BCH 441 - Bioenergetics

At the end of the course, the students will be able to:

• Define bioenergetics
• State the laws of chemical thermodynamics
• Describe the mechanisms of energy coupling
• Understand the role of energy in regulating catabolic and anabolic pathways.
• Describe the mechanisms that explain the high-energy character of high-energy compounds.
• Describe the process of synthesis of ATP by chemiosmosis
• Explain the thermodynamics of oxidation-reduction reactions and describe the component of electron transport chain (ETC).
• Describe the basic features of chloroplast that facilitate its role in photosynthesis and describe the light reactions of photosynthesis.