BIOCHIMICA DELL'ATTIVITA' MOTORIA

The course aims to explain the biochemical mechanisms regulating the complex role of the metabolic activities, with particular emphasis on muscle energy metabolism. The course requires minimum basic requirements to successfully complete lectures and the final exam. Students need to know the fundamental concepts of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Propaedeutic Biochemistry, as well as Cell Biology.

Mandatory attendance according to the attendance percentages dictated by the Regulations of the CdL Scienze Motorie.

1. Amino acids, peptides, and proteins 2. Plasma proteins, oxygen-carrying chromoproteins, and muscle proteins 3. Enzymes and enzymatic catalysis 4. Gene transcription and protein synthesis 5. Metabolism: regulation and adaptation to exercise and training 6. Energy systems and bioenergetics 7. Carbohydrate metabolism 8. Oxidative phosphorylation 9. Lipid metabolism 10. Protein and amino acid metabolism 11. Mechanism of action of hormones

Testi di riferimento 1. Biochimica per le scienze motorie – Di Giulio, Fiorilli, Stefanelli – Casa editrice Ambrosiana 2. Biochimica per le Scienze Motorie – Peter M. Tiidus – UTET 3. Introduzione alla Biochimica di Lehninger – D.L. Nelson, M.M. Cox – ZANICHELLI 4. Biochimica medica – Siliprandi, Tettamanti – PICCIN

Students will take the exam during the exam sessions scheduled by the Presidency of CdL. The exam committee is composed of the professor in charge of the course and other professors or experts in the field. The written exam consists of a list of 31 multiple-choice questions (one correct and the remaining incorrect). To pass the exam, students must successfully answer at least 18 of the 31 questions.