Protein-2 Flashcards
The carbon skeleton of amino acids can be used to make ________ or Acetyl CoA
Glucose
What is the transference of an amine group from one amino acid to form another amino acid?
Transamination
What can muscle be used a source of that is metabolized to glucose in the liver?
Alanine
When is muscle is used as a source of alanine?
Starvation/inadequate energy intake
What is the ratio between the amount of protein absorbed from the GI tract and the amount of protein retained from the body?
Biological value
Protein ______ takes into account the biological value and protein digestibility
Quality
What are a source of protein with a biological value of almost 100% and very high digestibility?
Eggs
What type of protein are eggs sometimes called?
Ideal protein
Renal and heparin diseases = reduced protein = less protein reaches the large intestine —> less amino acids undergo deamination and less ammonia and _____ are formed
Urea
What is often included in therapy for dogs with hepatic disease?
Lactulose
Bacterial degradation in colon reduced colon pH —> retention of ammonia in colon as ___________
Ammonium
What protein malnutrition is:
Abdomen appears swollen due to effusion
Loss of muscle mass
Overall sufficient energy intake
Kwashiorkor
What protein malnutrition is:
Overall emaciation
Both protein and energy intake is insufficient
Marasmus
What is:
Unique sulfur amino acid
Free amino acid
Present in high concentration in retina and cardiac muscle
Taurine
What can be synthesized from other sulfur aminos acids: methionine and cysteine?
Taurine
What 2 mammals require taurine?
Cats and human infants
What deficiency can cause heart disease and blindness
(Should not occur in species that it is not an essential amino acid)?
Taurine
Taurine deficiency can be observed in dogs when they have diets with low __________ such as hight fiber diets that change GI micro flora
Digestibility
