Biochemistry

Part 1 The realm of biochemistry: the scope of biochemistry; the matrix of life; the energetics of life. Part 2 Molecular architecture of living matter: nucleic acids; introduction to proteins; the three dimensional structure of proteins; protein function and evolution; proteins in motion; carbohydrates, lipids, membranes and cellular transport. Part 3 Dynamics of life - catalysts and control of biochemical reactions: enzymes - biological catalysts; introduction to metabolism. Part 4 Dynamics of life energy, biosynthesis and utilization of precursors: carbohydrate metabolism 1 - anaerobic processes in generating metabolic energy; oxidative processes - citric acid cycle and pentose phosphate pathway; biological oxidations, electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation; carbohydrate metabolism 2 - biosynthesis; photosynthesis; lipid metabolism 1 - fatty acids, triacylglycerols and lipoproteins; lipid metabolism 2 - membrane lipids, steroids, isoprenoids and eicosanoids; metabolism of nitrogenous compounds - principles of biosynthesis, utilization and turnover; metabolism of nitrogenous compounds - amino acids, porphyrins and neurotransmitters; nucleotide metabolism; metabolic coordination, metabolic control and signal transduction. Part 4 Information: information recombination, rearrangement and amplification; information decoding - translation; eukaryotic genes and their expression.