Biochemistry

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This course is a review of the molecular components of cells: structure and chemistry of biomolecules: amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, nucleotides and nucleic acids, lipids and membranes. The course also discusses the mechanisms by which enzyme activity is regulated and can be manipulated. Next the course goes deeper into the biochemistry of synthesis and degradation of the above mentioned biomolecules that are the essential building blocks of cells.