| Educational guide Faculty of Chemistry |
english |
| Nutrition and Metabolism (2012) |
 Subjects |
| CELL SIGNALING |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2016_17 |
| Subject | CELL SIGNALING | Code | 13675251 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 3 | Optional | AN |
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| Competences | Learning aims | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Topic 1. Necessity of cell functions control. Control mechanisms of cell function. Basic principles of cell signalling and basic concepts. | |
| Topic 2. Receptors: Types of receptors. Membrane and nuclear receptors. Overview of cell signalling. |
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| Topic 3. G Proteins. Timeric and monomerica G proteins. |
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| Topic 4. Cyclic nucleotides: cAMP and adenylate cyclase. cGMP and guanylate cyclase. Phospodiesterases. | |
| Topic 5. Inositol phosphate and other membrane lipids: phosphatidylinositols. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and diacylglycerols. Other molecules derived of lipids that act as signals. |
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| Topic 6. Calcium: calcium-dependent proteins. Calmodulin. Concentration and intracelular stores of calcium. Mechanisms that mobilize calcium. |
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| Topic 7. Protein kinases and protein phosphatases: serine/threonine kinases. Tyrosine kinases. Mitogen-activated protein kinases. Phosphatases. | |
| Topic 8. Mechanisms of insulin, glucagon, catecholamines and leptin signalling. |
