0501118 BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY ( 3 Crd.Hrs )

This course covers the relationship between organic chemistry and biochemistry, structure of water and its properties including polarization and ionization, acids, bases, and buffers. It also covers the study of the structure and classification of carbohydrates, lipids, and amino acid, structure and characteristics of proteins, hemoglobin, fibrous proteins, enzymes including their general properties, classification, kinetics, mechanisms of inhibition and regulation. The course also covers the genetic code and its transcription, translation, protein synthesis, and mutations.