Lesch nyhan syndrome is due to deficiency of which enzyme ?

Q: Can alanine, glycine, and serine be used to treat hypoglycemia induced by starvation? Explain.

A: Hypoglycemia: Hypoglycemia occurs when the blood glucose level falls below the usual range. Glucose…

Q: Would glucose be an inhibitor of fructose? Why?

A: Glucose: Glucose is a monosaccharide, is a major carbohydrate present in table sugar, starch and…

Q: Which letter represents the activation energy in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction?

A: Enzymes are the protein molecules which are of biological origins or sometimes may be produced…

Q: Acute intermittent porphyria is caused by deficiency of enzyme?

A: Porphyria is a group of disorder that occurs due to accumulation of a protein porphyrin, which…

Q: Why do deficiencies in glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase frequently present as anemia?

A: Glucose 6-phosphate (G6P) deficiency is a genetic abnormality that results in an inadequate amount…

Q: Why is glycolysis more rapid after the infusion of fructose?

A: Glycolysis is the metabolic pathway of carbohydrate breakdown i.e. glucose breakdown to yield a…

Q: What glycolytic intermediates are precursors to amino acids?

A: All amino acids are derived from intermediates in glycolysis, citric acid cycle, or the pentose…

Q: What is the product of the reaction when alpha-amylase acts on amylose?

A: Amylase is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of starch. It is present predominantly in the…

Q: What steps are taken in beta-oxidation?

A: Beta-oxidation:                 A metabolic process in which the fatty acid molecules are shattered…

Q: What is acetyl coenzyme?

A: Acetyl coenzyme A is a molecule that participates in many biochemical reactions in protein,…

Q: Hexokinase is an example of a general class of enzymeknown as the _____________________.

A: Hexokinase is an enzyme that phosphorylates hexoses forming hexose phosphate.

Q: What is the disease due to the lack of enzyme for the alpha-oxidation. Explain.

A:

Q: What do you mean by fatty acid synthase?

A: According to the question, we have to provide information on fatty acid synthase. So, let us have a…

Q: Why are irreversible enzyme inhibitors referred to as poisons?

A: Irreversible enzyme inhibitors may block certain enzymes that cancer cells need to grow and may kill…

Q: What group is removed from an amino acid before it can enter the Krebs cycle, and what is this…

A: Amino acids are the building blocks for the protein synthesis that have a chiral carbon which is…

Q: The Hell-Volhard Zelinsky reaction produces a product required for amino acid synthesis. True or…

A: Amino acids are compounds that contain alpha-amino and alpha-carboxylate functional groups together…

Q: What would be the result of a lack of glucose 6-phosphatase activity?

A: Glucose 6-phosphatase deficiency was caused due to lack of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphatase which…

Q: What is the action of Amylase?

A: Action of Amylase is that it converts the starch present in the food into the sugar. Amylases are…

Q: Which glycogen storage disorder is known as amylopectinosis? explain very briefly.

A: In glycogen storage disease abnormal accumulation of sugar occur in the body due to defective…

Q: Why is fructose metabolized more rapidly than glucose?

A: Fructose is a ketose sugar which is generally found in fruits. Fructose is also known as fruit…

Q: What is the medical diagnostic value associated with the presence of the following enzyme in the…

A: Enzymes act as biological catalysts and it is a protein. The chemical reactions are accelerated by…

Q: Which enzyme deficiency causes minor galactosemia?

A: Galactosemia is a hereditary disorder of carbohydrates metabolism in which body is not able to break…

Q: why are ketones formed during starvation

A: Biochemical reactions involves a series enzyme-catalyzed reactions that involves the generation of a…

Q: What three compounds are classified as ketone bodies? Why are they so designated? What process in…

A: Ketone bodies are produced by liver when the food intake in the body is very low. It is a molecule…

Q: What is the substrate for the enzyme alpha-amylase?

A: Alpha-amylase (-amylase) is an enzyme with the EC number 3.2.1.1 that breaks down alpha bonds in…

Q: At what pH was the amylase most active? What makes you say so?

A: Enzymes are proteins that made up aminoacids.They  fold into a three dimensional structure that form…

Q: Why is lipid metabolism also known as a β-oxidation reaction?

A: It is asked why is lipid metabolism also known as a β-oxidation reaction?

Q: What is the clinical and diagnostic significance of alpha-amylase?

A: Alpha-amylase is an enzyme that works on the hydrolysis of starch and other polysaccharides.…

Q: What is hereditary fructose intolerance? Explain briefly.

A: In fructose metabolism, fructose is converted into fructose-1 phosphate in presence of fructokinase.…

Q: What enzymes metabolize glycerol?

A: Glycerol serves as an essential gluconeogenic substrate and is mainly used by the liver and kidneys.

Q: How does the oxidation of a saturated fatty acid differ from the oxidation of an unsaturated fatty…

A: Three major building blocks are there in our bodies. These are fats. protein, and carbohydrates.…

Q: What is a major difference between transketolase and transaldolase?

A: Transketolase and transaldolase are the enzymes which is used in the HMP shunt pathway. where the…

Q: Urea is a metabolic by-product of the catabolism of _____________.

A: Urea is the nitrogenous waste secreted by mammals. It consists of 2 amine groups bonded to a…

Q: where are a-amylase and B-amylase produced?

A: Introduction: Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts that means the catalyst of life.…

Q: What is Hunter's disease? Which enzyme is deficient in this disease.

A: Mucopolysaccharidosis is also known as lysosomal storage disease in which mucopolysaccharides…

Q: Infants do not have the ability to metabolize ethanol and are assumed to lack the enzyme alcohol…

A: Ethanol is used for in neonatal and infant liquid medications. However, the pharmacokinetics,…

Q: Define amylase

A: Digestive enzymes are proteins secreted by the salivary glands, cells lining the stomach, pancreas,…

Q: What is the role of sulfur in the body ?

A: Sulphur is an element present in the body as organic sulphur . Its active form present in the body…

Q: How is the activity of amylase affected by a low pH? By a high pH? Explain.

A: Every enzyme has an active site at the substrate-binding site, and the shape of the active site…

Q: What is a ketogenic amino acid? Give three examples.

A: Introduction :   Amino acids combine to form proteins. Its basic structure includes:  amino group…

Q: What is meant by the term beta-oxidation?

A: Biochemistry is a branch of science that deals with the study of chemical processes related to the…

Q: Describe the cause and symptoms of Lesch–Nyhan syndrome.

A: Lesch Nyhan Syndrome It is an inherited genetic disorder that is congenital and related to abnormal…

Q: What do leptin deficiency and Prader–Willi syndrome have in common?

A: The Prader-Willi syndrome is the disease associated with the hypotonia, hypopigmentation, short…

Q: Cite one condition/illness arising from the absence or lack of a certain enzyme.

A: Enzymes are usually protein molecule which works as a catalyst to perform several biochemical…

Q: What do the class average Jactase, and amylase in the

A: Answer :  Average results shows that sucrase and amylase are present in the yeast cell but lactase…

Q: Metabolic disorder related to Lipid metabolism

A: The two sources of fats in the body are the ones that come from the diet and the other which are…

Q: what is the disease disorder due to deficiency of propionly CoA carboxylase enzyme ?

A: The carboxylation of propionyl CoA in the mitochondrial matrix is catalyzed by the enzyme…

Q: Does amylase enzyme help digest other substrates, like cellulose?

A: Enzymes are biological catalysts that catalyse various chemical reactions. Our digestive systems…