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| MBGL7020 | Bioengineering Applications in Plant Pathways | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MOLECULAR BIOLOGY and GENETICS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Aykut SAĞLAM | | Co-Lecturer | NA | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course is to understand how transgenic plants are specially designed to work well under harsh environments with bioengineering approaches. With highly sophisticated techniques, it is able to question the secrets of plant life cycle and to identify genes that are involved in germination, growth, seed formation and other processes. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn the metabolic organization in plants. | 2,3,4,8 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | learn transgenic plant design | 2,3,4,8 | 1 | | PO - 3 : | understand that known technologies can warn against different viruses. | 2,3,4,8 | 1 | | PO - 4 : | determine the importance of immunogen and antibody production for vaccination studies. | 2,3,4,8 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Metabolic Organization in Plants. Enzyme Engineering. Genetic Engineering of Amino Acid Metabolism in Plants. Engineering of Photosynthetic Pathways. Genetic Engineering of Seed Depot Proteins. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Cellulose Biosynthesis in Plants. Metabolic Engineering of Vegetable Oils and Fatty Acid Composition. Plant Sterol Methyltransferases. Engineering of Plant Alkaloid Biosynthetic Pathways. Formation of Medical Compounds in Cell Cultures. Salinity Stress Tolerance. Metabolic Engineering of Plant Alkyl, Propenyl, Phenol and Lignin Pathways. Potential of Biofuels, Bioenergy and Polymer Intermediates |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Metabolic Organization in Plants | | | Week 2 | Enzyme Engineering | | | Week 3 | Genetic Engineering of Amino Acid Metabolism in Plants | | | Week 4 | Engineering Photosynthetic Pathways | | | Week 5 | Genetic Engineering of Seed Storage Proteins | | | Week 6 | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Cellulose Biosynthesis in Plants | | | Week 7 | Metabolic Engineering of the Content and Fatty Acid Composition | | | Week 8 | Pathways for the Synthesis of Polyesters in Plants | | | Week 9 | Mid-term Exam | | | Week 10 | Plant Sterol Methyltransferases | | | Week 11 | Engineering Plant Alkaloid Biosynthetic Pathways | | | Week 12 | Engineering Formation of Medicinal Compounds in Cell Cultures | | | Week 13 | Genetic Engineering for Salinity Stress Tolerance | | | Week 14 | Metabolic Engineering of Plant Allyl/Propenyl Phenol and Lignin Pathways | | | Week 15 | Future Potential for Biofuels/Bioenergy, Polymer Intermediates | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Ferran, MC., Skuse, GR. 2017 Bioengineering and Molecular Biology of Plant Pathways Methods and Protocols | | | |
| 1 | Bohnert, HJ. Nguyen, H., Lewis N. 2008. Bioengineering and Molecular Biology of Plant Pathways, Volume 1, in: Advances in Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Volume 1, 1st Edition | | | 2 | https://plantae.org/community/ | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Diğer 2 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Total work load | | | 194 |
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