OPEN Questions

Question 1

Reaction of acetyl-coa carboxylase with structures and intermediates

Question 2

Describe the formation if glucose-1-phosphate in glycogenolysis with structures

Question 3

Reaction of sphingolipid synthesis with structures

Question 4

Describe the synthesis of Orotate (orotic acid) with structural formulas

Question 5

Difference between non-competitive and mixed non-competitive enzyme inhibitors with graphs.

Question 6

Glucose-1-phosphate from glycogenolysis+its role in the metabolism

Question 7

Describe (with structures) the reaction of pyruvate dehydrogenase in the sheet and its regulation in the text area

Question 8

Describe with structures the different steps in the synthesis of fatty acids (fatty acid synthase
lipogenesis) and the final product. In the text briefly describe the regulation mechanisms

Question 9

Describe with formulas and structures the intermediate steps of the release of Glucose-1-phosphate
from glycogen and the metabolic role of Glucose-1-phosphate

Question 10

Describe (with structures) the mechanism of oxidative deamination of an amino acid

Question 11

Describe with formulas the GMP synthesis starting from the IMP. Is ATP or GTP used for the synthesis
of GMP? For what reason?

Question 12

Report the reaction, intermediates and structures of aconitase, in the text area discuss what it does, if
it is regulated and what kind of enzyme it is

Question 13

Describe with formulas the degradation of AMP up to the formation of Uric Acid

Question 14

Report with formulas and structures (in Fisher projection) the whole first phase of glycolysis. Describe
in the text (if any) which are the steps that are regulated (and by what) and which are not

Question 15

Steps of glycogen synthesis

Question 16

Steps of urea cycle

Question 17

recycling pathway of THF from DHF

Question 18

Comparison between lactic and alcoholic fermentation - what is important about
these 2 pathways

Question 19

synthesis of cholesterol up to isopenthenyl pyrophosphate + formula of cholesterol