Fundamental reactions of biological oxidation

Redox potential and electron transfer system enzymes 

14.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II

Carbohydrates

  • Definition , general properties, classification and configuration of carbohydrates

Metabolism

  • Catabolism of glycogen and glucose, details of glycolysis , Krebs cycle and Cori’s cycle
  • Phosphogluconate pathways(pentose phosphate pathway)

Synthesis of glycogen; glycogenesis and gluconeogenesis

Inborn errors of metabolism 

12.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III

Lipids

  • Definition, general properties and classification
  • Structure and importance of -:
    1. Simple lipids- fats and wax
    2. Compound lipids- phospholipids, glycolipids, aminolipids and sulpholipids
    3. Steroids- cholesterol, bile acids, steroid hormones
    4. Lipoproteins

 Lipid Metabolism- Beta oxidation and Lipogenesis.

Inborn errors of metabolism

 

14.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV

General properties and classification of proteins

  • Amino acid structure and classification
  • Structure of protein-Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Quartenary
  • Ramachandran plots
  • Globular and fibrous protein- motif in globular proteins
  • Protein sequencing

 

10.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V
  • Protein metabolism
  • Amino acid degradation:Deamination reaction- Oxidative and non oxidative deamination reaction, transamination and transdeamination, Decarboxylation, Ornithine cycle of urea formation , Fate of carbon skeleton of amino acids(Metabolism of individual amino acid excluded)

Inborn errors of metabolism 

Essential Readings: 

ü   Biochemistry; Voet &Voet ; John Wiley & Sons

ü   Outlines of Biochemistry; Conn, E.E. and Stumpf  P.K. ; John Wiley, New   York.

ü   Principles of Biochemistry; Smith; Mc Graw hill, New York.

ü   Biochemistry; Stryer, L; Freeman Publications.

ü   Textbook of Medical Biochemistry; Ramakrishnan, S. Prasanan, K.G and Rajan, R.:  Orient Longman, Madras

ü   Biochemistry, D.Voet and J.G.Voet, John Wiley & Sons, (2nd Edition), 1995.

ü   Principles of Biochemistry, Lehninger ,Nelson and Cox, (3rd Edition), 1999.

ü   Principles and Techniques in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Edited by Keith Wilson and John Walker, Cambridge University Press, (6th Edition), 2007.

ü   Biochemistry and Molecular Biology by W.H. Elliot and Daphne C. Elliot, Oxford University Press, (3rd Edition), 2005.

ü   Biochemistry, J. David Rawn, Panima Publishing Corporation, 1st Indian Reprint, 2004.

ü   Physical Biochemistry, D Friefelder, W.H. Freeman & Company, 17th Reprint, 1999.

ü   Understanding Chemistry, CNR Rao, University Press, Hyderabad 1999.

ü   A Biologist's Guide to Principles and Techniques of Practical Biochemistry, K.Wilson & KH Goulding, ELBS Edition 1986.

ü   Essentials of Molecular Biology, David Friefelder, Jones and Barllett Publications,7th Reprint, 2001.

Instant Notes- Biochemistry (1st Indian Edition), B.D. Hames and N.M. Hooper, Viva Books Pvt, Ltd., , 2001.    

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