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  Course Description
Course Name : Enzymes And Enzyme Kinetics

Course Code : KM 478

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 4

Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 4

Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. SEYHAN TÜKEL

Learning Outcomes of the Course : learn fundamental principles of enzyme kinetics, enzyme inhibition and activation and enzymatic regulation

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : To learn fundamental principles of enzyme kinetics

Course Contents : Enzyme Structure, Enzyme Kinetics, Steady-State Kinetics and the Michaelis-Menten Equation, Analysis of Enzyme Kinetic Data, Reversible Enzyme Reactions, Enzyme Inhibition Multi-Substrate Reactions, Derivation of Rate Equations of Complex Enzyme Mechanisms, Kinetics of Allosteric Enzymes, Special Enzyme Mechanisms, pH and Temperature Dependence of Enzymes, Application of Statistical Methods in Enzyme Kinetics.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Classroom


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Enzyme Structure Enzyme kinetics books, lecture notes Lecture course
2 Enzyme Kinetics Enzyme kinetics books, lecture notes Lecture course
3 Steady-State Kinetics and the Michaelis-Menten Equation Enzyme kinetics books, lecture notes Lecture course
4 Analysis of Enzyme Kinetic Data Enzyme kinetics books, lecture notes Lecture course
5 Reversible Enzyme Reactions Enzyme kinetics books, lecture notes Lecture course
6 Enzyme Inhibition Enzyme kinetics books, lecture notes Lecture course
7 Multi-Substrate Reactions Enzyme kinetics books, lecture notes Lecture course
8 Midterm exam Enzyme kinetics books, lecture notes Exam
9 Derivation of Rate Equations of Complex Enzyme Mechanisms Enzyme kinetics books, lecture notes Lecture course
10 Kinetics of Allosteric Enzymes Enzyme kinetics books, lecture notes Lecture course
11 Special Enzyme Mechanisms Enzyme kinetics books, lecture notes Lecture course
12 pH and Temperature Dependence of Enzymes Enzyme kinetics books, lecture notes Lecture course
13 Application of Statistical Methods in Enzyme Kinetics Enzyme kinetics books, lecture notes Lecture course
14 Project Enzyme kinetics books, lecture notes Lecture course
15 Project Enzyme kinetics books, lecture notes Lecture course
16/17 Final Exam Enzyme kinetics books, lecture notes Exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Hans Bisswanger, Enzyme Kinetics Principles and Methods, 2002 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim
 Vladimir Leskovac, Comprehensive Enzyme Kinetics, 2003, Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 60
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 1 40
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Feel comfortable with chemistry knowledge and capable to make relation with practical applicaitons 4
2 Observe and analyze the developments, directions and needs of industires for sustainability 2
3 Acquire life long education capability 2
4 Have capability of reaching for information 3
5 Acknowledge about total quality and relating the knowledge from different disciplines 3
6 Have capability of evaluating the national sources for technology development 2
7 Have capability of transmitting the knowledge and relating different disciplines 4
8 Gain the ability to achieve new knowledge and technology 4
9 Learn problem solving methodolygy and creative thinking 3
10 Have capability of bringing together theory and practical applicaiton 3
11 Feel comfortable with laboratory studies 1
12 Follow the developments in chemistry industries 3
13 Monitor progress in the field of chemistry. 3
14 Have capability of team work and leadership 2
15 Acquire property of objective and critical view 2
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 3 42
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 4 4
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 6 6
    Final Exam 1 6 6
Total Workload: 100
Total Workload / 25 (h): 4
ECTS Credit: 4