Basic Biochemistry and Calculations
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Basic Biochemistry and Calculations Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Basic Biochemistry and Calculations (subject code 3130403) as prescribed for Biotech · Semester 3 divides the course into 5 units, covering 30 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3130403)Unit 1 Chemical Basis of Life
- Chemical basis of life: Miller-Urey experiment
- abiotic formation of amino acid oligomers
- composition of living matter
- Water – properties of water
- essential role of water for life on earth pH, buffer
- ionization and hydrophobicity
- emergent properties of biomolecules in water
Unit 2 Carbohydrates
- Di- and Polysaccharides
- The Pentose Phosphate Pathway
- Glycogen Metabolism
- Citric Acid Cycle
- Regulation of pathways
Unit 3 Amino acids, Peptides and Proteins
- Amino acids – structure and functional group properties
- peptides and covalent structure of proteins
- elucidation of primary and higher order structures
- Motifs and Domains
- Ramachandran plot
- Biosynthesis of Amino Acids
- Metabolic Fates of Amino Groups
- Nitrogen Excretion and the Urea Cycle
- Pathways of Amino Acid Degradation
Unit 4 Nucleic Acids 12 21%
- Subject Code: 3130403 w.e.f
- AY 2018-19 Nucleosides
- nucleic acids – structure
- Three-Dimensional Forms of DNA, types of RNA, Biosynthesis and degradation of nucleotides
Unit 5 Lipids
- Lipids – structure and properties of important members of storage and membrane lipids
- Mobilization and Transport of Fats
- Oxidation of Fatty Acids
- Ketone Bodies
- Biosynthesis of Membrane Lipids and Steroids
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