BVBC0141p Biochemistry I -lecture

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2002
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: -.
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Vladimír Palyza, CSc.
Department of Biochemistry – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • The basic chemical terms: substances, particles, amount of substance, some properties of a single particle and molar quantities. Electron configurations in atoms. Types of bonds, electronegativity. Non-covalent bonds and attraction forces.
  • Chemical reactions, kinetics, chemical equilibrium. The driving force of chemical reactions, free Gibbs energy. Redox reactions.
  • Solutions of substances. Dissociation of electrolytes, the equilibria in electrolyte solutions.
  • Protolytic reactions: acids and bases, pH values, hydrolysis of salts, buffers. Osmotic pressure.
  • Detergents. Essential macroelements important for living matter and their selected compounds.
  • Carbon compounds: their constitution, configuration, isomerism, and conformation. Types of organic compounds, nomenclature.
  • Hydrocarbons, major types, structures, reactivity.
  • Derivatives of hydrocarbons: alcohols, thioalcohols, phenols, carbonyl compounds, and carboxylic acids.
  • Substituted carboxylic acids and derivatives of the acids (esters, amides, anhydrides, halides).
  • Amines and the other derivatives of hydrocarbons.
  • Heterocyclic compounds and biochemically important derivatives.
  • Structures and properties of monosaccharides, oligosaccharides, polysaccharides.
  • Heteroglycosides. Nucleosides, nucleotides, structures of nucleic acids.
  • Fatty acids and alcohols in lipids. Triacylglycerols and waxes. Phospholipids and glycolipids.
  • Eicosanoids. Isoprenoids. Steroids.
  • Standard amino acids, structures and common properties, polarity. Peptides, some groups of peptides exhibiting biological activity.
  • Proteins, main features of the structure of globular, fibrous, and membrane proteins.
Literature
  • VACÍK, Jiří. Přehled středoškolské chemie (Overview of High School Chemistry). 4th ed. Praha: SPN, 1999, 368 pp. ISBN 80-7235-108-7. info
  • KAPLAN, Petr, Eva TÁBORSKÁ, Jiří DOSTÁL and Jaromír SLÁMA. Chemie a biochemie pro bakaláře (Chemistry and Biochemistry for Bachelors). 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 162 pp. ISBN 80-210-2190-X. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001.
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