312495 (v.2) Biological Chemistry 321
| Area: | Department of Chemistry |
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| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 6.0 |
| Tuition Patterns: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Lecture: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Fortnightly |
| Laboratory: | 1 x 4 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): |
312493 (v.1)
Medicinal and Biological Chemistry 222
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| Syllabus: | Agricultural chemicals: plant growth regulators, classes of growth regulators, defoliants and desiccants. Pesticides, including examples of insecticides, fungicides, herbicides. Introduction to the chemistry of heavy metals in aqueous biological environments. Enzymatic reactions and Michaelis-Menten kinetics. Mettalloenzymes and their role into metabolism. Specific examples of metalloenzymes will be discussed and these may include: metalloenzymes with a structural functinality; Zn finger proteins, mettalloenzymes with a Lewis acid functionality; carboxypetidase, and metalloenzymes with a redox functionality; carbon anhydrase. Iron based proteins: transport and storage of oxygen. Cellular respiration: electron transport chain. Principles of molecular recognition, chemical sensor design including biosensors and detection techniques. Applications of sensors to diagnosis and related measurements, examples may include: glucose detectors, metal ion sensors, oxygen sensors, alcohol detectors (breathalyser). Laboratory experiments related to the biological chemistry topics in the unit. |
| Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Field of Education: | 010500 Chemical Sciences (Narrow Grouping) |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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