Course Objective(s):
This course will enable the students to -
Course Outcomes (COs):
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On completion of this course, the students will be able to- CO25: relate the structure and function of some simple cell organelles. CO26: develop the understanding of catalysis and use of energy by cells, the structures and purposes of basic components of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell CO27: explain the basis of selective membrane permeability and the distinguishing features of substances that can move across freely and those that require protein transporters. CO28: recognise the structure of various types of amino acids and proteins and also explain the factors affecting protein denaturation CO29: distinguish between monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides and describe the functions of carbohydrates. |
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• Oral and written examinations
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Discovery of cell and cell theory, comparison between plant and animal cells, cell wall, plasma membrane, modification of plasma membrane and intracellular junctions, cytoskeleton, protoplasm, mitochondria, chloroplast, ER, Golgi complex, lysosome, endosome and microbodies, ribosome, centriole, nucleus
Biogenesis of Cellular organelles – biosynthesis of mitochondria, chloroplast, ER,
Golgi complex, biosynthetic process in ER and Golgi apparatus, protein synthesis and folding in the cytoplasm, degradation of cellular components
The Slime and the cell wall of bacteria containing peptidoglycan and related molecules, outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, cytoplasmic membrane, mesosomes, carboxysomes, sulfur granules, glycogen, polyphosphate bodies, fat bodies, gas vesicles, endospores, exospores, cysts, , cytoskeleton filaments.
Models of membrane structure, membrane lipids, proteins and carbohydrate, solute transport by Simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion and Active transport, water and ion transport
Proteins- 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, denaturation of proteins.
Nucleic acids- Double helical structure of DNA, types of DNA -A, B, C and Z forms, replication.
RNA- RNA structure and its types- rRNA, mRNA, and tRNA
Carbohydrates-classification, structure and functions of monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides - starch, cellulose, glycogen, chitin and pectin, glycoconjugates- proteoglycans, glycoproteins and glycolipids.
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.
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