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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
| Mestrado Universitario en Investigación Química e Química Industrial (Plan 2017) |
 Subjects |
| Chemistry of Biomolecules |
| Contents |
| Identifying Data | 2019/20 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Chemistry of Biomolecules | Code | 610509115 | |||||||||||
| Study programme |
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Official Master's Degree | Yearly |
First | Optional | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| UNIT 1. Introduction and historical aspects. | Different components of the cell. Organization. Structure and function of main biomolecules |
| 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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