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What type of bonds are base chains made up of? alpha 1-4
What type of bonds are branch points made of? alpha 1-6
How is fructose absorbed? Via facilitated diffusion
How is citric acid made? Oxaloacetate (C4) joins with Acetyl CoA (C2) to make citric acid (C6)
Where does the electron transport chain occur? At the inner membrane of the mitochondria
What is the primary rate-limiting enzyme in glycolysis? Phosphofructokinase
What enzymes are required for glycolysis? Phosphofructokinase, hexokinase, glucokinase, pyruvate kinase
What are the monosaccharides? Glucose, fructose, galactose, mannose
What are the disaccharides? Sucrose, lactose, maltose, isomaltose
What type of bond does lactose have? Beta 1-4
, What breaks down polysaccharides to The brush border enzymes
monosaccharides?
What enzymes are needed for gluconeogenesis? Glucose-6 phosphatase, F-1,6 diphosphatase, Pyruvate carboxykinase,
pyruvate carboxylase
What stimulates gluconeogenesis? Epinephrine, cortisol, glucagon
What mainly controls liver glycogen metabolism? The concentration of phosphorylase-a
What does increased cAMP do? Increases glycogenolysis, slows glycogenesis
What functions does the HMP-shunt have? 1. Makes NADPH
2. Provides ribose residues
What are the essential fatty acids? Linoleic acid, alpha-linolenic acid, arachidonic acid
What is the rate-limiting step of cholesterol synthesis? The conversion of HMG CoA to mevalonate by HMG CoA reductase
What type of receptor do chylomicrons dock on? ApoE receptors
What kind of receptors do LDL bind to? ApoB receptors
What kind of receptors do HDL bind to? ApoA1 receptors
What enzyme makes cholesterol esters? ACAT enzyme
What enzyme breaks cholesterol ester down into free CE hydroxylase
cholesterol?
What enzyme converts desmosterol to cholesterol? Delta 24 reductase
What are the essential amino acids? Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Valine, Phenylalanine,
Threonine, Tryptophan, Arginine
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Terms in this set (402)
What type of bonds are base chains made up of? alpha 1-4
What type of bonds are branch points made of? alpha 1-6
How is fructose absorbed? Via facilitated diffusion
How is citric acid made? Oxaloacetate (C4) joins with Acetyl CoA (C2) to make citric acid (C6)
Where does the electron transport chain occur? At the inner membrane of the mitochondria
What is the primary rate-limiting enzyme in glycolysis? Phosphofructokinase
What enzymes are required for glycolysis? Phosphofructokinase, hexokinase, glucokinase, pyruvate kinase
What are the monosaccharides? Glucose, fructose, galactose, mannose
What are the disaccharides? Sucrose, lactose, maltose, isomaltose
What type of bond does lactose have? Beta 1-4
, What breaks down polysaccharides to The brush border enzymes
monosaccharides?
What enzymes are needed for gluconeogenesis? Glucose-6 phosphatase, F-1,6 diphosphatase, Pyruvate carboxykinase,
pyruvate carboxylase
What stimulates gluconeogenesis? Epinephrine, cortisol, glucagon
What mainly controls liver glycogen metabolism? The concentration of phosphorylase-a
What does increased cAMP do? Increases glycogenolysis, slows glycogenesis
What functions does the HMP-shunt have? 1. Makes NADPH
2. Provides ribose residues
What are the essential fatty acids? Linoleic acid, alpha-linolenic acid, arachidonic acid
What is the rate-limiting step of cholesterol synthesis? The conversion of HMG CoA to mevalonate by HMG CoA reductase
What type of receptor do chylomicrons dock on? ApoE receptors
What kind of receptors do LDL bind to? ApoB receptors
What kind of receptors do HDL bind to? ApoA1 receptors
What enzyme makes cholesterol esters? ACAT enzyme
What enzyme breaks cholesterol ester down into free CE hydroxylase
cholesterol?
What enzyme converts desmosterol to cholesterol? Delta 24 reductase
What are the essential amino acids? Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Valine, Phenylalanine,
Threonine, Tryptophan, Arginine
