Chemistry - Biomolecules

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Chemistry - Biomolecules

Name: Chemistry - Biomolecules
Rating: 4.6 (273 reviews)
Author: Studi Live

updated on icon Updated on Apr, 2024

language icon Language - English

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category icon Test Prep,Teaching & Academics,Science,Chemistry

Lectures -20

Duration -3 hours

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Course Description

Carbohydrates are optically active polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones or molecules which provide such units on hydrolysis. They are broadly classified into three groups — monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides. Glucose, the most important source of energy for mammals, is obtained by the digestion of starch. Monosaccharides are held together by glycosidic linkages to form disaccharides or polysaccharides.

Proteins are the polymers of about twenty different α-amino acids which are linked by peptide bonds. Ten amino acids are called essential amino acids because they cannot be synthesised by our body, hence must be provided through diet. Proteins perform various structural and dynamic functions in the organisms. Proteins which contain only α-amino acids are called simple proteins. The secondary or tertiary structure of proteins get disturbed on change of pH or temperature and they are not able to perform their functions. This is called denaturation of proteins. Enzymes are biocatalysts which speed up the reactions in biosystems. They are very specific and selective in their action and chemically all enzymes are proteins.

Vitamins are accessory food factors required in the diet. They are classified as fat soluble (A, D, E and K) and water soluble (Β group and C). Deficiency of vitamins leads to many diseases.

Nucleic acids are the polymers of nucleotides which in turn consist of a base, a pentose sugar and phosphate moiety. Nucleic acids are responsible for the transfer of characters from parents to offsprings. There are two types of nucleic acids — DNA and RNA. DNA contains a five carbon sugar molecule called 2-deoxyribose whereas RNA contains ribose. Both DNA and RNA contain adenine, guanine and cytosine. The fourth base is thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA. The structure of DNA is a double strand whereas RNA is a single strand molecule. DNA is the chemical basis of heredity and have the coded message for proteins to be synthesised in the cell. There are three types of RNA — mRNA, rRNA and tRNA which actually carry out the protein synthesis in the cell.

Goals

What will you learn in this course:

Classification of carbohydrates
Structures of the biomolecules structures of carbohydrates and proteins
Important biomolecules
Correlate the physical properties and chemical reactions of these carbohydrates
Importance of vitamins in daily food materials for healthy body
The various uses of biomolecules

Prerequisites

What are the prerequisites for this course?

Basic understanding of chemistry and math's

Curriculum

Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course

Biomolecules
20 Lectures

Carbohydrates 12:21 12:21
Carbohydrates (Classification) 08:55 08:55
Classification of Carbohydrates (Based on Solubility Reducing Property) 09:49 09:49
Preparation of Glucose 11:45 11:45
Chemical Properties ((HI NH2OH HCN) 08:38 08:38
Bromine Water and Nitric Acid 04:39 04:39
Fischer Projection Formula 10:32 10:32
Haworth Projection Formula 11:00 11:00
Haworth Projection Formula (Fructose) 09:16 09:16
Structure of Disaccharides 12:01 12:01
Structure of Polysaccharides 09:19 09:19
Classification of Proteins 04:40 04:40
Amino Acids 05:40 05:40
Peptide Bond 06:14 06:14
Structure of Protein Part - 1 12:05 12:05
Structure of Protein Part - 2 10:14 10:14
Denaturation of Proteins 04:41 04:41
Enzymes 10:19 10:19
Nucleic Acids 10:54 10:54
DNA Double Helix 07:31 07:31

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