Plant biochemistry Course outline



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University of Jordan Dept. Horticulture & Crop Science

Faculty of Agriculture Semester:

Course name: Plant Biochemistry (0601944)

Credits: 3

Instructors: Dr. Ayed Al Abdallat

Course Description:

This course is designed for graduate students wanting to learn biochemistry that is characteristic of plants. The course is taught in two 75-minute lectures per week with two exams, midterm and final. Grading is based on the exams, oral presentation and plant biochemistry mini-review. 

The course will consider the chemical constituents of plants, their synthesis, their contribution to key metabolic processes and the regulation of their biosynthesis. Included will be discussions of photosynthesis, carbohydrates, lipids, isoprenoids and phenylpropanoids; nitrogen fixation, reduction and assimilation; the synthesis of alkaloids and general secondary compound biosynthesis.

There are excellent books specifically about plant biochemistry that have been published recently. They are:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants. Buchannan, BB, Gruissem, W, and Jones, RL editors. American Society of Plant Physiologists publisher (2000) 1367 pages.

This is a useful reference book you might want to have. It is available from American Society of Plant Biologists () or in the graduate studies library.

Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Heldt, H-W. Oxford University Press 3rd edition (2010). 630 pages.

Plant Biochemistry. Bowsher, C, Steer, M, Tobin, A, Garland Science (2008).446 pages.

Plant Physiology and Development, Sixth Edition. Taiz, L. Zieger, E. Moller, I. Murphy A. (2014)

Plant Physiology (fifth edition). Taiz, L. and Zieger, E. Sinauer Associates, Inc. (2006) 764 pages.

Course Objectives:

To acquire a good working knowledge of the chemistry of important biological processes in plants. To be able to readily assess current developments in plant biochemistry.

Testes and Evaluations:

1. Exams:

a. Midterm exam 25%

b. Final exam 40%

2. Oral presentation: 15%

3. Mini-review: 10%

4. Class activities: 10%

Course Contents

Topics Lectures

Membrane Structure and Membranous Organelles 2

Photosynthesis 3

Carbohydrate Metabolism 3

Respiration and Photorespiration 3

Amino Acids 2

Lipids 2

Nitrogen and Sulfur 2

Natural products (Secondary Metabolites) 3

Nucleic Acids 2

Protein Synthesis, Assembly and Degradation 3

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