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Photobiology; Hormones and Signalling.
Describe the biologically important interactions with light; Photosynthesis; Biochemistry of the visual process.
Signal Transduction: G-proteins, Adenylyl cyclase signalling pathway, Inositol-phospholipid signalling pathway; receptor tyrosine kinases.
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Cholesterol biosynthesis.
Describe and elucidate the pathway involved in cholesterol biosynthesis; Lipid metabolism and regulation, Ketone bodies as fuel molecules.
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Practical
Students will build on biochemical skills developed to date and apply these in areas such as adsorption, thin-layer chromatography of lipids, enzyme analysis, enzyme assays, protein analysis and identification. Electrophoresis, crude protein extraction and chromatography.
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Module Resources
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Recommended Book Resources |
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Laurence A. Moran, Robert A Horton, Gray Scrimgeour, Marc Perry. Principles of Biochemistry, Prentice Hall, p.896, [ISBN: 9780321707338].
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Nelson DL, Cox MM. (2012), Lehningers Principles of Biochemistry, 3rd. Worth Publishers.
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Berg J, Tymoczko J, and Stryer. (2015), Biochemistry.
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Donald Voet, Judith G Voet, Charlotte W Pratt. (2018), Voets Principles of Biochemistry, 5th. Wiley, [ISBN: 9781119455134].
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Biochemistry journals available in the Library.
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