Biochemistry I

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Topic

In the Biochemistry I subject, the students will study the macromolecules, which build up the eukaryotic cells. They learn about the most important energy providing pathways (glycolysis, citric acid cycle, fatty acid degradation, photosynthesis), and the major biosynthetic pathways (glycogen, lipid, amino acid and nucleotide synthesis). In addition, we will deal with the basic biochemistry of prokaryotic and plant cells, as they are widely used in biotechnology.

Lectures

• 1.

  Protein transport in general and into nucleus

  - Sipos Katalin
• 2.

  Protein transport: mitochondria, ER

  - Sipos Katalin
• 3.

  Vesicular transport

  - Sipos Katalin
• 4.

  Signal transduction 1

  - Pandur Edina
• 5.

  Signal transduction 2

  - Pandur Edina
• 6.

  Apoptosis

  - Pandur Edina
• 7.

  Tumor generation

  - Pandur Edina
• 8.

  Introduction, metabolic pathways

  - Sipos Katalin
• 9.

  Enzymology - basics

  - Sipos Katalin
• 10.

  Glycolysis

  - Sipos Katalin
• 11.

  Glyconeogenesis, Cori cycle

  - Farkas Viktória
• 12.

  Glycogen metabolism

  - Farkas Viktória
• 13.

  Degradation of fatty acids

  - Sipos Katalin
• 14.

  Consultation

  - Sipos Katalin

Practices

Seminars

• 1.

  Protein expression techniques

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 2.

  Working with nucleic acids

  - Jánosa-Szűcs Dominika
• 3.

  Methods and applications of PCR, real time PCR

  - Poór Viktor Soma
• 4.

  Methods and applications of PCR, real time PCR

  - Poór Viktor Soma
• 5.

  Protein transport to Golgi, lysosomes.

  - Sipos Katalin
• 6.

  Protein transport- summary

  - Sipos Katalin
• 7.

  Sequencing techniques (DNA, protein)

  - Poór Viktor Soma
• 8.

  Technical summary

  - Poór Viktor Soma
• 9.

  Signal transduction - summary

  - Pandur Edina
• 10.

  Signal transduction - summary

  - Pandur Edina
• 11.

  Cell cycle

  - Sipos Katalin
• 12.

  Cell cycle

  - Sipos Katalin
• 25.

  Pentose phosphate pathway

  - Farkas Viktória
• 26.

  Energy production in bacteria

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 13.

  Cellular organelles and their functions – summary.

  - Jánosa-Szűcs Dominika
• 14.

  Replication, transcription, translation - summary

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 15.

  Basic regulatory processes, biochemical interactions

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 16.

  Carbohydrates

  - Farkas Viktória
• 17.

  Inhibition and regulation of enzymes

  - Sipos Katalin
• 18.

  Inhibition and regulation of enzymes

  - Sipos Katalin
• 19.

  Enzymes in biotechnology

  - Pandur Edina
• 20.

  Enzymes in biotechnology

  - Pandur Edina
• 21.

  Lipids. Importance of lipids in biotechnology

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 22.

  Membrane transport in general

  - Sipos Katalin
• 23.

  Transporters, pumps, channels

  - Sipos Katalin
• 24.

  Transporters, pumps, channels

  - Sipos Katalin
• 27. Consultation - Sipos Katalin
• 28.

  Consultation

  - Farkas Viktória

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

The materials of the lectures and seminars will appear on Neptune.

Notes

Recommended literature

Ch. P. Woodbury: Biochemistry for the Pharmaceutical Sciences

Raymond S. Ochs: Biochemistry

Thomas M. Devlin: Textbook of Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

There are no other terms of acceptance.

Mid-term exams

There is no written mid-term exam in the semester.

Making up for missed classes

According to personal agreement

Exam topics/questions

There are no given exam questions. The topics of the exam will be the materials of lectures and seminars.

Examiners

• Farkas Viktória
• Pandur Edina
• Sipos Katalin

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Farkas Viktória
• Jánosa Gergely
• Jánosa-Szűcs Dominika
• Pandur Edina
• Poór Viktor Soma
• Sipos Katalin