Amino Acid Degradation And The Urea Cycle - Biochemistry A Short Course | Biology+

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Biochemistry

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Set 1: Biochemistry and the Unity of Life

Set 2: Water, Weak Bonds, and the Generation of Order Out of Chaos

Set 3: Amino Acids

Set 4: Protein Three-Dimensional Structure

Set 5: Techniques in Protein Biochemistry

Set 6: Basic Concepts of Enzyme Action

Set 7: Kinetics and Regulation

Set 8: Mechanisms and Inhibitors

Set 9: Hemoglobin: an Allosteric Protein

Set 10: Carbohydrates

Set 12: Membrane Structure and Function

Set 13: Signal Transduction Pathways

Set 14: Digestion: Turning a Meal Into Cellular Biochemicals

Set 15: Metabolism: Basic Concepts and Design

Set 16: Glycolysis

Set 17: Gluconeogenesis

Set 18: Preparation for the Cycle

Set 19: Harvesting Electrons From the Cycle

Set 20: The Electron Transport Chain

Set 21: The Proton-Motive Force

Set 22: The Light Reactions

Set 23: The Calvin Cycle

Set 24: Glycogen Degradation

Set 25: Glycogen Synthesis

Set 26: The Pentose Phosphate Pathway

Set 27: Fatty Acid Degredation

Set 28: Fatty Acid Synthesis

Set 29: Lipid Synthesis

Set 30: Amino Acid Degradation and the Urea Cycle

Set 31: Amino Acids Synthesis

Set 32: Nucleotide Metabolism

Set 33: The Structure of Informational Macromolecules: Dna and Rna

Set 34: DNA Replication

Set 35: DNA Repair and Recombination

Set 36: RNA Synthesis and Regulation in Prokaryotes

Set 37: Gene Expression in Eukaryotes

Set 38: RNA Processing in Eukaryotes

Set 39: The Genetic Code

Set 40: The Mechanism of Protein Synthesis

Set 41: Recombinant DNA Techniques

Set 30 Amino Acid Degradation And The Urea Cycle

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Set 30 Amino Acid Degradation And The Urea Cycle

(Multiple Choice)

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Choose the correct answer from the list below. Not all of the answers will be used.
-The ______________ enzymes transfer an ɑ-amino group from amino acids to ɑ-ketoglutarate.

A)hyperammonemia
B)aminotransferases
C)methionine
D)S-adenosylmethionine
E)glutamate dehydrogenase
F)oxaloacetate
G)biopterin
H)glutamate
I)hippurate
J)urea
K)dehydratase
L)dioxygenases
M)ammonia disorder

Answer

(Short Answer)

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The urea cycle is linked to gluconeogenesis via formation of ___________________, a precursor of glucose synthesis.

Answer

(Short Answer)

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The genetic deficiency of the enzyme ___________________ results in a condition referred to as phenylketonuria.

Answer

phenylalan...

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