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Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
INTRODUCTION TO ENZYMOLOGY	Second cycle	CEBK 537		1	8.00	8.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	No
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Dr. Ceylan HEPOKUR
Lecturer(s)	Dr. Ceylan HEPOKUR
Teaching assitant(s)	None
Mode of delivery	Theoretical
Course objective	Understanding the use of enzymes in various fields, enzyme inhibition studies, aimed to learn the purified enzyme
Course description	Enzymes, classification, inhibition and purification

Course contents

1	The history of enzymes and points to be considered when working with enzymes
2	General characteristics of enzymes
3	enzyme kinetics in single-substrate enzymatic reactions
4	calculation of values Km and Vmax with linear drawing
5	Determination of Optimum pH and temperature
6	Enzyme Inhibition
7	quiz
8	How is it do to study the inhibition of the enzyme?
9	Allosteric enzymes and general characteristics
10	allosteric enzymes and control of metabolic pathways
11	control of enzyme activity
12	area usage of the enzyme
13	enzyme characterization studies with examples from literature-1
14	enzyme characterization studies with examples from literature-2
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	To learn of enzyme characterization, kinetics,structure and inhibition
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	3	14	42
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	6	14	84
Homework	0	0	0
Presentation / seminar	0	0	0
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	12	12
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	12	12
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			154
ECTS			6.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Harper's Biochemistry
Additional references

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