Code: | Q3009 | Acronym: | Q3009 | Level: | 300 |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Chemistry |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Course/CS Responsible: | Bachelor in Chemistry |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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L:Q | 35 | study plan from 2016/17 | 3 | - | 6 | 56 | 162 |
The main objectives of this course are:
To study the physical, chemical and biological properties of proteins and DNA.
To know the principles of enzymatic catalysis.
To use computational techniques to study and predict properties of proteins and DNA.
By the end of this course, students:
- will be aware of the fact that fundamental chemical and physical principles also apply to complex biological systems.
- will be able to describe the structure and properties of all the amino acids that include the natural proteins.
- will be familiar with the molecular structure of proteins and the 3D motifs they adopt at each level of structure organization.
- students will be able to describe all kinds of functions of proteins in living organisms.
- students will understand that protein structure is related to function.
- students will understand the basic principles of catalytic action of enzymes and their interaction with substrates.
- students will be able to describe the molecular structure of DNA and the basis of replication.
- students will be able to understand a few common interactions between DNA and proteins.
- students will be able to understand the basic principles of Molecular Dynamics, to perform simple simulations on small protein systems using the Amber software and to interpret the results.
- students will be familiar with the PDB-Protein Data Bank and with the necessary computational tools to retrieve information from it.
- students will be able to manipulate protein molecular models within the specific software VMD-Visual Molecular Dynamics.
THEORETICAL CLASSES:
1. Molecular interaction in biological systems.
2. Biomolecules- chemistry and structure.
3.From amino acids to proteins.
4. Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary Structure of Proteins.
5. Visualization and manipulation of proteins in silico.
6. Enzymatic Catalysis and Inhibition.
7. Nucleic Acids.
PRACTICAL CLASSES:
I. Introduction to Linux OS.
II. Scientific information and data - PDB (protein databank) - research articles (Web of science) - Web tools to analyze pdb data and structures.
III. Basics of visualization and manipulation of molecular models in silico (software: VMD).
IV. Study and graphical visualization of Amino acids and Proteins V. Molecular Dynamics simulation of the interaction between an enzyme and substrate. (software: Amber ; VMD)
Theoretical lessons complemented with computational sessions using specific software in Linux OS environment.
designation | Weight (%) |
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Exame | 50,00 |
Teste | 25,00 |
Trabalho escrito | 25,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 28,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 48,00 |
Trabalho escrito | 8,00 |
Total: | 84,00 |
The students must attend at least 75% of the time in classroom.
Final grade =50%PM + 50%EX
PM- arithmetic mean of the practical test and the final project.
EX- Final Theoretical Exam.
Neither mark (PM and EX) should be less than 7,0 ( in 20 ).
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Only the theoretical component of the classification can be improved by repeating the final exam.