Syllabus

JNTUK B. Tech Biochemistry for R13 Batch.

JNTUK B.Tech Biochemistry gives you detail information of Biochemistry R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.

UNIT I: CARBOHYDRATES
Structure, properties, classification and biological functions- Mono, Di, Oligo & polysaccharides, complex carbohydrates, Glycolysis, aerobic and anaerobic fate of pyruvate, respiratory chain, aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
LO: To demonstrate simple and complex carbohydrates along with their metabolic pathways. LA: Assessment by differentiating between simple and complex carbohydrates & their pathways.

UNIT II: AMINO ACIDS
Structure, properties, classifications and biological functions, – nitrogen cycle, nitrogen balance, reductive amination and trans amination and urea cycle, bio synthesis of amino acids- glutamate, and shikimate pathway.
LO: To demonstrate different aminoacids structurally and their synthesis pathways. LA: Assessment of different aminoacids structurally and different nitrogen pathways.

UNIT III: PROTEINS
Structure, properties, classifications and biological functions, protein types (globular & fibrous), protein folding, protein degradation, protein targeting.
LO: To demonstrate different simple and complex proteins along with their properties. LA: Assessment by identification of different proteins and their folding.

UNIT IV: ENZYMES
Introduction, properties, classification, and biological functions, IUB & EC nomenclature, enzyme specificity, enzyme inhibition, Regulatory enzymes- allosteric enzymes, enzyme catalysis- acid- base catalysis, covalent catalysis, metal ion catalysis.
LO: To demonstrate enzyme classification and Michaelis-Menten kinetics derivatives and enzyme models. LA: Numerical and theoretical ability of Michaelis-Menten kinetics.

UNIT V: LIPIDS
Structure, properties and Classifications and biological functions- sphingolipids, phospholipids, fatty acid metabolism, β – oxidation, steroids, cholesterol structure& function. Lipoproteins- classification & function, lipid profile assays, lipids as surfactants in industry.
LO: To demonstrate different simple and complex lipids along with the metabolic pathways of complex lipids.
LA: Assessment by structural identification of simple and complex lipids & pathways by different assays.

UNIT VI: NUCLEICACIDS
Structure, Properties and biological functions, forms of DNA & RNA, overview of purine & pyrimidine metabolism.
LO: To demonstrate structure of DNA & RNA along with nitrogen bases synthesis pathways. LA: Assessment by identification and differentiation of nitrogen bases.

TEXTBOOKS

  • Lehninger A. L, NelsonO.’L, M.M.Cox, Principles of Biochemistry, 4th Edition, CBS Publications, 2004.,
  • J.L.Jain Fundamentals of Biochemistry 6th edition S.Chand Publishers 2004

REFERENCES

  • Voet D,Voet J. G, Biochemistry,4th Edition, JohnCWileyand Sons,2010.
  • L. Stryer, J. M. Berg, JLTymockzo, Biochemistry, 5thedition,W H Freemen&Co, 2002.
  • K. Mathews, K.E.VanHolde, KevinGAhern Biochemistry 3rd edition, Pearson education, 2003.
  • Daviel Whitford John Protein’s Structure and function,1st edition Wiley Publications, 2005
  • Mary K. Campbell and Shawn O. Farrell: Biochemistry, Thomson Brooks/Cole, Indian Edition, 5 th Edition, 2007.

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