Biochemistry - Urea Cycle with 100% correct answers
What are the 5 basic steps for breakdown of amino acids? - ️️1. remove amino group 2. take amino group to liver for nitrogen excretion 3. entry into mitochondria 4. prepare nitrogen to enter urea cycle 5. urea cycle What are the 2 end products of the urea / ornithine cycle? - ️️urea and arginine What 2 waste products are excreted as urea? - ️️nitrogen and CO2 What are the symptoms of hyperammonemia? - ️️an intoxicated person: slurred speech, confusion, stumbling gate, etc. What causes hyperammonemia, generally? - ️️pathologies of the liver Which enzyme adds free nitrogen to glutamate to form glutamine (the principle nitrogen carrier)? - ️️glutamine synthetase
Written for
- Institution
- Biochemistry
- Course
- Biochemistry
Document information
- Uploaded on
- January 6, 2024
- Number of pages
- 4
- Written in
- 2023/2024
- Type
- Exam (elaborations)
- Contains
- Questions & answers
Subjects
-
biochemistry urea cycle with 100 correct answe