Bioquímica Ambiental A

- To acquire the basic knowledge in the area of Environmental Biochemistry.

- Describe the biomolecules and their function.

- Discuss protein purification and characterization method, as well as examples of protein structure-function correlation including.

- Interpret enzyme mechanisms and kinetics data.

- Understand the metabolism, be familiar with the basic concepts of bioenergetics and describe the main cellular metabolic pathways. Understand the difference between substrate-level phosphorylation, oxidative phosphorylation and photophosphorylation.

- Discuss environmentally relevant respiratory process.

- To understand the technologies/methodologies underlying key topics in the area of Environmental Biochemistry.

- To search and critically interpret scientific literature.