C4200 Biochemistry II - seminar

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kateřina Dadáková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Zdeněk Farka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Marta Pelcová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Vojtěch Sedláček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Zdeněk Farka, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Supplier department: Department of Biochemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
C3181 Biochemistry I && NOW( C4182 Biochemistry II )
Passed exam from the Biochemistry I course (C3181), enrollment to the lecture Biochemistry II (C4182)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students will get acquainted in detail with the most important topics discussed in Biochemistry II course: nucleic acids, metabolism and biosynthesis of sugars, lipids, amino acids, and proteins, respiratory chain and photosynthesis, thermodynamics of redox reactions, and hemoglobin.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, the students will understand the main topics of Biochemistry II course: replication, transcription, and translation of nucleic acids, principles and relationships between sugar, lipid, amino acid, and protein metabolism and biosynthesis, characteristics of respiratory chain and photosynthesis, thermodynamics of redox reactions, and structure and function of hemoglobin.
Syllabus
  • 1. Nucleic acids: Bases, nucleotides, primary structure of nucleic acids.
  • 2. Introduction to molecular biology. Replication, transcription, translation, and proteosynthesis.
  • 3. Polymerase chain reaction, genetic engineering. Exercices.
  • 4. Test 1.
  • 5. Redox reactions.
  • 6. Metabolism and biosynthesis of sugars and lipids: Repetition and exercises I.
  • 7. Metabolism and biosynthesis of sugars and lipids: Repetition and exercises II.
  • 8. Test 2.
  • 9. Metabolism of amino acids and proteins. Urea cycle.
  • 10. Hemoglobin.
  • 11. Test 3.
Literature
    required literature
  • MIKEŠ, Vladimír, Pavel BOUCHAL and Zdeněk FARKA. Úlohy z biochemie (Problems in biochemistry). 2. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2023, 62 pp. info
    recommended literature
  • VOET, Donald, Judith G. VOET and Charlotte W. PRATT. Fundamentals of biochemistry : life at the molecular level. Fifth edition. Hoboken: Wiley, 2016, xviii, 109. ISBN 9781118918401. info
Teaching methods
Seminar: Class discussion on the problematics, exercises, calculations.
Assessment methods
The participation in the lessons is compulsory, with one absence allowed. Additional absences must be excused through the study department. The credit will be obtained in the case of success in interim tests written during the semester (at least 70% of points in total). Retake tests will be based on the complete content of the course (requirement of at least 70% of points).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
Electronic textbook Problems in biochemistry and the presentations containing the formulas and schemes are available in the Study materials (Czech only). The students are advised to bring them to the course in a suitable form (either printed or in tablet), as they contain theory, schemes, exercises, and data required for the seminars.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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