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Oxidative phosphorylation

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oxidizing NADH and FADH2 to make proton gradient for ETC to make ATP

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electron transport chain

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electrons from NADH and FADH2 are passed through electron carriers to oxygen to make water and protons are pumped from matrix to intermembrane space

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Ubiquinone

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Q, oxidized form of coenzyme Q

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Ubiquinol

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QH2, reduced form of coenzyme Q

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ETC complex 1

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NADH dehydrogenase, transfer 2 electrons from NADH to ubiquinone and 4 protons pumped to intermembrane space

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ETC complex 2

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succinate DH, transfer 2 electrons from FADH2 to ubiquinone

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ETC complex 3

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coenzyme Q cytochrome C oxidoreductase, transfer 2 electrons from ubiquinol to 2 molecules of cytochrome C (Fe3+), 3 protons pumped to intermembrane space

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ETC complex 4

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cytochrome C oxidase, transfer 2 electrons from cytochrome C (Fe2+) to oxygen, and 2 protons pumped to intermembrane space (Oxygen is final electron acceptor)

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Electrochemical gradient of ETC

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outside membrane is positive (many protons) which causes protons to be pumped through ATP synthase into the membrane. pumping casues synthase to spin so ADP +P and makes ATP

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Proton gradient

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accumulation of protons in the intermembrane space, ATP synthase pumps them back to matrix causing spining to use ADP to make ATP

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What inhibits ATP synthase

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oligomycin or uncoupling agent (uncouples gradient, inhibits pumping)

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Lipoprotein lipase

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breaks chylomicrons down to individual fatty acids and free glycerol. In capillary bed

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VLDL

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in liver, glucose makes ATP, glycogen, and fatty acids. FA and cholesterol are packaged into VLDL

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15
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which amino acids are exclusivley ketogenic

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lysine and leucine

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Net glycolysis products

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2 pyruvate, 2 ATP, 2 NADH

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Rate limiting enzyme of glycolysis

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PFK-1

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Irreversible enzymes of glycolysis

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hexo/gluco kinase, PFK, pyruvate kinase

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Glycolysis

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doesnt need oxygen, in cytosol, transporters are mobilized by insulin

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20
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gluconeogenesis

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pruvate to glucose, differs at 3 irreversible steps

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Cost of glyconeogeneis

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4 ATP, 2 GTP, 2 NADH

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goals of PPP

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makes ribose5p for nucleotides, or converts to f6p for entry into glycolysis and NADPH

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rate limiting step of PPP

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G6P DH, converts G6P to 6-phosphogluconate

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Goals of TCA

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2 pyruvate into 6 NADH, 2 ATP, 2 FADH plus 2NADH from prep

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What goes into ETC

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4 ATP (2 glyc, 2 TCA), 10NADH (2gly,2 prep, 6TCA) 2 FADH (TCA) makes 38 ATP

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26
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What parts of ETC do NADH use

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1,3,4

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What parts of ETC does FADH2 use

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2,3,4

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28
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lub

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tricuspid and mitral valve shut

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dub

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pulmonary and aorta shut, tricuspid and mitral open

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RBC

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no mitochondira, dont use oxygen

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heart

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uses systemic circulation, gets blood via coronary vessels

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lungs

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uses systemic circulation, gets blood via bronchial vessels

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Inhalation

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diaphragm and external intercostals contract, increase volume and decrease pressure, causes lungs to expand

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Exhalation

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relaxation of diaphragm and external intercostal muscles, decreases volume and increase pressure as air moves out

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Lymphatic system

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insterstitial fluid accumulates due to pressure, drains as lymph and filters then returns to blood. Fats from SI absorbs in lacetals, matures lympcytes, proteins, cells and fluid return to circulation

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Glomerulus

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afferent arteriole enters, efferent leaves. Turns blood into filtrate into bowmans capsule

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PCT

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reabosrbs amino acids, ions, glucose, and water

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38
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How does the PCT work

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has Na/K pumps using ATP to move particles against their gradient to reabsorb and symport with glucose

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Descending vs. ascending LOH

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water absorbed in descending, reabsorbs ions in ascending

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40
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countercurrent multiplication

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parts of LOH are opposite. Ascending makes adrenal medulla salty, so water is passivley absorbed in descending

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DCT

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loops back to glomerulus, reabsorbs ions/nutrients, makes juxtaglomerular apparatus which controls BP

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Collecting duct

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collects anything leftover in glomerulus, reabsorbs water and urine

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efferent arterioles

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connect to capillaries and returns nutrients to blood and body. Uses the renal vein

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urination

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calyx collects urine, moves to renal pelvis, then to ureter, bladder, and urethra

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juxtaglomerular cells

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release renin when BP is low

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46
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How liver controls BP

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releases angiotensinogen, which renin activates to make angiotensin 1

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47
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ACE

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converts ang 1 to angiotensin 2 at endothelial cells, cleaves off 2 amino acids, now has 8

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angiotensin 2 effects

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smooth muscle, kidneys, pituatary gland, adrenal gland

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angiotensin 2 and smooth muscle effects

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causes constriction and incresaes restriction to raise BP

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angiotensin 2 and kidneys effects

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increases kidneys ability to hold water, increases stroke volume

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Angiotensin 2 and pituitary effects

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ADH secreted when high osmolarity, or low BP/V, increases resistance, volume, BP, and water reabsorption via channels. Decreases osmolarity

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Angiotensin 2 and adrenal gland effects

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aldosterone secreted which increases volume by increasing sodium reabsorption and water moves with in. No change in osmolarity

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Aldosterone system

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angiotensin 2 signals cholesterol to make more aldosterone, high potassium signal aldosterone release

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54
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Fatty acid metabolism

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fatty acid moves into SI and reforms TAG, uses liproproteins to make chylomicrons

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Chylomicrons

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packaged TAG, travel in lacetals and drain into veins and capillaries

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56
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Lipoprotein lipase

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breaks down TAG in chylomicrons into FA to create adipose. activated by insulin ‘

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57
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What happens to excess glucose

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in the liver, it makes fatty acids which are transported as VLDL

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hormone sensitive lipase

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breaks down TAG when insulin is low, and when epinephrine is high. Breaks adipose

59
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rate limiting enzyme of fatty acid synthesis

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acetyl CoA carboxylase, activated by citrate, insulin

60
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citrate shuttle

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enzymes for FA synthesis are in cytosol) move from mitochondira to cytoplasm (citrate -> oAA -> pyruvate/acetyl CoA)

61
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FA oxidation

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makes 27 ATP per 16C, plus 80 ATP in krebs (10 ATP per acetyl coA 16C makes 8 acetyl CoA)

62
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rate limiting enzyme of FA oxidation

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carnitine acyl transferase, attatches acyl to carnitine to move to matrix

63
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FA oxidation regulation

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malonyl coA inhibits CAT-1

64
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glucogenic amino acids

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amino acids used for glucose synthesis, converted to pyruvate, OAA, or TCA intermediated

65
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ketogenic amino acids

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amino acids used for carbon backbone for FA synthesis, converted to acetyl coA

66
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goal of transamination

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amino group is transferred for excretion, and carbo skeleton makes glutamate or use alpha KG for glycolysis

67
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follicular cycle

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follicles grow, increase estrogen, decrease FSH/LH. Proliferative phase. Increase progesterone and inhibin (blocks FSH)

68
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End of follicular phase

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Estrogen is really high, increase LH and some FSH (mostly blocked)- luteal surge

69
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Luteal phase

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develops Cl due to increase of FSH and LH, decresae Estrogen and incresae progeterone to supress FSH/LH, egg implants, inhibin increases

70
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Menses

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CL dies off and progesterone and estrogen decrease

71
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Pregnancy

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egg implants, produces HCG to keep CL alive, placenta now makes estrogen to maintain lining, supresses FSH/LH for no ovulation

72
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Lac operon

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default is opressed, high lactose means lactose binds repressor and leaves operator for polymerase to move to

73
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allolactase

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causes conformation change so that repressor leaves

74
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lac z and lac y

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lac Z works with beta gal, lac y works for lac transcription

75
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TLC

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stationary silica is polar, Rf= distance traveled solute/ distance solvent

76
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anabolic

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small to large

77
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Where is Mg used in glycolysis

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glucose to G6P and 2 pglycerate to PEP

78
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what happens if there is no oxygen in glycolysis

A

fermentation

79
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PDH activators

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coA, NAD+, pyruvate, AMP, Ca (exercising, need energy)

80
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PDH inhibitors

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Acetyl CoA, NADH, ATP, Fatty acids

81
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ATP synthases

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gradient allows flow from outer membrane intro matrix, causes spinning to make ATP at F1

82
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FA synthase

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has two subunits with thiol

83
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what happens to palmitic acid

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oxidized or makes TAG and VLDL

84
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What regulated fatty acid synthesis

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(+) is citrate, insulin. (-) is glucagon, long FA

85
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What are long FA used for

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oxidized, transfer electrons to carriers for ETC. Or break acetyl coA to TCA for more oxidation

86
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How many ATP from palmitic acid

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107: 80 in TCA (10 ATP per 8 acetyl coA) and 27 from electron carriers

87
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Glycolysis and TCA products

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4 ATP, 10 NADH, 2 FADH2 for ETC

88
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beta oxidation

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every other carbon on fatty acid is oxidized at beta carbon

89
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How does malonyl coA inhibit FA oxidation

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malonyl coA synthesizes FA, if theres lots of malonyl coA then its being synthesized, dont break it down

90
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Where does FA synthesis and oxidation take place

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synthesis in cytosol, oxidation in mitochondria

91
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prostaglandins

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lipids of inflammatory reactions

92
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lipid rafts

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ordered, rich in steroids (cholesterol), helps localize materials

93
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How do allosteric modulators bind

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reversibly, non covalent, not at active site

94
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How does glucagon maintain glucose levels after absorption state

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stimulated release of phosphorylated glucose at non-reducing end

95
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ATP hydrolysis

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cleaves phosphoanhydride bond between gamma and beta phosphate

96
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substrate level phosphorylation

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synthesis of ATP by the transfer of a phosphate from a substrate to ADP via kinase in glycolysis and TCA

97
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dehydrogenase enzyme

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transfers 2 hydrogen to electron acceptors, reduces the electron acceptor

98
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oxidative phosphorylation

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makes ATP using oxygen to oxidize electron carriers (NADH) to make ATP (ETC)

99
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Bile

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breaks down FA to increase SA and lipase breaks down

100
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CDK

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default inactive, activated by cyclins, activates Rb

101
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Checkpoints of cell cycle

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Between G1 and S, and G2 and M

102
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Rb

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when phosphorylayed by CDK its inactive, cant inhibit DNA replication

103
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P53

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TSG, induces expression of p21 which inhibits CDK, stops cell cycle progression to repair and causes apoptosis

104
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Osmotic pressure in lymphatic system

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hydrostatic pressure goes down in later part of capillary (higher concentration, fluid is pulled in) osmotic pressure is high, in beginning of capillary, hydrostatic is high, causing a net flow OUT

105
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hydrostatic pressure

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force exerted by the blood in vessels or in the heart chamber, drives fluid out of capillaries into tissues

106
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osmotic pressure

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sucks, pulls water in

107
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agonist

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chemicals that mimic a neurotransmitter at receptor. Increase effects

108
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antagonist

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blocks or imepedes neurotransmitter at active site

109
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Keto vs. enol

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keto is aldehyde or keton, enol is alcohol with Carbon to Carbon double bond - keto is more stable, enol is also cyclic sugar

110
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kinetic product

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fastest, low temp

111
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thermodynamic product

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most stable, slower, high temp

112
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strecker synthesis

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ammonia adds to aldehyde forming an imine, cyanide attacks then hydrolyze(not specific), forms racemic alpha amino acid

113
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gabriel synthesis

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use diethyl bromomalonate to modify nitrogen of pthalamide salt. add alkyl, hydrolyze, decarboxylate (non specific) with heat to racemic amino acid

114
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lower pKa

A

Stronger acid

115
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How many FADH, NADH from acetyl coA

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3 NADH, 1 FADH per acetyl coA

116
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lower Km

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faster converstion to products at non saturating concentrations of substrate

117
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trigylcerols

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can be ester hydrolyzed to smaller product

118
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ester hydrolysis with base

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nucleophillic addition of OH to an Ester, then OR leaves and carboxylic acid forms, then OR takes H forming ROH and carbonxylate anion

119
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Carboxylate anion

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carboxylic acid with depronated oxygen at hydroxyl

120
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saponification

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uses NaOH soap for base promoted ester hydrolysis of fats. OR group is long fatty acid tail

121
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Fischer projection

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Horizontal is wedged, vertical is dashed. D sugar have last chiral OH on the right

122
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D vs L glucose

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enantiomers- differ at ALL chiral Carbon. L must have last OH on left.

123
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Fischer to Cyclic sugars

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Axial is right- draw downwards, equatorial is left- drawn upwards

124
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pyranose vs. furanose

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pyranose is 6 rings, furanose is 5 rings

125
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alpha vs. beta glycosidic bond

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alpha means anomeric is bonded axial and down. Beta is bonded equatorial and up

126
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reducing sugar

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OH on anomeric carbon

127
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glucose stereoisomers

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galactose, mannose

128
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hemi vs. full acetal/ketal

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hemi has one OH and one OR, full has two OR

129
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beta glycosidic link

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Cis with respect to anomeric carbon is beta.

130
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staggered vs. eclipsed

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Anti staggered- MOST STABLE (largest are 180 apart), eclipsed- largest dont overlap, but has ovelap. total eclipsed- least stable, largest overlap

131
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Gauche conformation

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60 degrees apart, has higher energy than anti staggered. large groups are not opposite but do not overlap- has steric hinderance

132
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Total eclipsed conformation

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has torsion and steric hinderance. Least stable

133
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Ka

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extent to which acid dissociates, stronger has higher Ka

134
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ICE table

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use to find concentrations of acid/base dissociation. I= initial, C= Change (use X), E= equilibrium, assume 1-x for change and loss is negligible

135
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disaccharide reaction

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dehydration reaction, forms covalent glycosidic bond

136
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Where is glyclosidic bond on DNA

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between sugar and base

137
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Purine vs. pyrimidine

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Purines are two rings, AG. Pyrimidine are one ring: CT/U

138
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Adenine vs. Guanine

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two rings, guanine has carbonyl (C=O), adenine has no carbonyl, has NH2 and an extra double bond (3 in ring)

139
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Which bases pair with triple bond in DNA

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guanine and cytosine (Guanine donates 2 pairs, and accepts 1 pair from cytosine)

140
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Cytosine vs. thymine

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thymine has two carbonyl (C=O), cytosine has one C=O and a NH2 with 2 double bonds in ring

141
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Thymine vs. uracil

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Thymine has methyl group on double bond

142
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How does lower pH affect heme affinity

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Lower pH means lower Heme affinity- reaction will shift left to more CO2, and cause release of oxygen

143
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when does hemoglobin curve shift right

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reduced affinity, higher CO2, low pH, higher temp. (more CO2 reacts to form bicarbonate and H+)

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