Gierke disease

Q: How many molecules of acetyl-CoA are produced by catabolism of the following fatty acids, and how…

A: Acetyl-CoA (acetyl coenzyme A) is a molecule that participates in many biochemical reactions in…

Q: Deficiencies in the conversion of Pyruvate to Acetyl CoA may result in severe neurological…

A: Conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA is the reaction that links glycolysis with the TCA…

Q: Adults who participate in vigourous physical exercise need around 160 g of carbohydrate per day but…

A: Niacin, commonly known as nicotinic acid or vitamin B3, is a vitamin whose derivatives  NADH, NAD+ ,…

Q: Is ketogenesis anabolic or catabolic? Thus, what initiates the ketogenesis in our body?

A: Most of the acetyl-CoA produced during fatty acid oxidation is used by the citric acid cycle or in…

Q: Below is a list of steps that occur after an exercising muscle cell begins degrading amino acids for…

A: The liver is the primary site of all amino acid catabolism with the exception of branch-chained…

Q: Can you answer all the parts to following question, true or false:  Q23:  A: The breakdown of a…

A: Metabolism is a series of chemical reactions that occur within the living body for the formation of…

Q: It is noticed that when a strain of mice exercises, their blood glucose drops to very low levels.…

A: Insulin and glucagon are the two type of hormones secreted by pancreatic cells. These two hormones…

Q: When glycogen is degraded (catabolized), all of the following occur in both liver and muscle EXCEPT…

A: Glycogenolysis is the process of breaking down the stored glycogen into simple sugar units. It…

Q: If all of the pentose phosphate pathway is functioning (both oxidative and non-oxidative portions),…

A: Pentose Phosphate Pathway, also called the HMP shunt pathway is a multipurpose biochemical pathway…

Q: After the reserve has been depleted during starvation, how would the body obtain more glucose?

A: Glucose is the main type of sugar in the blood and is the major source of energy for the body's…

Q: What is the effect of insulin on the committed step of glycolysis in the liver? Describe the…

A: In the liver, insulin can affect the committed step of glycolysis through its impact on the activity…

Q: The antidiabetes drugs known as thiazolidinediones induce the production of glycerol kinase in…

A: Thiazolidinedione’s are a class of medicines that can be used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.…

Q: How is the ability to store glucose as glycogen related to the general principle of physiology that…

A: Physiological processes are the approaches by which biomolecules, cells, tissues, organs and organ…

Q: When blood glucose levels rise following a meal, the following events occur. Arrange these events in…

A: there are a different set of events occur when the glucose level is low and when the glucose level…

Q: Which of the following enzyme(s) is/are present in liver cells? () Glycogen phosphorylase (ii)…

A: Enzymes are highly specialized proteins that have extraordinary catalytic power, greater than that…

Q: How does a ketogenic diet decrease the level of urea in obese patients and increase the level of…

A: Acetyl-coA, which is formed from the B-oxidation of fatty acids, is used to make ketones. Ketone…

Q: source regulated? What would you expect to be the effect of caffeine or theophylline on fatty acid…

A: Fatty acids are the main source of energy production because they provide the maximum energy per…

Q: Which of the following is a true statement? A.) the resting skeletal muscle mostly produces energy…

A: The correct answer is D) Ghrelin is the direct link between the emptiness of the stomach and the…

Q: state, which of the following occur(s)? a) insulin stimulation of malonyl CoA formatio

A: The fed state takes place after a meal when the body is starting to digest the food ingested and…

Q: The disease beriberi, which results from a dietary deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine), is…

A: Macronutrients and micronutrients are two different types of nutrition. Macronutrients include the…

Q: Uncontrolled diabetes is most likely to result in which of the following:   Choose from the…

A: When blood pH falls below 7.35, it is called acidosis and when it increases beyond 7.45 it is termed…

Q: When some of the carbons of glutamate are converted to glycogen, what is the order of the following…

A: Glutamine act as a regulator for carbohydrate metabolism where it stimulates the hepatic and renal…

Q: An explorer was found after being lost in the desert for months.  He had eaten almost nothing during…

A: When the explorer is starving for a long period of time glucose replenishes from the body due to the…