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UNIWERSITY OF WARSAW

1 Pasteura Str., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland, phone: +48 (0)22 822 02 11

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Subject

Chemistry of Bioelements


No / course unit code


Semester

2

Type of course

Lecture


Teaching hours
 per semester    per week

30         2

ECTS credits

2


Lecturer:

Prof. dr. hab. Renata Bilewicz
Room: 154     Phone extn.: 345     email: bilewicz@chem.uw.edu.pl

Prof. dr. hab. Magdalena Maj-Żurawska
Room: 269     Phone extn.: 334     email: mmajzur@chem.uw.edu.pl

Dr. Hanna Majewska-Elżanowska
Room: 355     Phone extn.: 331     email: helzan@chem.uw.edu.pl

Teaching Division:

Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

Educational and
professional goals:

Basic knowledge of the role of elements in biological systems. Understanding of biological reactions and membrane transport processes.

Course description:

Biologically important elements. Macro, micro, ultra elements and their position in the periodic table. Location of bio-elements in the environment and their distribution in the lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. Concept of speciation. Physiological content and distribution of bio-elements in the human body fluids and in cells. Structure of proteins and DNA. Role of hormones, enzymes, vitamins, and electrolytes in homeostasis. Types of chemical reactions: reversible and irreversible reactions, synthesis, analysis and exchange, charge transfer and enzymatic reactions. Soft and hard metal ions. Irving-Williams series. Role of metal ions in biological processes: structural and catalytic functions of alkali, alkaline earth, and transition metal ions. Interactions of metal ions with proteins and DNA. Binding of oxygen, oxygen carriers. Enzymatic reduction of oxygen in biofuel cells. Biological membranes, passive and active membrane transport, ion channels, sodium-potassium pump. Fundamentals of photosynthesis. Model biomimetic membranes.

Required background:


General Chemistry

Form of assessment:


Exam

Remarks:

Lecture in English available




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