Course title
生物化学   [Biochemistry]
Course category technology speciality courses,ets.  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 34  Semester Spring 
Course type Spring  Course code 023401
Instructor(s)
寺田 昭彦   [TERADA Akihiko]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Engineering Office   Email address

Course description
Biochemistry is a biological science to explain life phenomena in a molecular level. It allows us to be able to answer a basic question, e.g. what constituents builds up a living organism; how a living organism maintain its activity; and so on. Currently, it contributes to medical and industrial applications with its degree increasing. Throughout this course, a students will be equipped with not only basic contents but also applied contents beneficial as an engineer.
Expected Learning
-Constituents of macromolecules
-Functions and structures of proteins, nucleic acids, sugars and lipids
-Essence of metabolisms
-Enzyme functions and kinetics

Course schedule
This course consists of 13 lectures and 2 exams, which will be held in Japanese. Any potential change of schedule and detailed information on this course will be notified during a lecture. Every lecture has time for quiz to enhance the degree of understanding, which will be held at the end. Students are asked to submit this quiz every time, which is also used as attendance of each lecture.
#1 Guidance and introduction of biochemistry
#2 Aquatic chemistry
#3 Amino acids and proteins 1: their properties
#4 Amino acids and proteins 2: structure, function and application
#5 Nucleic acids 1: properties and structures of DNA and RNA
#6 Nucleic acids 1: DNA repair and replication
#7 Enzyme 1: Properties, role and reaction kinetics
#8 Interim exam
#9 Enzyme 2: Reaction kinetics and inhibition
#10 Sugars
#11 Lipids
#12 Metabolisms 1: introduction and glycolytic pathway
#13 Metabolisms 2: citric acid cycle and respiration chain
#14 Photosynthesis
#15 Final exam
Prerequisites
Not specifically
Required Text(s) and Materials
Not specifically
References
Essential Biochemistry (Pratt and Cornely)
Molecular Biology of the Cell (Alberts, Lewis, Raff, Walter, Roberts, Johnson)
Biochemistry (Berg, Tymoczko, Stryer)
Assessment/Grading
Scores on each quiz (10%) and two exams (45/45%) will be evaluated.
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
Nucleic acids, proteins, sugars, lipids, DNA, metabolism, enzymes and so on
Office hours
Please contact via email to make an appointment
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
4/4/2018 4:02:07 PM