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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2023/2024
Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2023/2024

Final Examination: 50% SIJ 2006 PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY

Levels of protein structures - Primary structure, its
SIJ 1004 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATIONAL importance and its determination; Secondary structures
BIOLOGY and their prediction; Super- secondary structures; Tertiary
structure and forces involved in its stabilization; Quaternary
This course will introduce the basic concepts of structure; Protein folding and denaturation; Protein
computational biology. Student will be expose to the Linux engineering; Protein purification and characterization.
operating system, Python and R programming for
biological data analysis. Students will also be introduced to Assessment Methods:
biological data mining based on the public biological Continuous Assessment: 40%
databases. Final Examination: 60%
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 60% SIJ 2007 ENZYMES: MECHANISM AND CONTROL
Final Examination: 40%
Introduction to enzymes, Activation energy and
biocatalysts, Terminology used, Enzyme kinetics (Effect of
SIJ 1005 PRINCIPLES OF BIOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES enzyme concentration, substrate concentration, pH &
temperature), Enzyme inhibitions (Competitive,
This course is meant to introduce basic laboratory Noncompetitive, Uncompetitive & Irreversible), Enzyme
techniques that being use in most biochemical laboratories. regulation (Zymogen activation, Covalent modification,
It is also providing insights to the availability of variety of Physiological control & Allosteric regulation), Active site
methods adapted in analyzing biomolecules. It also mapping & intermediate detection, Enzyme mechanisms
intended to introduce student to a better data management with special reference to lysozyme & chymotrypsin;
and able to critically evaluate and summarise. Catalytic antibodies, Ribozymes.
Assessment Methods: Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40% Continuous Assessment : 40%
Final Examination: 60% Final Examination : 60%

SIJ 2002 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF SIJ 2008 BIOCHEMISTRY PRACTICAL I
BIOMOLECULES
This course is to introduce to students fundamental
This course will discuss the structure, formation, the techniques used in Biochemistry to analyse biomolecules
chemical properties and functions of important especially proteins and nucleic acids. This is inclusive of
macromolecules in life including simple and complex appreciation of basic instrumentations useful for performing
carbohydrates, fatty acids and lipids, amino acids and biochemical fractionation, assays and separation. Students
peptides, nucleotides and nucleic acid. This course will also will also be exposed to ways to communicate scientifically
discuss the properties of enzyme and its activity, enzyme using writing, verbal and graphical methods.
inhibition as well as regulation of enzyme activity.
Assessment Methods:
Assessment Methods: Continuous Assessment: 100%
Continuous Assessment: 40%
Final Examination: 60%
SIJ 2009 BIOCHEMISTRY PRACTICAL II

SIJ 2004 METABOLISM AND REGULATION OF AMINO This course will further expore techniques and research
ACIDS AND NUCLEOTIDES methodology in biochemistry. The practicals will cover
techniques/ methods in HPLC, DNA quatification, serology,
The objectives and content of the course are designed to lipid chemistry and many others. This course will also
provide students with a comprehensive understanding of strengthen report writing and laboratory skills.
the metabolic pathways involving the amino acids and
nucleotides; and the manner by which metabolism is Assessment Methods:
regulated. This course stresses both the normal metabolic Continuous Assessment: 100%
function, and why disease states occur if normal metabolic
processes are disrupted.
SIJ 2012 NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 50% This subject develops on the understanding of biochemistry
Final Examination: 50% and explores the biochemical activity of nutrients and food
constituents in the human body. Students will appreciate
the importance of food groups and healthy eating, and the
SIJ 2005 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY influence of dietary modification and nutritional intervention
on physiology and physiological dysfunction. Integral
This course explores in detail the theories of transcription, biochemical pathways are explored in relation to the
translation and the regulation involved. This course also nutritional influences that moderate those pathways.
looks at gene regulation both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Students will further develop their understanding of the role
Students will also be introduced to mutation, recombination that biological oxidation and the metabolic regulation of
and transposition. carbohydrate, protein and fat play in disease processes.
These will necessitate prior student understanding of the
Assessment Methods: influence of nutritional biochemistry in liver detoxification,
Continuous Assessment: 50% neurotransmitter synthesis, antioxidant pathways and
Final Examination: 50% immune function. Taken together this subject deepens

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