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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