Content and course program

Biochemistry
The constituents of biomolecules: sugars, amino acids, lipids, cholesterol, energy molecules. Molecules of reserves, glycogen and triglycerides. Lipid structure, micelles, lipid bilayers, biological membranes and structural properties of cholesterol. Protein peptide bond, amino acid sequence, three-dimensional structure (eg, collagen), post-translational modifications, phosphorylation, glycosylation, proteolytic cleavages (zymogens), coenzymes. Oxygen carriers. Hemoglobin and Myoglobin. Enzymes: properties, kinetics, inhibition, regulation, specificity, nomenclature, enzyme cofactors. Vitamins. Metabolism, generality: anabolism and catabolism, bioenergetics. ATP, substrate phosphorylation, NAD + / FAD, reducing power. Respiratory chain. Glycolysis, glycogen metabolism and effect of insulin and glucagon. Krebs cycle, gluconeogenesis and their regulation. Nitrogen metabolism, Transamination, transdesamination, uric acid and urea cycle. Metabolism of fats and metabolic adaptations in fasting. Catabolism of heme and albumin. Lipoproteins, bile acids and hints on cholesterol metabolism. Generalities on hormones and cyclic AMP, calcium as a second messenger. Intracellular receptors.

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