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Fourth Semester
Fourth
Semester
Pokhara
University
B.Sc. Biochemistry (Revised Syllabus)
Chem
221 Quantum Chemistry, Molecular Spectroscopy
and Group Theory )
Section I
The
Motivation for Quantum Mechanics:
The ultraviolet catastrophe, The Photoelectric effect, Quantization of
Electronic angular momentum, Wave particle duality. The
Schrodinger Equation: The
time independent Schrodinger equation. Postulates of
quantum mechanics, Particle in a one Dimensional Box, Particle in a three
– dimensional Box
Section II
Harmonic
Oscillator, Rigid Rotor, Angular Momentum, hydrogen like atom, Eigen function
and probabilities functions for hydrogen like atoms,
Orbital angular momentum of the hydrogen like atom
Section III
Molecular
Spectroscopy of diatomic molecules: Rotational and Raman spectra of
rigid and non rigid molecules,
vibrational and Raman vibrational spectra of harmonic and anharmonic molecules,
Rotation - vibration and Raman
Rotation - vibration spectra
Section IV
Group
Theory :Symmetry operations and elements, Group’, Method of classifying
groups (point groups), Martix Representation,
reducible representation, irreducible representation , Construction of
Character table and its properties.
Text Book:
1. “Physical Chemistry” Alberty and Silbey.
2.A
Brief Review of Elementary Quantum Chemistry
C.
David Sherrill http://vergil.chemistry.gatech.edu/notes/quantrev/quantrev.html
3.A primer to Group
Theory for Chemists Vishwanath P. Agrawal
Bioenergetics and Metabolism I (Biochem 222): For 2006 Batch
Section I
The Metabolism of Glycogen in Animals: Regulation
of Metabolic Pathways, Coordinated Regulation of Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis,
Coordinated Regulation of Glycogen Synthesis and Breakdown, Analysis of Metabolic
Control
Section II
Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis and the Pentose Phosphate
Pathway: Glycolysis, Feeder pathways for glycolysis, Fates of
pyruvate under anaerobic conditions; Gluconeogenesis, Pentose Phosphate Pathway
of glucose oxidation.
Section III
The citric acid cycle: Production of
acetyl CoA, Reactions of the Citric Acid Cycle, Regulation of citric acid cycle.
The glyoxylate cycle.
Section IV
Oxidative Phosphorylation: Oxidative Phosporylation,
Electron-Transfer Reactions in Mitochondria, ATP Synthesis, Regulation of Oxidative
Phosphorylation, Mitochondrial Genes: Their Origin and the Effects of Mutations,
The Role of Mitochondria in Apoptosis and Oxidative Stress
Bioenergetics and Metabolism I (Biochem
222): For 2005 Batch
Section I
Principles of Bioenergetics: Bioenergetics
and Thermodynamics, Phosphoryl Group Transfers and ATP, Biological Oxidation-Reduction
Reactions
The Metabolism of Glycogen in Animals: Regulation
of Metabolic Pathways, Coordinated Regulation of Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis,
Coordinated Regulation of Glycogen Synthesis and Breakdown, Analysis of Metabolic
Control
Section II
Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis and the Pentose Phosphate
Pathway: Glycolysis, Feeder pathways for glycolysis, Fates of
pyruvate under anaerobic conditions; Gluconeogenesis, Pentose Phosphate Pathway
of glucose oxidation.
Section III
The citric acid cycle: Production of
acetyl CoA, Reactions of the Citric Acid Cycle, Regulation of citric acid cycle.
The glyoxylate cycle.
Section IV
Oxidative Phosphorylation: Oxidative Phosporylation,
Electron-Transfer Reactions in Mitochondria, ATP Synthesis, Regulation of Oxidative
Phosphorylation, Mitochondrial Genes: Their Origin and the Effects of Mutations,
The Role of Mitochondria in Apoptosis and Oxidative Stress
Text book:
Nelson DL and Cox MM (2003) Lehninger Principles
of biochemistry, 4 th Edition, WH Freeman and Company, New York .
Biochem 223 ( Molecular Biology): For 2006 Batch
Section I
Genes
and Chromosomes: Chromosomal Elements, DNA Supercoiling, The Structure
of Chromosomes
Section
II
DNA
Metabolism: DNA Replication, DNA Repair, DNA Recombination
Section
III
RNA
Metabolism: DNA dependent synthesis of RNA, RNA processing, RNA dependent
synthesis of RNA and DNA
Section
IV
Protein metabolism: Genetic
code, Protein Synthesis, Protein targeting and degradation
Regulation
of Gene expression: Principles of Gene regulation, Regulation
of gene expression in prokaryotes, Regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes
Biochem
223 ( Molecular Biology): For 2005 Batch
Section I
Genes
and Chromosomes and DNA metabolism: Chromosomal
elements, Size and sequence structure of DNA molecules, DNA supercoiling,
Chromatin and nucleoid structure
DNA replication, DNA repair, DNA recombination
Section II
RNA metabolism: DNA dependent
synthesis of RNA, RNA processing, RNA dependent synthesis of RNA and DNA
Section III
Protein metabolism: Genetic
code, Protein Synthesis, Protein targeting and degradation
Section IV
Regulation
of Gene expression: Principles of Gene regulation, Regulation
of gene expression in prokaryotes, Regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes
Text book:
”
Lehninger Principles of biochemistry” Nelson and Cox.4th
edition.Macmillion Worth Publisher.
Biol
224 ( Human Biology)
Section I
(i) General Introduction. Importance
of Human Biology. Terminology of
anatomical and Physiological terms.
(ii) Nutrition. Constituents of
food: Proteins, carbohydrates,
fats, vitamins, Mineral salts and water.
Section II
(i)
Digestive System: Digestive organs and physiology of digestion.
(ii) Respiratory System; Respiratory organs and physiology of respiration.
Section III
(i) Circulatory System: Structure
and function of heart. Arterial and
venous system in brief.
(ii) Reproductive system: Reproductive
organs and physiology of reproduction.
Section IV
(i)
Endocrine glands
(ii) Sense organs: Eye and ear.
Text Book :
Erelyn Pearce Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses
Biochem 225 ( Bioinformatics I)
Section
I
Overview of
bioinformatics: The scope of bioinformatics, Bioinformatics and the
Internet, Useful bioinformatics sites
on the WWW
Data acquisition:
Sequencing DNA, RNA and proteins, Determination of protein structure, Gene
and protein expression data
Databases- contents,
structure and annotation: File formats, annotated sequence databases, Genome
and organism-specific databases, miscellaneous databases.
Section II
Retrieval of
biological data: Data retrieval with Entrez and DBGET/ LinkDB, Data
retrieval with SRS (sequence retrieval system)
Searching sequence databases by sequence similarity criteria:
Sequence similarity searches , Amino acid substitution matrices , Database
searches :FASTA and BLAST ,
Sequence filters , Iterative database searches and PSI-BLAST
Section III
Multiple sequence
alignment: gene and protein families: multiple sequence alignment and family
relationships, Protein families and pattern databases, Protein domain families
Phylogenetics:
Phylogenetics , Cladistics and ontology , Building phylogenetic trees, Evolution
of macromolecular sequences
Sequence annotation:
Principles of genome annotation , Annotation tools and resources,
Section IV
Structural
bioinformatics : Conceptual models of protein structure , the relationship
of protein three-mdimensional structure to protein function, The evolution of
protein structure and function ,
obtaining, viewing and analyzing structural data, structural alignment,
classification of proteins of known three- dimensional structure: CATH and SCOP
, introduction to protein structure prediction , structure prediction by
comparative modeling, Secondary structure prediction , Advanced protein
structure prediction and prediction stratages
Text book:
Westhead, Parish and Twyman “ Bioinformatics” Viva
Books Pvt. Ltd.(Ist Ed. –2003)
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