At the end of the course you are able to:
- describe the basic structure and major organelles of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells from a biological perspective
- produce the general structure of amino acids and recognise the general physicochemical properties of their side chains to know the building blocks of proteins
- describe the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure and physicochemical properties of proteins found in biological systems
- describe the basic structure of nucleotides and nucleic acids found in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
- describe the basic structure of (phospho)lipids and biological membranes
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The course Biomolecules is focussed on understanding of structural aspects of biomolecules. The course is intimately related to the course Biochemical Processes and the practical course Project Biochemistry, both scheduled in the second quarter.
Biochemistry is the scientific discipline that studies chemical reactions in the living cell. This environment is unique compared to the environment in which other chemical processes take place. Therefore the course starts with a description of the three main cellular matrices in life, i.e., bacteria, plants and animals. Next, insight in the structure of biomacromolecules and their specific roles in biochemistry will be given. Moreover, an introduction to some important techniques used to characterize and understand the action of biomolecules is given.
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