UNE Biochem Unit 4 Week 13 Material
Questions and Answers
Acetyl-CoA - Answers -Ketogenic amino acids are metabolized into __________
Glucogenic - Answers -__________ amino acids are metabolized intermediates of the
TCA cycle and are used in the process of GNG
cannot - Answers -Essential amino acids are required in the diet and can/cannot be
synthesized in the body
can - Answers -Nonessential amino acids can/cannot be synthesized in the body.
1) Used for protein synthesis and degredation with ATP + ubiquitin moeity
2) substrate for nitrogen containing compounds - neurotransmitters /nucleotides
3) Carbons from AA used as substrate for FA synthesis and GNG
4) disposal and metabolism of amino group through synthesis of urea in urea cycle -
Answers -Name 4 things amino acids are used for.
liver - Answers -Amino acids travel to the _________ where they are broken up into
carbon and nitrogen containing compounds
fatty acids; glucose - Answers -carbon compounds derived from amino acids are used
in the liver to produce __________ or ___________.
Urea - Answers -Nitrogen compounds derived from amino acids are disposed of in the
liver through the _________ cycle
muscle - Answers -60% of branch chain amino acids are metabolized in the ________.
(hint: 20% come from portal circulation
Alanine; Glutamine - Answers -In the FASTED state the two circulating amino acids are
_________ and _________.
cortisol - Answers -Alanine and Glutamine come from __________ mediated protein
catabolism in the skeletal muscle
GNG - Answers -Alanine and Glutamine enter the liver and used for production of
glucose through ____________________.
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