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Contents
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| Week 1: |
Overview of Plant Metabolism, Carbon Metabolism |
| Week 2: |
Plant primary metabolites: Carbohydrates, Fatty acids, Amino acids, Nucleotids, Phytosterols, Phytohormones |
| Week 3: |
Plant secondary metabolites and Classification according to Phsiological effects, Chemical structure and Their occurence |
| Week 4: |
Classification of Plant secondary metabolites according to their biosynthetic structure
1- Terponoids: Metabolic engineering of Terponoids' biosynthesis, Synthesis of IPP, Prenyltransferase and terpene synthesis reactions, Modification of terponoid skeletons, Toward transgenic terponoid |
| Week 5: |
Classification of Plant secondary metabolites according to their biosynthetic structure
2- Alkoloids: Metabolic engineering of Alkoloids' biosynthesis, Biotechnological application of alkoloid biosynthesis research |
| Week 6: |
Classification of Plant secondary metabolites according to their biosynthetic structure
3- Phenylpropanoids/phenolic compounds: Metabolic engineering of Phenylpropanoid and phenylpropanoid-acetate pathway metabolites, |
| Week 7: |
Midterm exam |
| Week 8: |
Classification of Plant secondary metabolites according to their biosynthetic structure
3- Phenylpropanoids/phenolic compounds: Biosynthesis of lignans, lignins, and suberization |
| Week 9: |
Classification of Plant secondary metabolites according to their biosynthetic structure
3- Phenylpropanoids/phenolic compounds: Metabolic engineering of Flavonoid biosynthesis |
| Week 10: |
Classification of Plant secondary metabolites according to their biosynthetic structure
3- Phenylpropanoids/phenolic compounds: Coumarins, stilbens, strylpyrones and arylpyrones |
| Week 11: |
Classification of Plant secondary metabolites according to their biosynthetic structure
3- Phenylpropanoids/phenolic compounds: Metabolic engineering of phenylpropanoid production: Fibers, pigments, pharmaceuticals and flavoring agents production |
| Week 12: |
Functional genetics approaches in Plant Metobolic Engineering: Forward genetics and reverse genetics |
| Week 13: |
Omics Technologies in Plant Metobolic Engineering, Metabolomics |
| Week 14: |
The role of plant secondary metabolites in plant defense |
| Week 15*: |
Discussions of current papers related with the topics |
| Week 16*: |
Final exam |
| Textbooks and materials: |
Metabolic Engineering of Plant Secondary Metabolism, R. Verpoorte, A. Wilhelm Alfermann, Springer, 2000.
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology of Plants, Bob Buchanan, Wilhelm Gruissem, Russell Jones (Ed.), 2002.
Plant Biochemistry, Fourth Edition, Hans-Walter Heldt, Birgit Piechulla, 2010.
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| Recommended readings: |
Plant Secondary Metabolism Engineering, Methods and Applications Vol. 643, Arthur Germano Fett-Neto (Ed), Humana Press, 2010.
Plant Physiology, Fifth Edition, Lincoln Taiz, 2010. |
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* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
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