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Advanced Biochemistry 4302 Test 1
Questions And Answers (Guaranteed A+)
Acetate (acetyl-CoA) - answer✔The central molecule in anabolism, catabolism, and the TCA
cylce.
Anabolism - answer✔Metabolism used to make larger molecules
Reductive - answer✔Reaction type used in anabolism
precursor molecules of Anabolism - answer✔Amino acids
Sugars
Fatty acids
Nitrogenous bases
ADP
NAD+
NADP+
FAD - answer✔Energy products of anabolism
Proteins
Polysaccharides
Lipids
Nucleic acids - answer✔Macromolecules created in anabolism
Anabolism - answer✔Type of metabolism that uses energy
Catabolism - answer✔Types of metabolism used to breakdown nutrients into energy
Oxidative - answer✔Reaction type of catabolism
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Carbohydrates
Fats
Protiens - answer✔Sources of energy containing nutrients
CO2
H2O
NH3 - answer✔Energy depleted end products of catabolism
ATP
NADH
NADPH
FADH2 - answer✔Energy products of catabolism
Oxidation - answer✔Reaction type used to breakdown amino acids as a source of energy.
Proteins and muscle - answer✔Types of tissues which contain amino acids
1. Leftover amino acids from normal protein turnover
2. Dietary amino acids that exceed body's protein synth
3. Proteins in the body are broken down to supply energy when carbohydrates are low
(starvation and Diabetes Mellitus) - answer✔The three circumstances under which amino acids
undergo oxidative catabolism
Dietary protein and intracellular protein - answer✔Sources of amino acids
Ammonium (NH4+) and carbon skeletons - answer✔The initial breakdown products of amino
acids
Aspartame-arginine-succinate shunt of citric acid cycle and carbamoyl phosphate -
answer✔Amino acid inputs into the urea cycle
Transamination - answer✔Type of first reaction in conversion of amino group to ammonium
Deamination - answer✔Type of second reaction in conversion of amino acids to ammonium
Alanine - answer✔Preferred N transporter from muscle
Glutamine - answer✔Primary N transporter from non-muscle tissue
Ammonium/ammonia (NH4+) - answer✔Excreted N form in bony fishes
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