BT 203	Biochemistry	3-0-0-6
Pre-requisites: NIL Syllabus Structure and function of biomolecules : Protein, carbohydrate, lipid; Enzymes: structure, mechanism and reaction kinetics; Basic concept and design of metabolism; carbohydrate metabolism: glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, citric acid cycle, pentose phosphate pathway, glycogen metabolism, oxidative phosphorylation; photosynthesis; Nitrogen fixation; fatty acid metabolism; protein: synthesis, targeting and turnover; biosynthesis of amino acids and nucleotides; Integration of metabolisms; hormones; Introduction to signal transduction pathways Text Books 1. D.L.Nelson and M.M.Cox, Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 6th Ed., Macmillan Worth, 2012. 2.J. L. Tymoczko, J. M. Berg and L. Stryer, Biochemistry, 8th Ed., W. H. Freeman, 2015. References 1.W. W. Parson, D. E. Vance and G.L.Zubay, Principles of Biochemistry, Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1995. 2.R. K. Murray, D. K. Granner, P.A. Mayes and V. W. Rodwell, Harper's Biochemistry, 30th Ed McGraw Hill, 2015.