Course Details:
•Amino acids as building block of protein; the peptide bond as covalent backbone of proteins.
•Forces involved in the stabilization of protein structure.
•Protein isolation, fractionation, purification and characterization.
•Amino acid analysis of peptide and proteins.
•Methods for the determination of the sequence of amino acids in proteins.
•Molecular weight determination of proteins.
•Techniques in protein Biochemistry.
•Oxidative degradation of amino acids and metabolism of one carbon units.
•Ammonia toxicity and urea formation.
•Biosynthesis of amino acids and some derivatives; the urea cycle, metabolism of inorganic nitrogen.
•Regulation of amino acids metabolism.
•Disorder of amino acids metabolism.
