Syllabus
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Course Code: B-BCH-504 Course Name: Plant Biochemistry-I |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Photosynthesis – Photosynthetic apparatus, pigments of photosynthesis, role of carotenoids,
photosystems I and II, their location; Hill reaction, photosynthetic electron transport and
generation of NADPH & ATP, cyclic and non-cyclic photophosphorylations, complexes
associated with thylakoid membranes; light harvesting complexes, Photosynthetic CO2 Assimilation: path of carbon in photosynthesis – C3 and C4 pathway of carbon reduction and its regulation, CAM pathway Photorespiration; organelles involved in photorespiration, C2 cycle, correlation of photosynthesis and photorespiration, importance of photorespiration for plants |
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| 2 | Electron transport system in plants: oxidative phosphorylation, mitochondrial respiratory
complexes, order and organization of electron carriers, electrochemical gradient, chemiosmotic
theory, ATP synthase and mechanism of ATP synthesis, difference in chloroplast and
mitochondrial electron transport chain, difference in animal and plant electron transport chain Sulphate assimilation: Sulphate uptake; reduction of sulfate (free and intermediate bound ), sulfite reductase, structure and energy required by sulfate reductase and sulfite reductase, assimilation of sulphate into cysteine and methionine Plant Hormones: Structures, translocation and physiological functions of Auxins, Gibberllins, cytokinins, Ethylene, Abscisic acid |
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