Chiro Board Review App Flashcards
All amino acids at a pH of 7 has its isoelectric point at a pH of 6, therefore it will be?
Negatively charged
An increase in which of the following minerals causes a decrease in blood pressure?
Potassium
Anaerobic glycolysis yields how many ATP?
2
Dietary vitamin E is absorbed in the intestines by?
Lipids
Extracellular ammonia is transported from skeletal muscle to the liver by?
L Alanine
If a substance contains 30% starch, 10% maltose, 10% lactose, 50% sucrose what % is glucose, galactose, fructose?
70, 5, 25
In fatty acid biosynthesis which of the following requires NADPH?
Ketoacyl reductase
In the initial step of the CTA the combination of acetyl CoA & what form citrate?
Oxaloacetate
Ketones results from?
Incomplete oxidation of fats
Oxaloacetate is the alpha keto of?
Aspartic acid
Oxidation of fatty acids yielding CO2 & water thorugh beta oxidation also goes through?
TCA & ETC
The build-up of cholesterol will inhibit?
HMG CoA reductase
The molecule that enzymes act upon is known as?
Substrate
The most abundant polar compound of a cell membrane is?
Phosphate portion of phospholipids
The reason that the TCA cycle cannot proceed under the anaerobic conditions?
Cannot regenerate NAD & FAD without O2
tRNA is responsible for?
Supplying amino acids to complete a protein chain
What amino acid is a precursor to serotonin?
Tryptophan