WorksheetsBiochem 4
Total questions: 76
Worksheet time: 9hrs 23mins
Fatty acid oxidation involves what 4 steps
Oxidation
Hydrolysis
Oxidation
Thiolysis
Phosphorylation
In B oxidation, The carboxyl group at C1 is activated by
Thiolation
Phosphorylation
addition of acetly coA
addition of a carbonyl group
Fatty Acid oxidation takes place in the mitochondrial matrix
True
False
Cartinine acyl transferase 1 is activated by
low blood glucose
high glucagon
PKA AMPK
high carbohydrate
after a high fat diet
Carnitine acyl transferase 1 is inhibited by
High carbohydrates
High glucose
Malonyl-CoA
Acetyl Co-A carboxylase
high insulin
What inhibits B- hydroxy acyl CoA dehydrogenase
High NADH/NAD+ ratio
Low NADH/NAD+
What inhibits thiolase
high acetyl-CoA
low acetyl CoA
Select the steps of B oxidation in peroxisomes
dehydrogenation
addition of water to resulting double bond
oxidation of B-hydroxyacyl-CoA to a ketone
thiolytic cleavage by coenzyme A
In perixosomes, the oxidase the introduces the double bond passes electrons to O2 producing H2O2 which is then cleaved to H2O and O2.
True
False
What molecule generates the active form of fatty acids before B oxidation
Coenzyme A
Biotin
Carnitine
Hexokinase
What is used to transport fatty acids to the mitochondrial matrix for B oxidation
Coenzyme A
Biotin
Carnitine
Hexokinase
Used as a cofactor for B oxidation of odd numbered fatty acids
Coenzyme A
Biotin
Carnitine
Hexokinase
Vitamin B12 is used in
Amino acid metabolism
Fatty Acid Oxidation
Heme Synthesis
Methionine metabolism
Gluconeogenesis
Fatty Acid synthesis takes place in the
Mitochondria
Cytoplasm
Fatty Acids are made from
Carbohydrates
Carnitine
Acetyl-CoA
Lipids
Fatty Acid Synthesis is activated by
ATP
ADP
Citrate
AMP
What inhibits isocitrate dehydrogenase in TCA cycle
ATP
AMP
ADP
Citrate
Where is acetyl coA made
Cytoplasm
Mitochondrial matrix
Used as a co factor in fatty acid synthesis
Vitamin B12
Biotin
Glutamate
Cysteine
The conversion of Acetyl-CoA to Malonyl Coa in fatty acid synthesis by Acetyl CoA carboxylase:
is the committing step in fatty acid biosynthesis
is irreversible
requires ATP and Biotin
Requires HCO3
Is not highly regulated
The first product of fatty aid synthesis is a saturated fatty acid that must undergo oxidation reactions to introduce double bonds to make unsaturated fatty acids.
True
False
Nitrogenous molecules are not stored, and organisms use them
economically and they are often salvaged and reused.
True
False
Select all that are situations where amino acids could be used for energy
Amino acids released during normal protein turnover are not
needed for new protein synthesis
Ingested amino acids exceed the body’s needs for protein
synthesis.
Carbohydrates are either unavailable or not properly utilized
due to starvation or uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
There is an excess of blood glucose and amino acids increase uptake of glucose into cells
Most amino acids are metabolized in the liver
True
False
Select all that are fates of excess amino groups
excreted directly
stored in muscle tissue
converted to urea or uric acid for excretion
Certain amino acids are easily converted to citric acid intermediates. What are they?
glutamate and glutamine to a-ketoglutarate
alanine to pyruvate
aspartate to oxaloacetate
methionine to malate
Amino acid oxidation involves
Transamination
Oxidative Deamination
Urea Cycle
GLycolysis
Deamination is catalyzed by
carntinine
biotin
CAT
pyridoxal-phosphate dependent enzymes
Transfer of amino group between amino acids to
an α-keto acid.
transesterfication
transamination
hydrolysis
oxidative deamination
Process where glutamate is oxidized and ammonium (NH4+) and α-ketoglutarate function as the main keto acid to accept amino groups from other amino acids
transesterfication
transamination
hydrolysis
oxidative deamination
catalyzed by aminotransferases and is reversible. Converts an amino acid into glutamate
transamination
oxidative deamination
catalyzed by glutamate dehydrogenase and is reversible. Oxidizes glutamate to an a-keto acid and NH4
transamination
oxidative deamination
Glutamate dehydrogenase uses
NAD+
NADP+
FADH2
FAD+
Which is a cofactor for aminotransferase activity
Pyridoxal Phosphate
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B6
Biotin
Select all that are pyridoxal phosphate dependent reactions
transamination
racemization
decarboxylation
oxidative deamination
Glutamate dehydrogenase (catalyzes oxidative deamination of glutamate) is activated by
ADP
AMP
Citrate
a-ketoglutarate
Glutamate dehydrogenase (catalyzes oxidative deamination of glutamate) is inhibited by
ADP
GTP
Citrate
a-ketoglutarate
GDP
Oxidative deamination produces
ammonia
ammonium
a-ketoglutarate
a ketoglutarate produced in oxidative deamination of glutamate can be used in:
TCA cycle for glucose synthesis
Transamination reaction. Helps amino transferase by acting as amino group
acceptor in deamination of other amino acids
oxidative dephosphorylation
fatty acid oxidation
High activities of alanine and aspartate aminotransferases reflect high
levels of hepatic transamination of amino acids in the liver
True
False
Deamination of threonine is catalyzed by
ammonia-lyase
threonine deaminase
threonine dehydratase
Free ammonia produced in tissues is combined with glutamate to yield glutamine
by the action of
glutamine synthetase
glutamine dehydrogenase
glutamine decarboxylase
Glutamine transport is a form of ___ transport between tissues
NH3
NH4+
CO2
O2
What reactions would be affected by vitamin B6 (pyridoxal phosphate) deficiency
transamination
racemization
decarboxylation
.Glutamine is distributed through the
bloodstream to the liver, where NH4+
is liberated in the mitochondria by the enzyme (a) producing
glutamate and NH4+
.NH3 from all tissues is transported to
____ and used in ____synthesis.
liver, urea
blood, amino acid
blood, fatty acid
mitochondria, amino acid
Ammonia is transported as
____ between ____
and the _____
alanine, muscle, liver
alanine, mitochondrial matrix, cytoplasm
glutamine, muscle, liver
glutamine, blood, liver
Alanine serves as a
carrier of (a) and of
the carbon skeleton of
pyruvate from skeletal
muscle to liver
The urea cycle takes place in
cytoplasm
liver
muscle
kidneys
mitochondrial matrix
Which part of the urea cycle produces urea
NH4+ ----> carbonyl phosphate
citrulline---> arginosuccinate
arginosuccinate-->arginine
Arginine--> ornithine
which amino acids carry ammonia from tissues to the liver
Glutamine
Arginine
Alanine
methionine
During amino acid deamination reactions, the final a-amino group acceptor is a-ketoglutarate forming ____(A). A can then gain another NH4 group to produce ____ (B), a carrier form of NH4. In the liver, B is deaminated to A. All amino groups pooled in A are then removed by _____, and enter the urea cycle. This reaction generates a-ketoglutarate.
glutamate, glutamine, glutamate dehydrogenase
glutamine, glutamate, glutamate dehydrogenase
glutamine, glutamate, aspartate aminotransferase
transamination reactions involve exchange of amino groups between any amino group and a
(a)
B6 is a cofactor in transamination reactions. The cofactor binds the active sites of an enzyme through lysine side chains. During catalysis, the side chain amino group of lysine is replaced by the a-amino group of amino acids.
True
False
What types of reactions would be affected by B6 deficiency
Amino acid oxidation
amino acid biosynthesis
Fatty acid oxidation
Fatty acid synthesis
biosynthesis of glycine from serine
Polyphyrins make up the heme of hemoglobin and are made from
glycine
succiyl-coA
methionine
alanine
Glutathione is made from
glutamate
cysteine
glycine
alanine
S-S single bonds are almost twice as strong as ____single bonds.
O-O
C-O
S-O
P-O
What gets rid of H2O2 in the Reactive Oxygen Species production pathway
catalase
NADH oxidase
myelo peroxidase
GSH is uses glutathione peroxidase to
clear peroxide radicals
oxidize NADPH
GSSG is uses glutathione reductase to
clear peroxide radicals
oxidize NADPH
Glutathione reductase is a family of proteins that transfer electrons from NADPH to FAD and to a redox-active disulfide bond in the active site, which then reduces the substrate ____to ____
GSSG, GSH
GSH, GSSG
Cysteine is the rate limiting substrate for ____ synthesis
GSSG
GSH
Fatty Acid Synthesis requires
Acyl carrier protein
NADPH
ADP
CoA
How to muscle cells get energy from ketones
they convert them to acetyl coA which is then used in TCA cycle
ketone bodies are used in gluconeogenesis
the create acidosis which increases ATP
they stimulate glycolysis
Glucagon stimulates
gluconeogenesis
fatty acid oxidation
fatty acid synthesis
keto acid synthesis
lipase activity
B oxidation of odd numbered fatty acids yields
acetyl CoA
propinyl coA
What happens to propionyl CoA
it is used in glycolysis
it is converted to succinyl coA
it us used in the TCA cycle
it is converted to urea
Two carbon units in acetyl coA produced in the matrix from pathways is exporten into the cytoplasm to make fatty acids by
Glutamate
citrate
Oxaloacetate
a-ketoglutarate
Glutathione is made of
Glutamate
cysteine
glycine
threonine
Fatty acid synthesis to produce palmitate requires ___ ATP and ____ NADPH
7, 14
14, 7
18, 9
9, 18
This last enzyme in FA synthesis hydrolyzes palmitate and allows it to leave ACP
(a)
The NADPH needed for FA synthesis comes from
pentose phosphate pathway
glycolysis
malate and malic enzyme
citrate
Fatty Acid synthesis requires ___ ATP to start while Fatty acid oxidation requires ___ ATP to start
1,2
2,1
2,4
4,2
coenzyme A in the cytosol is used for FA synthesis
True
False
Select all enzymes required for B oxidation of saturated fatty acids
Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
Enoyl-CoA hydratase
hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase
Ketoacyl-CoA thiolase
acetyl-coA isomerase
