Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
Mestrado Universitario en Investigación Química e Química Industrial (Plan 2020) |
Subjects |
Chemistry of Biomolecules |
Contents |
Identifying Data | 2023/24 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Chemistry of Biomolecules | Code | 610509115 | |||||||||||
Study programme |
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Official Master's Degree | 1st four-month period |
First | Optional | 3 | ||||||||||
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Topic | Sub-topic |
UNIT 1. Introduction and historical aspects | Introduction and historical aspects |
UNIT 2. Peptides and proteins | Structural aspects. Synthesis and modification. Design of functional proteins. Metalloproteins: types, methods of study, examples and applications |
UNIT 3. Nucleic acids | Structure, DNA synthesis. Sequencing, PCR, DNA Recognition. DNA beyond biology: processing and storage of information; nanomaterials. |
UNIT 4. Carbohydrates | Structural aspects. Synthesis and modification. Glycoconjugates and its role in cellular communication. Glycocode. Glycotherapy |
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