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1.
Name of a subject
Biochemistry
2.
Head of the Department
Prof. dr hab. Edward Bańkowski
3.
Didactic classes at the unit
160
Lectures
Seminars
Labs
ECTS
60
100
23
The prerequisite requirements for the implementation of the didactic classes at the unit and a way
of final evaluation
No prerequisite requirements
Topics of the didactic classes at the unit
Lectures:
Proteins
Enzymology
Nucleotides and nucleic acids
Bioenergetics
Carbohydrate metabolism
Lipid metabolism
Metabolism of nucleotides and nucleic acids
Protein and amino acid metabolism
Porphyrines
Transport through biological membranes
Metabolism regulation
Labs:
1. Chemical properties of amino acids and proteins
2. Some properties of proteins in solutions
3. Blood proteins
4. Nucleic acids
5. Phospholipids, steroids and lipid soluble vitamins
6. Enzymes
7. Enzymes of alimentary tract
8. Determination of maximal velocity and Michaelis constant of enzymatic reaction
9. Determination of an enzyme activity
10. Competitive and noncompetitive inhibitions
11. Detection of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate aldolase activity
12. Oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate
13. Glutaminase
14. Glucose consumption in cerebral cytoplasm
15. Glycogen biosynthesis and degradation
16. Starch synthesis and degradation
17. Catalase
18. Gel filtration
19. Protein nitrogen assay and amino acid transamination
20. Biochemical calculations
A form of classes’ crediting
1. A way of evaluation individual labs
A short test, concerning lecture material from previous week and knowledge of current
experiment description
2. A way of evaluation seminars
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6.
No seminars, students have to credit 6 big tests
3. A way and a form of final evaluation the whole course at the unit
The written examination, which comprises lecture material,
handbooks, classes and biochemical calculations.
indicated chapters of
A form of exemption from an exam.
No such exemptions.
A list of recommended books
1. RK Murray, DK Granner, PA Mayes, VW Rodwell: Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry,
Lange Medical Books, 26 edition or next
2. G Meisenberg, WH Simmons: Principles of Medical Biochemistry, 2nd edition, Mosby
Elsevier, 2006