COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 5111 PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUSTAFA YAVUZ ERGÜN

Offered to

M.Sc.Biochemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry
Ph.D in Biochemistry

Course Objective

Plants are renewable source of energy and their products are essential for the humanity on this planet. Recently, new and improved crop plant via genetic factors develop in order to increase the product efficiency. The aim is to provide students in plant science with a concise, general account of plant biochemistry, plant metabolism, but enzymological, functional, regulatory and molecular biological aspects, pathyways and structural features and the cell, primary metabolism, special metabolism and the plant-enviroment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Realize the plant cell and describing both molecular components and function,
2   Comprehend primary metabolism including the pathways of carbohydrate, lipid, nitrogen, nucleic acid and protein metabolism,
3   Explain special metabolism; phenolics, isoprenoids and secondary nitrogen compounds,
4   Discuss the relationship between plant and environment,
5   Evaluate the gene regulation pathway involved in primary metabolism.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Plant Biochemistry
2 The Plant, the Cell and Its Molecular Components
3 Photosynthesis
4 Carbohydrate Metabolism
5 Storage and Structural Carbohydrates
6 Plant Lipid Metabolism
7 Primary Nitrogen Metabolism
8 Midterm Exam
9 Plant Cell Biotechnology
10 Nucleic Acids and Proteins
11 Regulation of Gene Expression in Plants
12 Phenolic and Isoprenoid Metabolism
13 Biochemical Plant Pathology
14 Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Dey, P. M., Harborne, J. B., Plant Biochemistry, Academic Press, USA, 1997.
Supplementary Book(s): Simpson, M. G., Plant Systematics, Academic Press, USA, 1953.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Interactive narrative
3. Question-answer technique
4. Home work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Meaningful learning of the basic concepts given in presentations, association of concepts with each other, establishing the cause-result relationships and making comments by using the information available for problems and evaluating idea generation are carried out with mid-term and final exams, active participation to the lecture, homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.kayali@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13.30-15.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 2 20 40
Preparing presentations 2 15 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 202

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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