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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2020/2021

Final Examination: 60%
Medium of Instruction:
English Medium of Instruction:
English
Main References:
Depending on the topics being discussed during current
course.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOCHEMISTRY Main References:
PROGRAMME 1. Principles of Biochemistry, 2013 (4th Edition or later).
Voet, Voet & Pratt
2. Fundamentals of Biochemical Calculations, Second
Career Prospects Edition (2007). Krish Moorthy
Upon graduation, graduates with BSc in Biochemistry can
become scientists, researchers in related fields, lecturers or
administrative officers in either government or private (local SIJ 2002 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF
or multinational) agencies, non-governmental BIOMOLECULES
organisations (NGO) and international bodies.
This course will explain the structure, chemical properties
and functions of simple and complex carbohydrates, fatty
SIJ 1002 FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY acids and lipids, amino acids and peptides, nucleotides and
nucleic acid, and also vitamins. This course will also
This course covers the basic principles of physical and discuss the properties of enzyme and its activity, enzyme
organic chemistry with application to biological problems. inhibition as well as regulation of enzyme activity.
This course is intended primarily for biochemistry majors.
This course will discuss topics on the fundamental Assessment Methods:
principles of physical chemistry which include chemical Continuous Assessment: 40%
equilibrium, acidity and basicity, kinetics, thermodynamics Practicals: 60%
and ligand-protein interaction. Basic principles of organic
chemistry, including fundamental aspects of organic and Medium of Instruction:
English
biological structures and bonding, stereochemistry, the
effect of structure on physical and chemical properties will Main References:
be discussed. A detailed analysis of organic chemical 1. Biochemistry, 7 ed (2012); Lubert M Stryer:
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reactivity, including reactive intermediates and mechanistic Macmillan Education.
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principles of the various groups of organic compounds like 2. Textbook of biochemistry with clinical correlations, 6
alkanes and cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatics, ed; Ed by Thomas M Devlin; John Wiley & Sons Inc
alkyl halides, alcohols, ethers, thiols, amines, carbonyls 3. (downloadable). th
Biochemistry; 4 ed,(2011) Voet & Voet, Wiley
and derivatives will be covered. 4. Biochemistry; 5 Ed, Garrett & Grisham: Brooks/Cole
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Cengage Learning.
Assessment Methods: 5. A journey from amino acids to proteins; Saad Tayyab
Continuous Assessment: 40% & Amru Nasrulhaq Boyce; Uni Malaya Press.
Final Examination: 60%

Medium of Instruction: SIJ 2003 ENERGETICS, METABOLISM AND
English REGULATION OF CARBOHYDRATE
AND LIPIDS
Main References:
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1. John E. McMurry. (2011). Organic Chemistry, 8
edition. Cengage Learning. Bab 1,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11. The students will learn the principles of bioenergetics,
2. John McMurry. (2012) Organic Chemistry: a biological biosynthesis and catabolism of the primary
macromolecules, and regulatory mechanisms involved in
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approach, 8 edition. New Jersey: Cengage Learning. intermediary metabolism.
Bab 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,13,14,15,16,18.
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3. Alan Cooper. (2012). Biophysical Chemistry, 2 The course encompasses the following topics: (1) Concept
edition. RSC Pub, Cambridge. of energy in metabolism and energy production by aerobic
4. Predrag-Peter Ilich. (2014) Selected Problems in and anaerobic respiration, and fermentation; (2)
Physical Chemistry [e.book]: Strategies and Biosynthesis and catabolism of primary macromolecules
Interpretations, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg. (carbohydrate, lipid, sulphur compounds); (3) Regulation
5. Gordon G. Hommes (2008) Physical Chemistry for the and integration of metabolic processes.
Biological Sciences, Wiley-Interscience.
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40%
Final Examination: 60%
SIJ 2001 PRINCIPLES OF BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS
Medium of Instruction:
The course contains the quantitative aspects of English
Biochemistry where the emphasis will be given to the areas
of acid-base, pH, buffer preparation, titration, enzyme Main References:
kinetics, bioenergetics and radioactivity. The course will 1. Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Gregory J. Gatto
also include current and “classical” analytical methods – Jr and Lubert Stryer (2015). Biochemistry (8 edition).
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gels, TLC, qPCR, MS, HPLC, LC-MS New York: W.H. Freeman.

Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40%
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