BIOCHEMISTRY AND

METABOLIC
REGULATION

What This Course Offers You

Fundamental Knowledge Needed For Bioprocess

Engineering In Terms Of Chemical Aspects Of Life From

Molecular Point Of View
Structure, properties and metabolic regulation of
biomolecules viz.

Proteins
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Nucleic acids

Includes cell transport, energetic, membrane structure,

DNA replication, transcription, translation, regulation of

gene expression and signal transduction

SYNOPSYS
This course imparts the fundamental knowledge

needed for bioprocess engineering in terms of

chemical aspects of life from molecular point of view.
The course provides the necessary knowledge of
protein structure and function, metabolic pathways
and molecular biology.
It also includes recent advances in biotechnology,
and technological implications of biochemical
engineering in life sciences.

Protein
dynamics

Molecular
components of
cells

CBE451

Nucleic acidsinformation
transfer

Metabolism and
its regulation

Course Outcome
Ability to explain the fundamental chemical and

physical principles of living processes

Ability to apply the knowledge of chemical and
biological principles

Programme Outcome
PO1: Ability to acquire and apply knowledge of

mathematics, basic and applied sciences including

microbiology and molecular genetics
PO6: Ability to acquire in-depth technical knowledge
in chemical and bioprocess engineering principles

MOLECULAR
COMPONENTS OF
CELLS
PROTEIN
DYNAMIC
S
METABOLISM
AND ITS
REGULATION

NUCLEIC
ACIDS-INFO
TRANSFER

10

11

12

13

14

ASSESSMENT

1. Test & Assignment: 40%

Test 1 & 2
Assignment : 1
2. Examination: 60%

REFERENCES

OTHERS
a) Attendance is compulsory. Students who failed to
comply with 80% of attendance will be barred from
sitting for the final examination. Absence from lectures,
tutorials, tests or presentations must be supported with
relevant documentation.
b) Marks will be deducted for late submission of
assignment/ report.
c) Consultation is by appointment.
d) Any form of cheating and plagiarism in examinations,
tests, reports and assignment will be penalized.

ASSIGNMENT