Biochemistry C (Plant Biochemical Processes) Online Course
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| Payment Plan | $800.00 incl GST |
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This course will deepen your knowledge of Biochemistry with an emphasis on plants. This is an advanced course in biochemistry that will give you a deep understanding on how life processes work, where living organism obtain their energy and nutrients and how these are processed to renew and develop new living materials. A great course of horticulturalists and those interested in plant biochemical processes.
Course Aims:
- Explain the interaction between the various biochemical processes within the plant cell.
- Explain the process of glycolysis.
- Describe the transport mechanism of bio-chemicals through plant membranes.
- Explain the processes of electron transfer and oxidative phosphorylation, and their importance to energy regulation in plants.
- Explain the structure and metabolism of carbohydrates.
- Explain the metabolism of lipids.
- Explain the processes of photosynthesis and the role of the light and dark reactions of photosynthesis in the growth of plants.
- Explain biochemical nucleotide metabolism.
- Explain enzyme reactions and catalysis in biochemistry.
- Explain metabolic processes relevant to reproduction in plants.
- Explain other biochemical processes including biochemical communication through hormones.
Detailed Course Outline
There are 11 lessons in this course:
Introduction
- Introduction to Metabolism
- Energy Transfer within the Cell – sources of energy, components of the cell, catabolic metabolism, anabolic metabolism, energy exchanges, free energy, enthalpy, entropy, energy transfers, ATP, Oxidation, enzyme catalysed reactions, coenzymes, hydrolysis, hydration reaction, phosphorylation.
Glycolysis
- ATP – ATP Synthase
- Glycolysis – activation, ATP production from Glycolysis, Metabolism of Pyruvate
- Pentose Phosphate Pathway
Movement Through Membranes
- Lipids and Fats
- Membranes
- Kinetics and Mechanisms of Transport – mediated and non-mediated transport, active transport
- Ionophores
- Aquaporins
Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
- Mitochondria
- Electron Transport
- Oxidative Phosphorylation
- Citric Acid Cycle/Tricarboxylic Cycle
- Controls of ATP Production
Sugar and Polysaccharide Metabolism
- Monosaccharides, Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides, Polysaccharides, Glycoproteins
- Sucrose
- Starches – Glycogen and Starch
- Starch Biosynthesis – Transitory Starch in Chloroplasts, Sucrose and Starch Regulation
- Carbohydrate Metabolism
- Gluconeogenesis – The Glyoxylate Pathway
- Cell Wall
Lipid Metabolism
- Lipids
- Fatty Acid Biosynthesis by Plastids – Saturated Fatty Acid Biosynthesis
- Glycerolipid and Phospholipid Formation
- Triacylglycerol (TAG) Formation
- Fatty Acid Oxidation in the Peroxisomes/Glyoxysomes
- Wound Sealing
Photosynthesis
- Photosynthesis – Chloroplasts, Light Reactions
- Dark Reactions – Carboxylation, Regeneration, the Calvin Cycle
- Photorespiration – C4 Respiration
- CAM
Nucleotide Metabolism
- Nucleotides
- Nitrogen Fixation
- Assimilation of Ammonia into Amino Acids – Purines, Pyramidines
- Formation of Deoxyribonucleotides
- Nucleotide Degradation
Enzyme Activity
- Enzymes
- Enzyme Classification
- Enzyme Kinetics
- Enzyme Regulation
Reproductive Processes in Plants
- Types of Plant Reproduction – Sexual and Asexual Reproduction
- Gene Expression
- What are Genes?
- Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) and Protein Synthesis – Overview, Transcription, Translation
- Eukaryotic DNA Replication – DNA Polymerases, Leading and Lagging Strains, Telomeres and Telomerase
Other Processes
- Hormones
- Growth Regulators – Auxins, Cytokinins, Giberellins, Ethylene
- Other Hormones – Antiauxins, Growth Inhibiters, Growth Retardants, Growth Simulators, Defoliants, Unclassified Plant Growth Regulators
- Use of Plant Hormones in Horticulture – Hormone Products
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