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Protein Science C


Semesterangivelse: Efterårs kursus Kurset udbydes i blok 1 Kurset udbydes i skemagruppe A Kurset giver 7,5 ETCS point

 


Udgave: Efterår 2012 NAT
Point: 7,5
Blokstruktur: 1. blok
Skemagruppe: A
Fagområde: andet
Institutter: Biologisk Institut
Uddannelsesdel: Bachelor niveau
Kontaktpersoner: Birthe B. Kragelund bbk@bio.ku.dk 3532 2081
Skema- oplysninger: 4-hour theoretical teaching sessions pr. subject (11 in total, divided into 2+2 hours). Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:15-12:00 in Copenhagen Biocenter.
Introduction and course kick-off Monday 3 September, 12:15-13:00.
Oral presentation week: Week 43.
Skema- oplysninger:  Vis skema for kurset
Samlet oversigt over tid og sted for alle kurser inden for Lektionsplan for Det Naturvidenskabelige Fakultet Efterår 2012 NAT
Undervisnings- form: Colloquium: A mixture of lecturing, problem solving, student seminars, computer assignments, scientific discussions and student presentations.
A total of 22 x 2 hours, 4 hours pr. subject. A total of 4 hours of obligatory oral presentations and scientific discussions.
Formål: The course is open for Biochemistry, Chemistry, Nanotechnology, and Molecular Biomedicine students and includes the chemistry, physics, structure, function and biology of proteins. Students will obtain a solid theoretical understanding of protein biology, structure and function and the physical and chemical properties of proteins
Indhold: A six weeks teaching period with 4 x 2 hours theoretical teaching a week. Teaching will be in colloquium form with a total of 11 subjects covered. Each subject is assigned 2+2 hours. Each 2-hour session will be a mixture of lecturing, problem solving, student seminars, computer assignments, scientific discussions.
One week is reserved for obligatory oral presentations of scientific data.
  • General subjects include: protein chemistry methods and strategies, protein structures and structure determination, folding and misfolding, proteome analysis, enzyme mechanisms.
  • Specific subjects include protein physics, thermodynamics, protein-protein interactions, protein design and engineering, protein dynamics, misfolding and disease.
  • Målbeskrivelse: In order to obtain the grade 12 the student should convincingly and accurately

    Composition and structure of proteins
  • Describe and understand details of the chemical and physical properties, reactivity and experimental analysis of amino acids, both in isolation and in protein structural context
  • Integrate amino acid properties and modifications in relation to chemistry, disease and enzyme design
  • Critically evaluate experimental results from studies of protein primary and secondary structure using protein chemistry
  • Explain and describe methods for topology and fold determination of proteins
  • Describe the basic methods and principles of NMR for protein structure determination and other applications of NMR spectroscopy relevant for protein characterization
  • Explain the basic principles of protein crystallization
  • Evaluate protein structures determined by X-ray crystallography
  • Describe and understand basic principles in small-angle X-ray scattering
  • Evaluate Kratky plots and distribution ensembles
  • Understand and evaluate the relative advantages and disadvantages of crystallographic and NMR approaches for protein structure analysis
  • Evaluate qualities of protein structures
  • Integrate and evaluate protein structure-function relationships.

    Physical and chemical properties of proteins
  • Demonstrate a thorough understanding of a selection of modern protein biophysical, spectroscopic and chemical experimental and analytical methods and assessment of when to use which method for solving a specific problem
  • Describe and differentiate between physical forces in terms of energy, range and dependence on geometry, environments and other parameters of importance
  • Explain mechanisms of folding and analyze methods for studies of protein folding and stability in vitro and evaluate free energy landscapes and folding funnels
  • Understand and evaluate protein folding intermediates and thermodynamics of protein folding and stability
  • Analyse phi-values in relation to protein folding and transition states
  • Relate protein stability to diseased states
  • Describe and understand the current protein misfolding mechanism

    Protein purification and identification
  • Cite and understand the common methods in protein purification including the most common types of column chromatography, protein precipitation, dialysis, electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing, mass spectroscopy, protein quantification, and chemical modification of proteins
  • Evaluate advantages and disadvantages of different procedures used for proteins purification and characterization
  • Design simple purification procedures based on predefined protein properties
  • Evaluate and conclude on protein purity from appropriate methods
  • Cite, evaluate and understand various heterologous protein expression systems

    Membrane protein properties
  • Demonstrate insight into membrane protein purification problems and procedures
  • Describe and understand membrane protein structure
  • Describe the concepts of hydropathy plots in relation to membrane protein structure
  • Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the structure/function relationship of various membrane protein families
  • Integrate experimental and theoretical data in membrane protein structure analysis and integrate these in relation to pharmaceutical science

    Interactions and conformational properties of proteins
  • Quantitatively analyze and evaluate protein-ligand and protein-protein interactions
  • Understand and differentiate between agonism, antagonism and inverse antagonism
  • Evaluate principles of protein regulation, active site chemistry and binding
  • Diagnose binding reactions qualitatively and quantitatively and analyze these
  • Understand and differentiate between negative and positive cooperativity in binding
  • Describe thermodynamically the underlying physical chemistry in protein interactions and calculate thermodynamic parameters from selected graphical presentations
  • Describe and understand the use of methods applied in protein-ligand interactions including ITC, surface plasmon resonance, fluorescence and NMR spectroscopy
  • Understand and explain spin-spin coupling, J-coupling, and relaxation with respect to NMR
  • Understand and evaluate chemical and conformational exchange, hydrogen-to-deuterium exchange in relation to effects in NMR spectra
  • Demonstrate insight into isotope labeling, sequential assignments and evaluate the quality of NMR spectra

    From gene to function – from genomics to proteomics
  • Describe and understand the following terms: protein sequence homology, ortologous and paralogous proteins, domain swapping, protein annotation, phylogenetic reconstruction, distance matrix, phylogenetic tree
  • Describe and understand concepts, strategies, and methods in proteomics and functional genomics
  • Critically evaluate experimental results from proteome analysis
  • Cite and understand the use of methods applied in proteomics and functional genomics including mass spectrometry, SILAC, MS/MS, 2-D gel electrophoresis, protein and DNA array, fluorescence resonance energy transfer, yeast two-hybrid, pull-down assays
  • Cite and understand the use of applied protein bioinformatics (BLAST homology searches)

    Enzyme mechanism, engineering and design
  • Describe and understand selected theoretical aspects of enzyme catalysis and mechanism
  • Understand and evaluate kinetics and/vs. thermodynamics in enzymology
  • Evaluate kinetic and thermodynamic studies, based on steady-state kinetics and linear free energy relationships (LFER), of enzymes
  • Critically evaluate experimental data on enzyme mechanisms, function, and control
  • Understand and integrate different regulatory aspects of enzymes exemplified by the apoptotic system (programmed cell death)
  • Describe and understand basic concepts in protein engineering especially in relation to enzymes
  • Describe and design simple protein structures

    Defining, attacking and presenting a scientific problem in protein chemistry (oral presentation)
  • Select and define a simple scientific research topic in protein chemistry based on a selected set (1-3) of scientific papers
  • Evaluate methods and theoretical approaches to address questions in relation to this research topic
  • Communicate verbally in a scientific language and present results in power points in a clear and informative way

    Others
  • Analyze, evaluate and condense experimental data in protein science from combinations of all possible areas of curriculum to solve relevant protein science problems
  • Demonstrate oral communication in a protein scientific language
  • Participate in a seminar on latest topics in protein science
  • Lærebøger: The course material will be a collection of original papers, extracts from textbooks and notes and can be downloaded from the course website.
    Tilmelding: Via KUnet during the period 15 May - 1 June.
    Faglige forudsætninger: Open to students of Biochemistry, Nanotechnology, Chemistry, and Molecular Biomedicine who have passed all first year courses and half of the second year courses (corresponding to a total of 90 ECTS-points) of their curriculum.
    Formelle krav: It is a requirement that the student has passed a basic course in protein science, such as Biokemi2 (biochemistry), Proteinkemi og Enzymologi I (Molecular Biomecine), Proteiners struktur og funktion (Chemistry), Nanobio1 (nanoscience).
    Eksamensform: A four-hours written exam without books and notes and with external examiner. Grading is according to the Danish 7-point scale.
    Reexamination will be 20 minutes of oral examination if less than 10 students are signed up. Otherwise, same form as the ordinary examination.
    Eksamen: Skriftlig prøve den 6. november 2012. Reeksamen: BEMÆRK reeksamensformen er ændret!Mundtlig prøve den 29. januar 2013. Såfremt der 10 eller færre tilmeldte til reeksamen ændres eksamensformen til mundtlig prøve.
    Kursus hjemmeside:
    Kursus hjemmeside: Absalon via KUnet
    Bemærkninger: Antallet af studerende på kurset er begrænset til 30.
    Teaching language will be English if non-Danish speaking students are accepted.
    Credit for this course will not be given to students that have passed the former courses "Experimental and Theoretical Protein Chemistry" or "Proteiner. Struktur og funktion".
    Undervisnings- sprog: Engelsk
    Sidst redigeret: 4/1-2013



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