Review Topnatch 2 Flashcards
Maximal velocity of an enzyme catalyzed reaction
V max
Substrate concentration at which the reaction velocity is equal to 1/2 Vmax
Michaelis constant
Rate independent of substrate concentration
Zero
Rate proportional to substrate concentration
First
Emzyme that catalyze the transfer of the amino groups of amino acids to glutamate
Amino transferase
Oxidatively deaminates glutamate to liberate free ammonia
Glutamate dehydrogenase
Deaminates glutamine to glutamate in the kidneys and intestines
Glutaminase
Compounds in which organisms excrete excess nitrogen
Ammonia
Uric acid
Urea
Amino acids which carry nitrogen fromperiphery to the liver
Glutamate
Glutamine
Alanine
Function of urea cycle
Produces urea from free ammonia
Location of urea cycle
Mitochondria and cytolpasm. Liver only
Reactnats of ureacycle
Ammonia
Aspartate
Carbon dioxide
End productof urea cycle
Urea
Rate limiting step of urea
Carbomyl phosphate synthase 1
3 compounds are the immediate donors of the atoms of urea
Free ammonia
Aspartate
CO2
Heme synthesis location
Mitochondria and cytoplasm, all tissues
Heme reactants
Glycine
Succynl Coa
End product of Heme
e-aminolevulinic acid
Rate limiting step of heme
Glycine+succynl CoA -> ALA
via ALA synthase
Enzyme for the conversion of heme to biliverdin
Heme oxygenase
Enzyme for the converion of biliverdin to bilirubin
Bilverdin reductase
Amino acids degradation and synthesis
Pyruvate
Alpha-ketoglutarate
Oxaloacetate
Alanine
Glutamate
Aspartate