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Biology for Chemists | Chemistry

Biology for Chemists

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

To learn the basic life processes which link the biological systems with the chemical systems.

 

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 non essential), 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 pectins. 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.

 

Essential Readings: 
  1. Principles of Biochemistry; Third Edition; A.L. Lehninger; McMillan Press Limited, London, 2002.
  2. Biochemistry; Fifth Edition; L. Stryer; W.H. Freeman and Company, 2002.
  3. Biochemistry; First Indian Reprint;J. David Rawn, Tanima Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 2004.
  4. Biochemistry; Second Edition; Voet and Voet; John Wiley and Sons Inc., New york, 1995.
  5. Outline of Biochemistry; Fourth Edition; E.E. Conn and P.K. Stumpf; John Wiley and Sons Inc., New Delhi, 1994.

 

 

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