part 5

Question 1

where are ketone bodies formed

Answer 1

liver mitochondira

Question 2

Give examples of ketone bodies

Answer 2

-Acetone
-B-Hydroxybutyrate
-Acetoacetate

Question 3

Ketone bodies cant be used as a fuel in most tissues and organs. TRUE OR FALSE

Answer 3

FALSE. They can be used as fuel

Question 4

Formation of ketone bodies occurs when the amount of acetyl CoA produced is _______ compared to the amount of oxaloacetate available to react with it and take it into the TCA

Answer 4

excessive

Question 5

-NH2 groups move freely by ________

Answer 5

Transamination

Question 6

Pyridoxal phosphate forms an imine (a C=N group) with the _________ of an amino acid.

Answer 6

a-amino group

Question 7

Where are nitrogen atoms that are excreted collected?

Answer 7

Glutamate

Question 8

after nitrogen atoms are collected in the glutamate, GLUTAMATE is then oxidized to _______ and _______

Answer 8

a-Ketoglurate and NH4+

Question 9

What do you call the process of converting glutamate to a-ketoglutarate?

Answer 9

Oxidative deamination

Question 10

A cyclic pathway that produces urea from CO2 and NH4+

Answer 10

Urea Cycle