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Carbohydrates: mono-, di-, homo- and polysaccharides
Lipids: fatty acids, triacylglycerols, phospholipids, glycolipids, sterols.
Aminoacids: general structure, classification of the 20 aminoacids componing proteins, the peptide bound, peptides and proteins.
Nucleotides: ribio and deoxyribo-nucleotides, mono-, di-, and tri-phosphate nucleotides and their energy, nucleic acids, biologically important nucleotide derivatives.
Biological membranes: structure, composition and chemico/physical characteristics. Structural and functional role of cellular compartmentalization.
Structure and function of proteins: primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure. Fibrous and globular proteins. Relationship between protein structure and protein function.
Components of the extracellular matrix: collagen, elastin and proteoglycans.
Myoglobin (Mb), hemoglobin (HB) and the heme group. Mb- and Hb-oxygen binging and its biological role. CO2 transport.
Enzymes and their classification. Enzyme kinetic. Michaelis-Menten equation. Meaning of Km and Vmax. General mechanisms for enzyme regulation: post-transcriptional, post-translational and covalent modifications.
Vitamins: metabolic role.