Course Title

Biochemistry

Course Number

7104210

Instructor Name

Mohammad Qneibi

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

First Semester 2

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

Biosynthesis, Structure, function, and chemical aspects of proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates; enzyme kinetics; mechanism/regulation of enzymes; introduction to metabolism; carbohydrate metabolism, electron transport and other transports across membranes. 

students will explain/describe the synthesis of proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates and their role in metabolic pathways along with their regulation at the epigenetic, transcriptional, translational, and post-translational levels including RNA and protein folding, modification, and degradation. Regulation by non-coding RNAs will be tied to the developmental and physiological functioning of the organism

Required: 

• Biochemistry, 6^rth Ed., Lippincott & Wilkins, by Wolter Kluwer 2014