Overview sheet Flashcards

1
Q

Pathway of the Cori Cycle

A

Muscle-> lactate-> GNG-> glucose

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2
Q

3 common ketone bodies

A
  1. acetoacetate
  2. B-hydroxybutyrate
  3. acetone
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3
Q

Alanine converts to ___

A

Pyruvate

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4
Q

Glutamine converts to ___

A

Glutamate

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5
Q

Glutamate converts to ___

A

Alpha-KG

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6
Q

Asparagine converts to ___

A

Aspartate

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7
Q

Aspartate converts to ___

A

OAA

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8
Q

Pyruvate converts to ___

A

Alanine

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9
Q

Alpha-KG converts to ___

A

Glutamate

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10
Q

Glutamate converts to ___

A

Glutamine

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11
Q

OAA converts to ___

A

Aspartate

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12
Q

Aspartate converts to ___

A

Asparagine

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13
Q

Alpha ketoacid converts to ___

A

AA

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14
Q

AA converts to ___

A

Alpha ketoacid

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15
Q

Equation of ALT

A

Alanine + a-KG pyruvate + glutamate

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16
Q

Equation of AST

A

OAA + glutamate aspartate + a-KG

17
Q

What is the glutamine-glutamate cycle?

A
  1. muscle takes in glutamate and adds N, making glutamine

2. glutamine leaves to donate N

18
Q

2 AAs that are not glucogenic

A

Leucine and lysine

19
Q

Main anaplerotic AA to the TCA

A

Glutamate

20
Q

AAs that muscle can oxidize

A

LIV GAA

21
Q

AAs that donate N for purines and pyrimidines

A

GAG

22
Q

Reactant of PPP

A

G6P

23
Q

Products of PPP

A

Ribose and NADPH

24
Q

“Fantastic four” of NADPH in PPP

A
  1. reactive biosynthesis
  2. detoxification
  3. respiratory bursts
  4. antioxidant
25
Q

What is a purine?

A

Guanine and adenine

26
Q

What is a pyrimidine?

A

Thymine/uracil and cytosine

27
Q

What is IMP a precursor for?

A

AMP and GMP

28
Q

What is UMP a precursor for?

A

CTP and TTP