SUBJECT
Title
Biomolecular Chemistry
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
Master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
2
Recommended in
Semesters 1-4
Typically offered in
Autumn/Spring semester
Course description
The molecular design of life. Biochemical reactions, cofactors and transport molecules. Proteins, enzymes. Chemistry of nucleic acids, building blocks of DNA and RNA, structure of DNA and RNA. Biological role of DNA and RNA, transcription, translation, targeting of proteins. Exploring evolution, bioinformatics.
Readings
-
J. March: Advanced organic chemistry, John Wiley and Sons, 1992
-
Berg, Tymoczko, Stryer: Biochemistry, 5th ed., W.H. Freeman, New York 2001.