Level: II
Semester: 1
Number of Credits: 3
Anti-Requisites: BIOL 2361 Biomolecules and Energy Metabolism or  BIOL 2360 Biochemistry IIA
Prerequisites: BIOL 1362, CHEM 1066 and CHEM 1067

 

Course Description

pH and buffers; Bioenergetics, Membrane structure; Introduction to membrane transport; TCA cycle; Oxidative phosphorylation; Plant and fungal respiratory chains; Transporters of the mitochondrial inner membrane; Photosynthetic light reactions of plants and bacteria; Calvin cycle; C3, C4 and CAM metabolism; GS-GOGAT and photorespiration; Mitochondria-plastid interactions in higher plants; Chlororespiration; Mitochondrial dysfunction

 

Assessment

Coursework        50%
Final Exam         50%
 
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