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MCAT Biology (Princeton Review) questionsand answers
Maltose - Glucose + Glucose
Sucrose - Glucose + Fructose
Lactose - Glucose + Galactose
Glycogen - Animal glucose storage
Starch - Plant glucose storage
Cellulose - Plant structure
Saturated Fatty Acids - -Single bonds
-Solid at room temp.
Unsaturated Fatty Acids - -Double bonds
,MCAT Biology (Princeton Review) questions
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-Liquid at room temp.
Terepenes - Built from multiple isoprene units
Cholesterol - -In cell membrane
-Steroid precursor
-Bile salts
Catalysts - -Stabilize the transition states
-Reduce the activation energy
Competitive Inhibition - -Binds at active site
-No change in Vmax
-Increases Km
Non-Competitive Inhibition - -Binds at allosteric site
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-Decreases Vmax
-No change in Km
Uncompetitive Inhibition - -Binds at allosteric site of ES complex
-Decreases Vmax
-Decreases Km
Mixed Inhibition - -Binds at allosteric site of E along or ES complex
-Decreases Vmax
-Varied effects on Km
Glycolysis - -Occurs in the cytosol
-O2 in not needed
PCD/Krebs Cycle - -Occurs in the mitochondrial matrix
-O2 is indirectly needed
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Electron Transport Chain/Oxidative Phosphorylation - -Occurs in the
mitochondrial inner membrane
-O2 is directly needed
Fermentation - Pyruvate --> Ethanol (yeast) or Lactic Acid (muscle)
Glycogenesis - -High blood glucose
-Insulin produced
-Glucose converted to glycogen
-Stored in liver and lesser extent in muscle
Glycogenolysis - -Low blood glucose
-Glucagon produced
-Glycogen converted to glucose in the liver
Pentose Phosphate Pathway - -Produces NADPH
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