COURSE TITLE: BIOCHEMISTRY

CODE: BT156IU
CREDITS: 3+1

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 MODULE INSTRUCTOR

Le Hong Phu, PhD

Director of CRTT,
Lecturer of School of Biotechnology
Cell phone: 0988323260
Email:lhphu@hcmiu.edu.vn

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 Objectives
Help students
to understand the molecular basis of life,
to master the fundamental chemical principle
that underlie the living processes,
to understand the biochemical metabolisms
that unify in the living organisms,
to contribute current knowledge in various
areas of the advance of biotechnology, the
practice provides students with the
techniques of biochemical analysis and
know how to use the bio-instruments.
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 Course description

The course introduces the molecular structure and

function, the metabolic reactions.
The course focuses on the metabolism of the basic
substrates such as carbohydrates, lipids,
nitrogens and their relationship among them in
metabolism.
Enzymes that join the metabolisms will be
described the structure and function and they
are also well classified into each group.
In the practical part, describe how to prepare a
sample, standard solutions and how to design
an experiment, and also provide biochemical
analysis methods.

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 Intellectual skills

 Your success in this course will depend to a great

extent on your willingness to take an active role in
your education.
 Independent study skills including exploring
references for information that complement those
provided in the lectures, taking note, summarizing,
critical thinking, time management.
 Using scientific approach to seek the answer for an
unsolved problem.
 Get acquainted with academic writing and
presenting
 Must keep up with your reading and other
assignments to have time to reflect, ask questions
and seek help from instructor if necessary.
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 Course Syllabus
Class week Content
2 1. OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE + REVISION
(4 periods)
3 2. ENZYMES (4 periods)
4 2. ENZYMES (cont) (2 periods)
3. PRACTICAL THEORY (2 periods)
5 4. CARBOHYDRATES - GLYCOLYSIS
(2 periods)
PRACTICAL THEORY (2 periods)
6 5.THE CITRIC ACID CYCLE AND THE
OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION (4
periods)
7 6. PHOTOSYNTHESIS (4 periods)

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 Course Syllabus

Contents
Class
Week
8 7. PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY AND
GLUCONEOGENSIS (4 periods)
9 MIDTERM TEST
10 8. GLYCOGEN METABOLISM (4 periods)

11 9. FATTY ACID METABOLISM (4 periods)

12 10. AMINO ACID DEGRADATION AND UREA

CYCLE (4 periods)

13 11. PRESENTATION (4 periods)

14 12. PRESENTATION & REVISION (4 periods)

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 Course Syllabus
Class week
Contents
15 PRESENTATION & REVISION

16 PRESENTATION & REVISION

17 SELF-REVISION

18-19 FINAL EXAMINATION

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 Assessment
 Midterm Exam: 30%
 Chapter 1 to 5

 Final Exam: 40%

 The whole course with the emphasis on Chapter 6 to 11
 Only students who attend ≥ 80 % of lectures are
eligible to take final exam

 Lab and Assignments: 30%

 Lab 20%
 Two assignments 10%, 5 % for each one
 Due date:
 Assignment 1: A week before midterm exam
 Assignment 2: A week before final exam
 Late submissions are not accepted

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 References
References:
1. BIOCHEMISTRY, 5th edition
Lubert Strayer
2. ESSENTIAL BIOCHEMISTRY
Charlotte W. Pratt, Kathleen Cornely
3. BIOCHEMISTRY- THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF LIFE
3RD EDITION
Trudy Mckee, James R. Mckee
4. BIOCHEMISTRY, 7TH EDITION, 2010
Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko and Lubert Strayer
5. PRINCIPLES OF BIOCHEMISTRY, 5TH EDITION, 2008
David L. Nelson and Michael M. Cox, Lehninger

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