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Carbohydrate Metabolism Flashcards

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Organic molecules made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms are called?

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Carbohydrates

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The two major types of carbohydrates include both?

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Simple sugars

Complex sugars

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Simple sugars are made up of?

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Glucose and fructose etc

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Complex sugars are made up of?

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Starch
Glycogen
Cellulose

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5
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The classification of carbohydrates are?

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Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Oligosaccharides
Polysaccharides

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6
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Complex sugars are also called?

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Polysaccharides

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7
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Polysaccharides are made up of multiple?

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Monosaccharides

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The two major functions of polysaccharides are?

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Serve as energy storage (starch and glycogen)

Serve as structural components (chitin & cellulose)

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9
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Salivary amylase digests polysaccharides into?

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Smaller oligosaccharides

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10
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Maltose is broken down into__1__ & __2__ by __3__

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  1. Glucose
  2. Glucose
  3. Maltase
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Lactose is broken down into__1__ & __2__ by __3__

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  1. Galactose
  2. Glucose
  3. Lactase
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Sucrose is broken down into__1__ & __2__ by __3__

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  1. Fructose
  2. Glucose
  3. Sucrase
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13
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Amylase is denatured in the stomach by?

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HCl

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14
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The dietary carbohydrates are the?

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Monosaccharides

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14
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The dietary carbohydrates are the?

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Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Polysaccharides

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15
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Three examples of Monosaccharides are?

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Glucose
Fructose
Galactose

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The process by which cells break down fuel molecules through different metabolic pathways to transfer their energy into high energy compounds is called?

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Cellular respiration

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17
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Examples of high energy compounds are?

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ATP
GTP
NADH
FADH2
NADPH
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18
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ATP means?

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Adenosine-5-triphosphate

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19
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GTP means?

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Guanosine-5-triphosphate

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20
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NADH means?

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Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

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21
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FADH2 means?

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Reduced flavin adenine dinucleotide

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NADPH means?

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Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

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23
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Why is glucose the body’s most readily available source of energy?

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It is relatively rich in potential energy(energy stored in chemical bonds)
It supplies a huge array of metabolic intermediates for biosynthetic reactions
It can be used to produce ATP aerobically or anaerobically from its intercellular storage polymers

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24
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Glucose has three major pathways of utilisation, namely?

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Glucose to pyruvate(oxidation via glycolysis)

Glucose to ribose-5-phosphate & NADH(oxidation via PPP)

Glucose to polysaccharides

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25
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What stores excess glucose as glycogen in the liver?

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Hepatocytes

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26
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In glycolysis, a molecule of glucose is converted into?

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Two molecules of pyruvate

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27
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In glycolysis, some of the free energy released from glucose is conserved in the form of?

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ATP

NADH

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28
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The two phases of glycolysis are?

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Preparatory phase

Pay-off phase

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29
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In the preparatory phase of glycolysis, how many molecules of ATP are used?

30
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In the pay-off phase of glycolysis, how many molecules of ATP are produced?

31
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The net yield of glycolysis is?

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2 ATP

2 NADH

32
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Examples of Phosphorylated derivatives of hexose sugars are?

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D-fructose
D-mannose
D-galactose

33
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Hexoses can enter into the glycolytic pathway by being converted into?

A

A Phosphorylated derivative

34
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D-fructose is present in its free from in?

35
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D-fructose is formed from the ____ in the small intestine

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Hydrolysis of sucrose

36
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D-fructose is phosphorylated by__1__ to give__2__

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  1. Hexokinase

2. fructose-6-phosphate

37
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The metabolism of D-fructose occurs in the?

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Muscle
Kidney
Liver

38
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In the liver, fructose is phosphorylated by __1__ to give __2__

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  1. Fructokinase

2. Fructose-1-phosphate

39
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Fructose -1-phosphate is converted into __1__ & __2__ by Fructose -1-phosphate aldolase

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  1. Glyceraldehyde

2. Dihydroxyacetone phosphate

40
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Phosphorylated derivatives are also called?

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Intermediates of the glycolytic pathway

41
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Dihydroxyacetone phosphate is converted into __1__ by the glycolytic enzyme __2__

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  1. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate

2. Triose phosphate isomerase

42
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Glyceraldehyde is converted into glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate by?

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ATP & triose kinase

43
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Fructoses enter the glycolytic pathway at step ___ of glycolysis

44
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Fructoses enter the glycolytic pathway as?

A

Fructose-6-phosphate and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate

45
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D-mannose can be found in?

A

Glycoproteins of food

Various polysaccharides

46
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D-mannose is phosphorylated by __1__ to give __2__

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  1. Hexokinase

2. Mannose-6-phosphate

47
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Mannose-6-phosphate is isomerized by ___ to give fructose-6-phosphate

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Phosphomannose isomerase

48
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Mannose enters the glycolytic pathway at step __ of glycolysis

49
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Mannose enters glycolysis as?

A

Fructose-6-phospate

50
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Galactose is converted into glucose in the ____ pathway

51
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Galactose is converted into galactose -1-phosphate by?

A

Galactokinase

52
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UDP galactose is converted into UDP glucose by?

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UDP glucose epimerase

53
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galactose -1-phosphate is converted into UDP galactose by?

A

Galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase

54
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3 problems of galactose metabolism are?

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Galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase deficiency
Galactokinase deficiency
Uridine diphosphate-galactose-4-epimerase deficiency

55
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The inability of the body to use galactose to produce energy is called?

A

Galactosemia

56
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Galactosemia is a rare disease in?

57
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Classical Galactosemia is caused by the deficiency of?

A

Galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase

58
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Galactosemia is inherited as ?

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Autosomal recessive disorder

59
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Mutation in the ___ on chromosome 9 is responsible for galactosemia

60
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Increased galactose levels in the urine is called?

A

Galactosuria

61
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Accumulated galactose is diverted for the production of___ by the enzyme aldol reductase

A

Galactitol

62
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Galactitol has been implicated in the development of?

63
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Galactitol and galactose-1-phosphate accumulation in body tissues leads to ___ in their functions

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Impairment

64
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Four clinical symptoms of galactosemia are?

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Jaundice
Mental retardation
Weight loss(infants)
Cataract (severe cases)

65
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The diagnosis of galactosemia is done by measuring galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase activity in the?

A

Erythrocytes

66
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The treatment of galactosemia is carried out by?

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Supplying diet lacking in galactose and lactose

67
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Galactokinase deficiency or GALK is caused by?

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Mutation of GALK1 gene

68
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GALK symptom is?

69
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GALK is treated by?

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Eating food lacking galactose and lactose

70
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Uridine diphosphate galactose-4-epimerase deficiency (GALE) symptoms are?

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Cataracts
Liver disease
Kidney problems

71
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GALE is caused by?

A

Mutation in GALE gene

72
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Non- classical galactosemia is caused by?

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Deficiency of UDP galactose-4-epimerase

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