Spring
The registration deadline for enrollment in the course is Thursday in week 2 for the spring semester/Thursday in week 33 for the autumn semester. You will receive confirmation of whether you received a spot in Studentweb no later than Tuesday the week after the deadline.
The first lecture/orientation meeting is compulsory, which means you will lose your spot if you do not attend class that day. The time of the first lecture/orientation meeting can be found in the schedule on the course website or on the ¿Mitt UiB¿ learning platform.
Objectives:
The course aims to give students knowledge about the relationship between biomacromolecules¿ structure and their function. There will be an emphasize on how several biomacromolecules assembles into functional assemblies and how these give rise to cellular function.
Content:
Protein will, as the most important functional molecule in living systems, get the main focus of this course. Topics that will be covered is how amino acids their characteristics are combined in secondary, tertiary and higher order complexes, and how their new, emergent properties are utilized in living organisms. Other biomolecules and assemblies of biomolecule will generally only be discussed in connection with their relationship to proteins. The focus will be on concepts that have already been presented in earlier courses such as allostery, ligand and effector binding, post-translational modifications, nucleotide signaling, and how these phenomena regulates protein function. The course will offer a brief introductions into relevant methodology, in particular how one determine protein structures experimentally. The course will also discuss protein evolution from a structural perspective.
On completion of the course the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:
Knowledge
The student can explain in detail about
Skills
The student is able to
General competence
The student has
Written assignment
Obligatory activities are valid for total six semesters.
The first lecture/orientation meeting is compulsory.
Written assignment (25 %) and written exam (4 hours). Written exam counts 75 % and the written assignment 25 % of final grade. The written exam, the midterm exam and the written assignment must be completed and compulsory activity approved, to obtain a grade in the teaching semester.
For a semester without teaching, the student may take the final exam if written assignment is approved. The result of the exam will constitute 75%, and the written assignment 25 % of final grade.
Examination support materials: Non- programmable calculator, according to model listed in faculty regulations