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UNE Biochem Unit 4 Week 13 Material Questions with Correct Answers 100% Pass Acetyl-CoA - Ketogenic amino acids are metabolized into __________ Glucogenic - __________ amino acids are metabolized intermediates of the TCA cycle and are used in the process of GNG cannot - Essential amino acids ...

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UNE Biochem Unit 4 Week 13
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Acetyl-CoA - ✔✔Ketogenic amino acids are metabolized into __________


Glucogenic - ✔✔__________ amino acids are metabolized intermediates of the TCA cycle and are used in

the process of GNG


cannot - ✔✔Essential amino acids are required in the diet and can/cannot be synthesized in the body


can - ✔✔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 - ✔✔Name 4 things

amino acids are used for.


liver - ✔✔Amino acids travel to the _________ where they are broken up into carbon and nitrogen

containing compounds


fatty acids; glucose - ✔✔carbon compounds derived from amino acids are used in the liver to produce

__________ or ___________.




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, Urea - ✔✔Nitrogen compounds derived from amino acids are disposed of in the liver through the

_________ cycle


muscle - ✔✔60% of branch chain amino acids are metabolized in the ________. (hint: 20% come from

portal circulation


Alanine; Glutamine - ✔✔In the FASTED state the two circulating amino acids are _________ and

_________.


cortisol - ✔✔Alanine and Glutamine come from __________ mediated protein catabolism in the skeletal

muscle


GNG - ✔✔Alanine and Glutamine enter the liver and used for production of glucose through

____________________.


alanine shuttled from skeletal muscle --> enters liver where it's transaminated to pyruvate --> amino

group enters urea cycle and carbon group used for glucose - ✔✔Describe the alanine-glucose cycle


The alanine-glucose cycle is used for the transport of nitrogen from the skeletal muscle to the liver and

glucose back to the skeletal muscle as an oxidizable substrate. - ✔✔What is the alanine-glucose cycle used

for?


Nitrogen - ✔✔Alanine and Glutamine are the major non-toxic carriers of ____________


pyroxidal phosphate - ✔✔Aminotransferases are enzymes that requires the cofactor ____________

____________ to help in the transfer of nitrogen from an AA to an alternative keto acid


nitrogen - ✔✔Aminotransferases do not free ammonia, but will transfer the nitrogen


alanine aminotransferase (ALT)


aspartate aminotransferase (AST) - ✔✔Name two aminotransferases




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