Course Outline
1. Nucleic acid and protein.
(a) poly-nucleotides
--- Nucleotides and Nucleocides
(b) forms of poly-nucleotides
--- occurence of RNA and DNA
--- chemical structure of RNA and DNA
(c) central Dogma of molecular biology.
2. Protein Functions.
--- synthesis and classifications
3. Biological Membranes.
(a). Functions and chemical structures
(b). Common features
(c). Fluid mosaic model
(d). Role of protein in membrane structure/processes.
(e). Lipid structures in solution.
--- micelles
--- liposome
--- mono and bio layers.
4. Carbohydrate metabolism
(a). Glycolysis
(b). Gluconeogenesic
(c). TCA Cycle.
5. Protein Metabolism
(a). Oxidative deamination
(b). Transamination
(c). Conversion of carbon skeleton to energy.
6. Lipid metabolism
(a). Fatty acid nomenclature
(b). Beta-oxidation of fatty acid
(c). Calculation involving fatty acid metabolism.
7. Correlation in the pathway of carbohydrate, protein and lipid metabolism.
(a). Oxidative phosphorilation and electron transport chain.
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