Cell function

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BIOL 152 Cell Function Biological transport processes (Diffusion, Osmosis, Active Transport etc.). Classes of enzymes. The role of enzymes in cells, Basic enzyme kinetics and initial rates based on Michaelis-Menten approach. Graphical plots of kinetic data: Lineweaver-Burk, Eadie Hofstee, Cornish-Bowden. Factors effecting enzyme activity, pH, temperature, inhibitors and activators. Cell nutrition; role of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids in cell nutrition. Cellular respiration. Metabolic processes – carbohydrate metabolism, energy conservation, fatty acid metabolism, protein metabolism, and nucleic acid metabolism.

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