Metabolic Integration And Organ Specialization - Biochemistry

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Biochemistry

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Set 1: The Facts of Life: Chemistry Is the Logic of Biological Phenomena

Set 2: Water: the Medium of Life

Set 3: Thermodynamics of Biological Systems

Set 4: Amino Acids and the Peptide Bond

Set 5: Proteins: Their Primary Structure and Biological Functions

Set 6: Proteins: Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary Structure

Set 7: Carbohydrates and the Glycoconjugates of Cell Surfaces

Set 8: Lipids

Set 9: Membranes and Membrane Transport

Set 10: Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Set 11: Structure of Nucleic Acids

Set 12: Recombinant Dna, Cloning, Chimeric Genes, and Synthetic Biology

Set 13: Enzymeskinetics and Specificity

Set 14: Mechanisms of Enzyme Action

Set 15: Enzyme Regulation

Set 16: Molecular Motors

Set 17: Metabolism: an Overview

Set 18: Glycolysis

Set 19: The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle

Set 20: Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation

Set 21: Photosynthesis

Set 22: Gluconeogenesis, Glycogen Metabolism, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway

Set 23: Fatty Acid Catabolism

Set 24: Lipid Biosynthesis

Set 25: Nitrogen Acquisition and Amino Acid Metabolism

Set 26: Synthesis and Degradation of Nucleotides

Set 27: Metabolic Integration and Organ Specialization

Set 28: Dna Metabolism: Replication, Recombination, and Repair

Set 29: Transcription and the Regulation of Gene Expression

Set 30: Protein Synthesis

Set 31: Completing the Protein Life Cycle: Folding, Processing, and Degradation

Set 32: The Reception and Transmission of Extracellular Information

Set 27 Metabolic Integration And Organ Specialization

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Set 27 Metabolic Integration And Organ Specialization

Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

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Which of the following enzymes is activated upon phosphorylation by AMP activated protein kinase?

A) acetyl CoA carboxylase
B) phosphofructokinase-2
C) glycogen synthase
D) 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase
E) none of the above

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Question 2

(Multiple Choice)

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All of the following are paired with their preferred substrate EXCEPT:

A) brain: glucose
B) heart: fatty acids
C) resting skeletal muscle: glucose
D) anaerobic skeletal muscle: glucose
E) adipose tissue: fatty acids

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Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

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The overall thermodynamic efficiency of metabolism is determined through reaction-coupling with:

A) NADH oxidation.
B) CO₂ release.
C) reduction of O₂.
D) ATP hydrolysis and synthesis.
E) glucose oxidation.

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