| Class |
Special Topics Tópicos Especiais: Medical Biochemistry (30h) |
| Professors |
Prof. Dr. Ruy de Araujo Caldas and Prof. Dr. Rondon Tosta Ramalho |
| Description |
The course is offered to graduate students at Master´s and PhD level aiming at understanding the scientific basis underlying the metabolic pathways related to carbohydrate, lipids, proteins, amino acids and nucleotides. |
| SYLLABUS |
- Chemical Logic of Common Biochemical Reactions –Including Oxidation and Reduction
- Electron Flow in Biochemical Reactions Related to Vitamin Derived Coenzymes( NAD+, FAD, FMN, Lipoic Acid) and Iron and Copper Complexes ( Ferrodoxin, Cytochromes)
- Energy Rich Compounds: Production/ Storage and Operating Molecules
- LOGIC OF METABOLIC PATHWAYS
- Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis and Pentose Phosphate Shunt
- The Citric Acid Cycle/ TCA/Krebs
- Fatty Acid Catabolism
- Amino Acid Oxidation and Production of Urea
- Oxidative Phosphorilation – ATP production
- Lipid Biosynthesis
- Biosynthesis of Amino Acids, Nucleotides and Related Compounds
- Metabolic Integration: flow of matter and energy
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