Structural Biology

Goals of the course
After the successful completion of the course, the students are expected to acquire:

• Basic knowledge of protein folding in secondary structural elements and motifs and to understand the 3-dimensional architecture of biological macromolecules at the tertiary and quaternary structural levels.
• Basic knowledge of how the biological macromolecules have been categorized into families, superfamilies and data bases based on structural characteristics and properties.
• Basic knowledge and understanding of structure-function relationship in proteins.
• Familiarization with molecular structure protein models and molecular graphics programs.

Learning outcomes
After the successful completion of the course, the students can:

• Understand the fundamental principles of Structural Biology
• Understand the fundamental elements of molecular architecture and topology of biological macromolecules
• Understand the structure-function relationship
• Examine and study molecular models of protein structures using molecular graphics software