Guia docente 2020_21 Facultade de Ciencias do Mar

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Inorganic components from living organisms:	Importance of no covalent interactions. Role of the water in the biological processes. Interactions of the macromolecules in solution.
Nucleic acids	Composition of nucleosides and nucleotides. Deoxyribonucleic acid. Ribonucleic acids.
Amino acids and proteins:	Classification and properties of the amino acids. Peptidic bond Peptides and proteins: structure, function and classification.
Carbohydratess:	General characteristics and classification. Monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. Structure, importance and function.
Lipids:	General characteristics and biological importance. Classification: fatty acids; simple lipids; complex lipids; isoprenoid lipids; eicosanoids.
Enzymes:	Concept, active site, and classification. Enzymatic catalysis. Kinetical enzymatic. allosteric Enzymes.
Introduction to Metabolism:	Metabolic pathways. Anabolism and catabolism. Energy from biological processes. Metabolism regulation.
Carbohydrate metabolism:	Anaerobic processes of energy generation. Oxidative processes: citric acid cycle and route of the pentose phosphate cycle. Biological oxidations: electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation. Carbohydrate biosynthesis.
Lipid metabolism:	Beta oxidation of fatty acids. Fatty acids biosynthesis. Regulation of fatty acids metabolism. Biosynthesis of triacylglycerols and phospholipids Membrane lipids, steroids, isoprenoids and eicosanoids.
Metabolism of nitrogenous compounds:	Proteolysis. Amino acid catabolism. Nitrogen excretion and urea cycle. Catabolism of carbon skeletons of amino acids. Amino acid byosinthesis. Regulation of amino acids metabolism. Nucleotide metabolism.
Transmission and expression of genetic information	DNA Replication. Information restructuring: restriction, repair and recombination. Information transfer: Transcription. Information decoding: Translation.
Practice: Enzymology	Preparation of enzyme extract. Measurement of enzyme activity. Kinetic characterisation.