BCMB 414 — Plant Biochemistry
Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology · University of Ghana
Carbohydrates: germination of seeds with carbohyrate stores; storage carbohydrates (starch, sucrose and other reserve carbohydrates); structural carbohydrates (cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin); the biosynthesis of carbohydrates. Lipids: germination of oil seeds, the glyoxalate pathway and gluconeogenesis; chemistry of plant lipids: cutins, suberins and waxes; fatty acid biosynthesis. Nitrogen metabolism: nitrogen fixation (dinitrogenase); nitrogen uptake and reduction. Secondary metabolites: Terpenes (the mevalonic acid pathway); phenolic compounds (the shikimic acid pathway); saponins, cardiac glycosides, cyanogenic glycosides and glucosinades and alkaloids; functions Photosythesis: Chloroplast structure; photoreceptors and transduction of light into chemical energy (the photosynthesis electron transport chain); carbon fixation; the C3, C2 and C4 cycles; CAM metabolism. Molecular and biochemical regulation of plant metabolic pathways activated in response to environmental cues: environmental stress, and interaction with pathogenic and symbiotic organisms. Cell wall formation (primary wall, wood), secondary metabolism (lignin, flavonoids, phenolics), wounding, plant defenses (phytoalexins, oxidative burst, hypersensitivity), responses to drought, flooding, salinity, pollutants (heavy metals, ozones).
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- BCMB 400 — Project
- BCMB 401 — Protein Chemistry I
- BCMB 402 — Protein Chemistry II
- BCMB 403 — Molecular Biotechnology & Applications
- BCMB 404 — Immunology and Immunochemistry
- BCMB 405 — Cell Signalling
- BCMB 406 — Molecular Genetics
- BCMB 407 — Cell & Molecular Biology Practical Ii
- BCMB 408 — Entrepreneurship For Innovations In Biosciences
- BCMB 409 — Biochemistry of Parasites
- BCMB 410 — Seminars and Scientific Writing
- BCMB 411 — Clinical Biochemistry
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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).