THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE BASICS OF: PURINE AND PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDES. STRUCTURE OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES INFORMATIONAL. STRUCTURE OF PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CHROMOSOMES. REPLICATION, TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION. RECOMBINANT DNA AND GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS.
PROTEINS: STRUCTURE OF PROTEINS AND EXAMPLES OF STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS.
ENZYMES AND ENZYMATIC CATALYSIS: ACTIVE SITE CONCEPT AND SPECIFICITY; THE MICHAELIS-MENTEN EQUATION.
METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS, PROTEINS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS: GLYCOLYSIS AND ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION AND SYNTHESIS OF LACTATE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE AND PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; TRANSFORMATION OF AMINO ACIDS; UREA CYCLE.
BIOENERGETICS AND OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION: THE RESPIRATORY CHAIN AND OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION.
WATER BALANCE AND MINERAL NUTRITION OF PLANTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS: PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS; PLANT SECONDARY METABOLITES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS; PLANT HORMONES; RESPONSES TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESS.
MOLECULAR BASIS OF CELLULAR ORGANIZATION; PROKARYOTES, YEASTS, FUNGI; AND ANIMAL CELLS AND PLANT TISSUES; THE CELL WALL OF THE PLANT CELL.
PROTEINS: STRUCTURE OF PROTEINS AND EXAMPLES OF STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS.
ENZYMES AND ENZYMATIC CATALYSIS: ACTIVE SITE CONCEPT AND SPECIFICITY; THE MICHAELIS-MENTEN EQUATION.
METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS, PROTEINS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS: GLYCOLYSIS AND ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION AND SYNTHESIS OF LACTATE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE AND PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; TRANSFORMATION OF AMINO ACIDS; UREA CYCLE.
BIOENERGETICS AND OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION: THE RESPIRATORY CHAIN AND OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION.
WATER BALANCE AND MINERAL NUTRITION OF PLANTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS: PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS; PLANT SECONDARY METABOLITES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS; PLANT HORMONES; RESPONSES TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESS.
MOLECULAR BASIS OF CELLULAR ORGANIZATION; PROKARYOTES, YEASTS, FUNGI; AND ANIMAL CELLS AND PLANT TISSUES; THE CELL WALL OF THE PLANT CELL.
teacher profile teaching materials
Laboratory activities: protein extraction from plant tissues; Assays for protein quantification; Catalytic activity assays for plant enzymes.
1.Chimica, Biochimica e Biologia applicata. Stefani M, Taddei N. Ed. Zanichelli, 2015.
2. Elementi di Fisiologia vegetale, N. Rascio, Ed. EdiSES, 11/2017.
Lecture notes will be provided.
Programme
PLANT METABOLISM: Water balance and mineral nutrition of plants; physiological and ecological aspects of plant photosynthesis; plant secondary metabolites; photomorphogenesis; plant growth and development; plant hormones; plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress.Laboratory activities: protein extraction from plant tissues; Assays for protein quantification; Catalytic activity assays for plant enzymes.
Core Documentation
Recommended textbooks:1.Chimica, Biochimica e Biologia applicata. Stefani M, Taddei N. Ed. Zanichelli, 2015.
2. Elementi di Fisiologia vegetale, N. Rascio, Ed. EdiSES, 11/2017.
Lecture notes will be provided.
Type of delivery of the course
The course will take place with lectures and laboratory activities.Type of evaluation
The written test will be focused on a brief description of 2-4 topics held studied the course. The score will take into account both the knowledge of the subject and the ability to present it synthetically. Mid-term tests will be carried out with the attribution of a score effective for the final vote.