Biology for Chemists

Paper Code: 
CHY 214 (b)
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students to -

1. make the students understand the disciplinary knowledge, structure and function of biological molecules.

 2. enable the students to acquire knowledge of structure and function of fats, phospholipids, proteins and nucleic acids.

Course Outcomes (COs):

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Learning outcomes

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CHY 214 (b)

Biology for Chemists

 

 

 

 

 

The students will be able to –

 

CO52: develop the understanding of structure and function of some simple cell organelles

CO53: describe the properties of nucleotides and explain the different composition and roles of nucleic acids in the cell

CO54: distinguish between monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides and also identify several major functions of carbohydrates

CO55: discuss the different levels of protein structure and analyze determine structure in polypeptides

CO56: interpret the general properties of the fatty acids and properties of the chains found in lipid membranes in phospholipids

Interactive lectures

 

Group discussions

 

Peer teaching and learning

 

Question preparation Subjective type-

  • Long answer
  • Short answer

Objective type-

  • Multiple choice questions
  • One answer/two answer type questions
  • Assertion and reasoning

Class test

 

Quiz

 

Solving problems in tutorials

 

Assignments

 

Presentation

 

Semester end examinations

 

 

 

9.00
Unit I: 
The Matrix of Life

Origin of Life: elementary idea of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell, difference between plant and animal cell, cell organelles and their functions: plasma membrane, chloroplast, mitochondria, Golgi bodies, endoplasmic reticulum, lysosomes, ribosomes, nucleus.

9.00
Unit II: 
Nucleic Acids
DNA- Double helical structure of DNA, types of DNA -A, B, C and Z forms, replication.
RNA- RNA structure and its types- r RNA, mRNA, and tRNA                                
 
9.00
Unit III: 
Proteins

Amino acids: Structure of amino acid, Types of amino acid (essential and nonessential), structure of zwitterions, Peptide Bond. Structure of proteins: primary, secondary-α helix and β pleated sheets, tertiary and quaternary structure.

9.00
Unit IV: 
Carbohydrates

Classification, structure and functions of monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides - starch, cellulose, glycogen, chitin and pectin. Glycoconjugates: proteoglycans, glycoproteins and glycolipids.              

9.00
Unit V: 
Lipids

Structure and functions of lipids, Saturated and Unsaturated fatty acid, classification- Simple compound and derived lipids (steroids and cholesterol), Synthesis of long chain fatty acids, α-oxidation and β-oxidation.

References: 
  • Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry; Seventh Edition; David L. Nelson, Michael M. Cox; W H Freeman, 2017.
  • Biochemistry; Ninth Edition; Jeremy M. Berg , LubertStryer , John Tymoczko , Gregory Gatto ;WH Freeman, 2019.
  • Biochemistry; First Indian Reprint;J. David Rawn, Panima Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 2004.
  • Biochemistry; Fourth Edition; Voet and Voet; John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York, 2010.
  • Outline of Biochemistry; Fifth Edition; E.E. Conn and P.K. Stumpf; Wiley India Pvt Ltd., New Delhi, 2006.
 
Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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