NURS 439 Biochemistry
This course will investigate the biochemistry important to human health. We begin with a study of concepts foundational to biochemistry including basic chemical and nutritional principles of biomolecules, and then investigate the importance of proteins and the genetic processes that give rise to proteins. We will study functional classes of proteins, including enzymes examining specific examples such as the biochemistry of hemoglobin. This will lead to understanding bioenergetics, including carbohydrate, protein and lipid metabolism, and the metabolism of these biomolecules and nucleic acids. Finally we investigate the themes that reinforce and integrate these biochemical principles and then complete our investigation with the process of biotransformation.
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