WGU BIOCHEMISTRY OA STUDY EXAMS GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔(Adenosine triphosphate molecule) main energy source that cells use for most of
their work. - ✔✔ATP
✔✔A product of pyruvate metabolism when oxygen is limited - ✔✔lactate
✔✔Powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is the site of ATP (energy) production, not
located in the red blood cells - ✔✔mitochondria
✔✔how many molecules of lactate are required to produce one molecule of glucose -
✔✔2
✔✔How many ATP to convert pyruvate to glucose - ✔✔6
✔✔Three-carbon compound that forms as an end product of glycolysis. - ✔✔pyruvate
✔✔a hormone secreted by the pancreas that signals
glycogen breakdown. - ✔✔glucagon
✔✔ - ✔✔phospholipid
, ✔✔maintains membrane fluidity - ✔✔cholesterol
✔✔doesn't absorb vitamin c - ✔✔phospholipid micelles
✔✔very few carbs and high fats produce this ketone in the blood - ✔✔acetone
✔✔ - ✔✔agouti gene expression
✔✔base excision repair - ✔✔oxidation damage
✔✔ - ✔✔polar amino side
✔✔the production of energy through the use of oxygen in the cell - ✔✔aerobic
metabolism
✔✔Why does the egg turn white when it is heated? - ✔✔hydrophobic interactions
✔✔a disease caused by an abnormal protein particle that infects brain tissue,
propagation protein misfolding - ✔✔prion disease
✔✔An increase in carbon dioxide production leads to a decrease in blood PH, causing
hemoglobin to release oxygen more readily. - ✔✔Bohr Effect
✔✔What happens when you bind a gas to a heme group? - ✔✔changes structure
✔✔___________ has a much larger affinity for o2 than hemoglobin does. -
✔✔Myoglobin
✔✔a category of blood based upon the presence or absence of two glycolipid antigens,
A and B (glycoproteins) - ✔✔ABO blood group
✔✔A polymer of monosaccarides covalently attached to a membrane lipid. -
✔✔glycolipid
✔✔chemical messengers (signals) molecules - ✔✔eicosanoids
✔✔C8H14O2 - ✔✔monosaturated fatty acid
✔✔ - ✔✔omega carbon
✔✔ - ✔✔gylcogenolysis
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔(Adenosine triphosphate molecule) main energy source that cells use for most of
their work. - ✔✔ATP
✔✔A product of pyruvate metabolism when oxygen is limited - ✔✔lactate
✔✔Powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is the site of ATP (energy) production, not
located in the red blood cells - ✔✔mitochondria
✔✔how many molecules of lactate are required to produce one molecule of glucose -
✔✔2
✔✔How many ATP to convert pyruvate to glucose - ✔✔6
✔✔Three-carbon compound that forms as an end product of glycolysis. - ✔✔pyruvate
✔✔a hormone secreted by the pancreas that signals
glycogen breakdown. - ✔✔glucagon
✔✔ - ✔✔phospholipid
, ✔✔maintains membrane fluidity - ✔✔cholesterol
✔✔doesn't absorb vitamin c - ✔✔phospholipid micelles
✔✔very few carbs and high fats produce this ketone in the blood - ✔✔acetone
✔✔ - ✔✔agouti gene expression
✔✔base excision repair - ✔✔oxidation damage
✔✔ - ✔✔polar amino side
✔✔the production of energy through the use of oxygen in the cell - ✔✔aerobic
metabolism
✔✔Why does the egg turn white when it is heated? - ✔✔hydrophobic interactions
✔✔a disease caused by an abnormal protein particle that infects brain tissue,
propagation protein misfolding - ✔✔prion disease
✔✔An increase in carbon dioxide production leads to a decrease in blood PH, causing
hemoglobin to release oxygen more readily. - ✔✔Bohr Effect
✔✔What happens when you bind a gas to a heme group? - ✔✔changes structure
✔✔___________ has a much larger affinity for o2 than hemoglobin does. -
✔✔Myoglobin
✔✔a category of blood based upon the presence or absence of two glycolipid antigens,
A and B (glycoproteins) - ✔✔ABO blood group
✔✔A polymer of monosaccarides covalently attached to a membrane lipid. -
✔✔glycolipid
✔✔chemical messengers (signals) molecules - ✔✔eicosanoids
✔✔C8H14O2 - ✔✔monosaturated fatty acid
✔✔ - ✔✔omega carbon
✔✔ - ✔✔gylcogenolysis
