Proteins Metabolism

Question 1

The supply of only a small portion of complete major body needs

Answer 1

Proteins Metabolism

Question 2

The digestion beginning in the stomach rather than the mouth

Answer 2

Protein Digestion and Absorption

Question 3

Its antiseptic properties kill most bacteria
Its denaturing action

Answer 3

Major Functions of Hydrochloric Acid

Question 4

Trypsin
Chymotrypsin Carboxypeptidase Aminopeptidase
Zymogens

Answer 4

Fundamental Pancreatic Digestive Enzymes

Question 5

The total supply of free amino acids available for use in the human body

Answer 5

Amino Acid Utilization

Question 6

Repetitive process in which proteins are degraded and resynthesized within the human body

Answer 6

Protein Turnover

Question 7

State that results when the amount of nitrogen taken into the human body as protein equals the amount of nitrogen excreted from the body in waste materials

Answer 7

Nitrogen Balance

Question 8

Protein synthesis

Answer 8

First Way

Question 9

Synthesis of nonprotein nitrogen-containing compounds

Answer 9

Second Way

Question 10

Synthesis of nonessential amino acids

Answer 10

Third Way

Question 11

Production of energy

Answer 11

Fourth Way

Question 12

A biochemical reaction that involves the interchange of the amino group of an a-amino acid with the keto group of a a-keto acid

Answer 12

Transamination Reactions

Question 13

Transamination reaction in protein metabolism

Answer 13

Glutamate Production via Transamination

Question 14

Amino acid aspartate

Answer 14

Further Processing of Glutamate

Question 15

Transamination in which glutamate is the reacting a-amino acid and oxaloacetate is reacting a-keto acid produces aspartate as the new amino acid

Answer 15

Aspartate Production via Transamination

Question 16

Biochemical reaction in which an amino acid is simply converted into a keto acid with a release of such an ammonium ion

Answer 16

Ammonium Ion Production via Oxidative Deamination

Question 17

The cyclic biochemical pathway in which urea is produced, for excretion, using ammonium ions and aspartate molecules as nitrogen sources

Answer 17

Urea Cycle

Question 18

Ammonia one of the two nitrogen-carrying molecules associated with urea cycle operation does not enter the cycle directly

Answer 18

Carbamoyl Phosphate

Question 19

Carbamoyl group transfer
Citrulline-aspartate condensation
Arginosuccinate cleavage
Urea from arginine hydrolysis

Answer 19

Steps of the Urea Cycle

Question 20

The removal of the amino group of an amino acid by transamination / oxidative deamination

Answer 20

Amino Acid Carbon Skeleton

Question 21

Amino acid that has a carbon-containing degradation product that can be used to produce glucose via gluconeogenesis

Answer 21

Glucogenic Amino Acid

Question 22

Amino acid that has a carbon-containing degradation product that can be used to produce ketone bodies

Answer 22

Ketogenic Amino Acid

Question 23

The classification of amino acids as essential or nonessential for humans roughly parallel the number of steps in their biosynthetic pathways and the energy required for their synthesis

Answer 23

Amino Acid Biosynthesis

Question 24

The red blood cells are highly specialized cells whose primary function is to deliver oxygen to and remove carbon dioxide from body tissues

Answer 24

Hemoglobin Circulation

Question 25

All of the standard amino acids found in proteins contain the elements carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen

Answer 25

Proteins and the Element Sulfur

Question 26

Actual numerous connection among pathway mean that a change in one pathway can affect many other pathways

Answer 26

Interrelationships Among Metabolic Pathways

Question 27

Depended on the cofactor PLP which thus involves vitamin B6

Answer 27

B Vitamins and Protein Metabolism

Question 28

Total supply of free amino acids

Answer 28

Amino Acid Pool

Question 29

Pyruvate

Answer 29

Biodegradation of Cysteine

Question 30

Amino Acid Serine

Answer 30

Biosynthesis of Cysteine