Eran Levin Protein Flashcards
To which groups a amino acids can be splitted
Essential conditionally nonessential and nonessential
ketogenic and glucogenic
What are conditionally non-essential fatty acids
Fatty acids that are not essential but can become once during reproduction or disease
Does Insect store amino acids
Yes
How does proteins that are used as storage of proteins in invertebrates are called
Hexamerines
What energy source can the mosquito female use when it needs to go from the state of diapause to reproduction
Amino acids stored in Hexamerines
What are the two ketogenic amino acids which we can’t build sugar from
Lysine and leucine
How does marine vertebrates get out the nitrogen waste from the body
Secret ammonium from their gills
Is it hard to secrete nitrogen in the water
No
How does a mammals secrete ammonia
Urea
Is Urea considered toxic
Relatively nontoxic
In which form birds and reptiles secrete Nitrogen waste
Uric acid
What can uric acid cause when it accumulate
Gaut disease kidney stones And deformation of the joints
Which type of nutrition can cause that accumulation of uric acid
Nutrition from animal
To which product urine acid resembles
Purines
What characterizes pure carnivores
- does not sense sweet
- does not has amylase in their saliva
- less amylase secreted from pancreas
- dependent on theorine and arginine
- high liver methabolism
- High level of glucose production in the liver