BCMB 218 — Veterinary Biochemistry II
Veterinary Medicine · University of Ghana
Carbohydrates Metabolism: Digestion of carbohydrates, glycolysis and fate of pyruvate in different organisms; tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle; pentose phosphate pathway and fate of reduced coenzymes; catabolism of monosaccharides other than glucose; gluconeogenesis, Calvin Benson cycle, Cori cycle, glyoxylate cycle; glycogenesis and glycogenolysis; regulation of carbohydrate metabolism; Diseases of carbohydrate metabolism. Aerobic metabolism of pyruvate; starvation and obesity. The coenzyme role of B vitamins. Changes in nutritional requirement and metabolic rate in injury and disease. Lipids Metabolism: Digestion of triacylglycerols; the different lipases (lipoprotein lipase, hormone-sensitive lipase); fate of glycerol; beta-oxidation of fatty acids; fate of products (acetyl and propionyl CoA, ketone bodies, reduced coenzymes); synthesis of fatty acids triacylglycerol, cholesterol; regulation of metabolism. Protein Metabolism: Digestion of proteins, transamination, deamination and decarboxylation of amino acids and the fate of ammonia (urea cycle) and carbon skeleton; metabolism of specific amino acids (aromatic and sulphur-containing amino acids); synthesis of amino acids; in-born errors of amino acid metabolism; regulation of metabolism. Enzymes as biological catalyst: Enzyme kinetics and concept of ratedetermining step. Enzyme specificity and allosteric regulation. Mechanisms of enzyme action and examples. Coenzymes and vitamins. Drugs and their effect on enzymes.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 200
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- ANIM 211 — Animal Production
- BCMB 217 — Veterinary Biochemistry I
- BCMB 222 — Veterinary Biochemistry III
- VBAS 211 — Veterinary Gross Anatomy I
- VBAS 212 — Veterinary Gross Anatomy II
- VBAS 213 — Histology
- VBAS 214 — Embryology
- VBAS 215 — Veterinary Physiology I
- VBAS 216 — Veterinary Physiology II
- VBAS 218 — Animal Management 1
- VBAS 220 — Filed Practical I
- ANIM 311 — Principles of Animal Nutrition
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).