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Biology for Chemists
To learn the basic life processes which link the biological systems with the chemical systems.
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.
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
Amino acids: Structure of amino acid, Types of amino acid (essential and non essential), structure of zwitterions, Peptide Bond. Structure of proteins: primary, secondary-α helix and β pleated sheets, tertiary and quaternary structure.
Classification, structure and functions of monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides - starch, cellulose, glycogen, chitin and pectins. Glycoconjugates: proteoglycans, glycoproteins and glycolipids
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.
- Principles of Biochemistry; Third Edition; A.L. Lehninger; McMillan Press Limited, London, 2002.
- Biochemistry; Fifth Edition; L. Stryer; W.H. Freeman and Company, 2002.
- Biochemistry; First Indian Reprint;J. David Rawn, Tanima Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 2004.
- Biochemistry; Second Edition; Voet and Voet; John Wiley and Sons Inc., New york, 1995.
- Outline of Biochemistry; Fourth Edition; E.E. Conn and P.K. Stumpf; John Wiley and Sons Inc., New Delhi, 1994.
