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• Week 1: Introduction to photosynthetic organisms, Bioenergetics and overview of photosynthesis
• Week 2: Photosynthesis: The Light Reaction, Photosystems, ATP Synthesis
• Week 3: CO2 Fixation, RuBisCo and enzyme kinetic, C-3 Cycle, C-4 Cycle, Regulation of photosynthesis
• Week 4: Introduction to carbohydrates: Occurrence and classification, Sugar structures, synthesis of polysaccharides
• Week 5: Carbon metabolism in the chloroplast, Starch synthesis Pentose phosphate pathway
• Week 6: Carbon export Sucrose synthesis and transport in vascular plants, Cellulose synthesis and composition of primary cell walls
• Week7: Introduction to lipids: Occurrence,classification.Structure and chemical properties of fatty acids
• Week 8: Fatty acid biosynthesis in plants, di and triglycerides, phospholipids, glycolipids, sulpholipids, waxes and sterols
• Week 9: Mid Term Examinations
• Week 10: Introduction to Proteins: Amino acids and their structure. Electrochemical properties and reactionsof amino acids
• Week 11: Classification of proteins Primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure of proteins Protein targeting. Protein folding and unfolding
• Week 12: Transport,storage,regulatory and receptor proteins. Protein purification. Protein sequencing. Biological role Plant defence proteins and peptides
• Week 13: Defensins and related proteins, Synthesis and functions of non-ribosomal peptides ,Introduction to Nucleic Acids: General introduction. Purine and pyrimidine bases
• Week 14: Nucleosides and nucleotides. Structure and properties of DNA and RNA.Types and functions of RNA.Nucleic Acid Metabolism
• week 15: Introduction to Enzymes: Nature and functions, I.U.E. classification with examples of typical groups. Isozymes, ribozymes, abzymes.Enzyme specificity. Enzyme kinetics.
• Week 16: Nature of active site and mode of action.Allosteric enzymes and feedback mechanism. Enzymes with multiple functions mechanisms and evolution
• Week 17: Isoprenoid metabolism, Biosynthetic pathways, Monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, phytosterols, diterpenes, Enzymes with multiple functions -mechanisms and evolution.
• Week 18: Final Term examinations