Biochemistry II

Metabolism represents the sum of the chemical changes that converts nutrients, necessary to nourish living organisms, into energy and the chemically complex finished products of cells. Metabolism consists of literally hundreds of enzymatic reactions organized into discrete pathways. These pathways proceed in a stepwise fashion, transforming substrates into end products through many specific chemical intermediates. The course will give an understanding about the anabolic and catabolic processes that satisfy the metabolic needs of the biological cell. This course deals with the basic principles, pathways and regulation of metabolism required to understand modern biological sciences. The lectures will cover introduction to metabolism and regulation and enzyme catalysis, carbohydrate metabolism, citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, photosynthesis, lipid metabolism, amino acid- and nucleotide metabolism.