nutrition and metabolism

Question 1

what is a calorie (c)?

Answer 1

amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree c (1gram/1mL)

Question 2

how many c are in a C?

Answer 2

kilocalories in a calorie=1,000

Question 3

what is glycogenesis?

Answer 3

the storing of sugar in the form of glycogen for the body to use later

Question 4

what is the enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of glucose

Answer 4

hexokinase

Question 5

how does glycogen synthesis store glycogen?

Answer 5

through dehydration synthesis

Question 6

what is glycogenolysis stimulated by?

Answer 6

glucagon and epimotrin

Question 7

what does glycogen phoshorilase use to use the energy?

Answer 7

hydrolisis

Question 8

what enzyme takes the phosphate off to use throughout the body?

Answer 8

glucose phosphatase

Question 9

what is lipogenesis?

Answer 9

the metabolic formation of fat
(PGAL creates glycerol, acetyl CoA can create fatty acids)

Question 10

what is glycoheogenesis?

Answer 10

formation of sugar from non-carbs

Question 11

what is PGAL and fatty acids broken down into?

Answer 11

ketone bodies or acetyl CoA groups

Question 12

what is gluconeogenesis?

Answer 12

The process of making glucose from its own breakdown products or from the breakdown products of proteins. (amine group)

Question 13

what happens at the liver in the storage of protein?

Answer 13

glutonic acid is deaminated to ammonia (nh3) then converted into urea (costs ATP)