The Chapter Contain Following Key Topics:
Carbohydrate
- Proteins
- Lipids
- Nucleic acids
- Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
- Ribonucleic acid (RNA) Enzymes
Students will be learn after reading this chapter :
a) Discuss carbohydrates: Monosaccharides (Glucose), Oligosaccharides (Cane sugar, sucrose), Polysaccharides (Starches)
b) Describe Proteins: Amino acids, structure of proteins
c) Describe Lipids: waxes, Phospholipids, Terpenoids
d) Describe the structure along its back bone composition and function of DNA as hereditary material, Replication of DNA (Semi-conservative), Role of triplet codons, Transcription (making up of mRNA), Translation (protein synthesis: role of ribosomes, mRNA, tRNA)
e) Give the structure and types of RNA (mRNA, rRNA, tRNA)
f) What is enzyme and its role in reducing activation energy?
g) Define the following terms: Enzymes, Coenzyme, Co-factor, Prosthetic group, Apoenzyme and Holoenzyme
h) Explain the mode/mechanism of enzyme action
i) Describe the effects of temperature, pH, enzyme concentration and substrate concentration on the rate of enzyme catalysed reaction
j) Explain the effects of reversible and irreversible, competitive and non-competitive inhibitors on the rate of enzyme activity
