More questions about amino acid metabolism
Posted by biochemistryquestions on May 6, 2008
Q: AM-02
An amino acid that yields acetoacetyl CoA during the catabolism of its carbon skeleton would be considered:
a) glycogenic
b) ketogenic
c) glycogenic and ketogenic
d) neither glycogenic nor ketogenic
e) essential
f) non essential
Q: AM-03
The necessary coenzyme for transamination reactions is:
a) NAD
b) FAD
c) FMN
d) Pyridoxal Phosphate
e) Thiamine Pyrophosphate
f) Coenzyme A
g) tetrahydrobiopterin
h) Folate
Q: AM-04
The NH3 produced in muscle degradation of nitrogenated compounds is transported through blood to the liver using as carriers:
a) alanine and glutamine
b) urea and alanine
c) NH4 and glutamate
d) Glutamate and glutamine
e) Alpha-ketoglutarate and urea
Q: AM-05
Nitric oxide and urea have in common the fact that they both have as an immediate precursor the amino acid:
a) Aspartate
b) arginine
c) glutamate
d) phenylalanine
e) tyrosine
f) tryptophan
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