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Basics of Biochemistry

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Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 0 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 24 hours

total of: 24 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OAE-ABK-T
  • 2 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Elective modul
  • spring
Prerequisites:

-

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 72

Topic

In this subject a helping hand is given to the better understanding of biochemical reactions. This course is mainly recommended to the first-year students, based on the student feedbacks this course is formed to ensure the opportunity for the discussion of the problematic areas of the biochemistry and the relevant organic chemistry parts in smaller groups (max 24 students in a group) with a teacher using ITC and smart devices . In these seminars structural characteristics of small molecules participating in the essential metabolic processes are discussed together with their typical reactions. It gives a deeper view into the fundamentals of structure-typical reaction relationships. The subject covers the basic biochemical pathways, discussed in the second semester's subject: Introduction to Biochemistry.

On this course questions can be asked for which there was not enough time to discuss in the frame of the obligate course. The teachers work together with the students. Life and exam relevant test questions are going to be answered, and the correct and incorrect answers are going to be clarified.

Lectures

Practices

Seminars

  • 1. Biomolecules and their typical reactions
  • 2. Biomolecules and their typical reactions
  • 3. Carbonic acid derivatives, high-energy bonds
  • 4. Carbonic acid derivatives, high-energy bonds
  • 5. Heterocycles, tautomerisms
  • 6. Heterocycles, tautomerisms
  • 7. Basic structure of the Carbohydrates
  • 8. Basic structure of the Carbohydrates
  • 9. Reactions of the Carbohydrates
  • 10. Reactions of the Carbohydrates
  • 11. Lipids
  • 12. Lipids
  • 13. Peptids, proteins, structure and function
  • 14. Peptids, proteins, structure and function
  • 15.

    Functions of the proteins, Haemoglobin

  • 16.

    Functions of the proteins, Haemoglobin

  • 17.

    Enzymes

  • 18.

    Enzymes

  • 19. Fundamental reactions in biochemistry, bioenergetics
  • 20. Fundamental reactions in biochemistry, bioenergetics
  • 21. Coenzymes
  • 22. Coenzymes
  • 23.

    Structure of the nucleic acids, DNA replication

  • 24.

    Structure of the nucleic acids, DNA replication

Reading material

Obligatory literature

David L. Nelson, Michael M. Cox: Lehninger Principles of biochemistry

Literature developed by the Department

http://aok.pte.hu/en/egyseg/oktatasianyagok/20

Introduction to Biochemistry- manual to the laboratory practise

Notes

http://aok.pte.hu/en/egyseg/oktatasianyagok/20

Introduction to Biochemistry- manual to the laboratory practise

Recommended literature

http://aok.pte.hu/en/egyseg/oktatasianyagok/20

Introduction to Biochemistry- manual to the laboratory practise

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

There is no further requirements.

Mid-term exams

The semester ends with a written exam on the 12th week. The material and the possible contents of the exam are discussed with the teacher well in advance. During the semester there are no tests and presentations.

Making up for missed classes

There is no possibility.

Exam topics/questions

http://aok.pte.hu/en/egyseg/oktatasianyagok/20

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

  • Böddi Katalin
  • KURZUSHOZ RENDELT OKTATÓ
  • Nagy Veronika
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