BOT-104 NOTES

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BOT-104  BIOCHEMISTRY AND PLANT METABOLISM NOTES

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Unit-I 

Lecture - 1 Carbohydrates: Classification, occurrence structure and functions of monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides including starch, cellulose, pectin and chitin:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2022/11/carbohydrates-classification-occurrence.html

Lecture - 2 Lipids: Structure, lipid biosynthesis, α and β oxidations:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2022/11/lipids-structure-lipid-biosynthesis-and.html

Unit-II 

Lecture - 3 Proteins: Occurrence, structure-primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary, properties and functions:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2022/11/proteins-occurrence-structure-primary.html

Lecture - 4 Enzymes: Structure, classification and mode of action:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2022/11/enzymes-structure-classification-and.html

Unit- III 

Lecture - 5 Photosynthesis: Energy pathway in photosynthesis, chloroplast as an energy transducing organelle, composition and characterization of photosystems I and II, electron flow through cyclic, non cyclic and pseudocyclic photophosphorylations:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2022/12/photosynthesis-energy-pathway-in.html

Lecture - 6 Photosynthesis: Pathway of CO2 fixation, difference between C3 and C4 photosynthesis, different kinds of C4 pathways, CAM pathway, photorespiration:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2022/12/photosynthesis-pathway-of-co2-fixation.html

Unit-IV 

Lecture - 7 Respiration: Types of respiratory substrates and their utilization in respiration. Glycolysis and TCA cycle with emphasis on enzyme system:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2022/12/respiration-types-of-respiratory.html

Lecture - 8  Respiration: ATP synthesis through oxidative electron-transfer chain (cytochrome system), Chemo-osmotic regeneration of ATP, glyoxalate cycle:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2022/12/respiration-atp-synthesis-through.html

Unit-V 

Lecture - 9 Secondary metabolites: Definition, distribution and classification:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2023/01/secondary-metabolites-definition.html 

Lecture - 10 Secondary metabolites: Biosynthesis and functions of secondary metabolites with special reference to alkaloids, tannins and steroidal compounds:-

https://plantbreeding2010.blogspot.com/2023/01/secondary-metabolites-biosynthesis-and.html