QUIZ #2

Question 1

this type of minor hemoglobin is used to measure long-term blood sugar control in people with diabetes:

Answer 1

Hemoglobin A1c

Question 2

______ of oxygen by the four subunits of hemoglobin means that the binding of an oxygen molecule at one heme group increases the oxygen affinity of the remaining heme group in the same hemoglobin tetramer

Answer 2

cooperative binding

Question 3

___________ is a phenomenon in which the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen is ______ related to the concentration of CO2 and H+ in the blood

Answer 3

Bohr Effect; Inversely

Question 4

Example of quantitative hemoglobinopathy

Answer 4

Thalassemia

Question 5

Formed by oxidation of the heme iron in hemoglobin to the ferric state

Answer 5

Methemoglobinemia

Question 6

___________ inhibits powerful protease, neutrophil elastase, that degrades elastin of alveolar walls

Answer 6

alpha 1 - antitrypsin

Question 7

the energy difference between that of the reactants and a high-energy intermediate that occurs during the formation of product

Answer 7

Free Energy Activation

Question 8

___________ process of increasing the synthesis of an enzyme. this is usually done in response to a signal molecule, such as hormone or nutrient

Answer 8

Induction

Question 9

____ process by which collagen is broken down into smaller molecules.

Answer 9

Collagen Degradation

Question 10

quantity of defective genes in Hemoglobin H Disease

Answer 10

3