General Biochemistry II
First semester - 2018
Instructor Information
Instructor Email Office Location & Hours
Dr. Rana Al- Hallak Rhallak7@yahoo.com 2h. theoretical + 2h. practical
General Information
Description
At the end of the course the students will be able to correlate organ's physiology with biochemical basis of their function, to understand the role of some biomolecules in metabolism, as well as, to correlate biochemistry with previous general biological sciences which they had before.
Expectations and Goals
Students are supposed to focus on the following:
1- To study the structure and classification of amino acids and proteins
2- Pathways of amino acids metabolism
3- The role of enzymes as catalysts
4- Vitamins
5- Pituitary gland hormones and their metabolism

Language(s) of Instruction:Arabic and English
Textbook(s) Language(s): English
Course Materials
1-Lippincott’s illustrated review – 5th edition, R. Harvey, D. Ferrier
and
2- Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry,5th edition, David L. Nelson and Michael M. Cox

Course Schedule
Week Topic Reading Exercises

1 15/9- 19/9 Introduction
2 22/9- 26/9 Types and classification o amino acids
3 29/9- 3/10 Protein structures
4 6/10- 10/10 Hemoglobin metabolism
5 13/10- 17/10 Synthesis of essential amino acids
6 20/10- 24/10 Catabolism of carbon skeleton of amino acid
7 27/10- 31/10 First quiz
8 3/11- 7/11 Urea cycle
9 10/11- 14/11 Enzymes
10 17/11- 21/11 Water-soluble vitamins
11 24/11- 24/11 Lipid-soluble vitamins
12 1/12- 5/12 Hormones (1)
13 8/12- 12/12 Second quiz+ Hormones(2)
14
15 15/12- 19/12
22/12- 26/12 Hormones (3)
Review
Testing Schedule
test Date Subject Reading Type language % of final grade
Quiz 1
Quiz 2 29.10
20.12 Amino acids
Enzymes and Vit. Written
Written Arabic/English
Arabic/English 10
10
Final Exam

Lab. Work
5/1

All learned theory

MCQ

written

Arabic

Arabic 50

30

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