Unit: Cellular energetics Chapter: Environmental impacts on enzyme function Reference: Temperature, Hydrogen -ion concentration, Concentration of the enzymes, Concentration of the substrate, Concentration of the end products, Hydration Learning objectives To understand the effect of environment on enzymes The presence of enzymes not only accelerates or retards the chemical reactions but due to their […]
Module: Cellular energetics Chapter: enzyme catalysis Reference : Mechanism of enzyme action, Mode of action of enzyme ,lock & key theory or template theory enzyme – substrate complex theory, induced fit theory, Competitive inhibition, Non -competitive inhibition Learning objectives To understand the mechanism of enzyme action To learn about competitive and non-competitive inhibition […]
Unit: Cellular energetics Chapter: Enzyme structure Reference: ENZYMES, CHARACTERISTICS OF ENZYMES, STRUCTURE OF ENZYMES, TERMS RELATED TO ENZYMES, NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF ENZYMES Learning objectives To understand about the structure of enzyme To learn the characteristics of enzyme ENZYMES Enzymes are biocatalysts made up of proteins (except ribozyme) which increases the rate of biochemical […]
Unit: Cell structure and function Chapter: Compartmentalisation and its origin Reference: Compartmentalization, Prokaryotic and eukaryotic compartmentalisation, Compartmentalization in prokaryotic cell Compartmentalization of eukaryotic cell, Advantages of the compartmentalization of cells, Benefits of compartmentalization in prokaryotic cells, Origin of compartmentalization Learning objectives To understand about compartmentalization of cell To identify the advantages and origin of […]
Unit: Cell structure and function Chapter: Facilitated diffusion Reference: Facilitated diffusion, Channel protein, Gated channel protein, Carrier protein, Ion Channels, Factors Affecting Facilitated Diffusion, Tonicity, Hypertonic Solution, An isotonic solution, A hypotonic solution, Effect on Animal Cells (Red Blood Cells), Effect on Plant Cells, Osmoregulation, Types of Osmoregulation, Osmo conformers, Osmo regulators, Importance of osmoregulation […]
Unit: Cell structure and function Chapter: Membrane transport Reference: Cell membrane, Passive Transport, Simple diffusion, Osmosis, Facilitated diffusion, Active Transport, Primary (direct) active transport, Secondary (indirect) active transport, Bulk transport, Exocytosis, Endocytosis Learning objectives To understand the transport of materials across the membrane Cell membrane Cellular membranes possess two key qualities: They are semi-permeable […]
Unit : Cell structure and function Chapter: Plasma membrane Reference: Plasma membrane, Structure, Components of Plasma Membrane, Models of structure of plasma membrane, Sandwich model, Unit membrane model, Fluid mosaic model, Functions Learning objectives To study the structure of plasma membrane To understand different models of plasma membrane Plasma membrane The unit membrane which […]
Unit : Cell structure and function Chapter: cell structure and function Reference: Eukaryotic cell, Cell size, Importance of cell size, Plasma membrane, Sandwich model, Fluid mosaic model, Function, Aquaporins, Cell wall, Nucleus, Endo-membrane system, Endoplasmic reticulum, RER, SER, Spherosomes, Golgi bodies, Function of Golgi bodies, Lysosomes-Vacuoles, Microbodies -Plastids, Chloroplast, Shape of chloroplast, Mitochondria, Endosymbiotic theory, […]
Unit : Cell structure and Function Chapter: cell structure: subcellular components Reference: Cell, Important discoveries, Types of cells, RER SER, Spherosomes, Golgi bodies, Function of Golgi bodies, Lysosomes-Vacuoles, Chloroplast, Mitochondria, Endosymbiotic theory, Ribosomes Learning objectives To understand the structure of subcellular components Cell Basic unit of life structural unit of life Fundamental unit of […]
Unit: Chemistry of life Chapter: Nucleic acids Reference: Nucleic acids, Role of nucleic acids, The difference between DNA and RNA, Nucleotides Learning objectives To understand the structure of nucleic acids Able to differentiate between DNA and RNA To understand the detailed structure of DNA Nucleic acids Nucleic acid are polymers of nucleotides and are of […]