What is lactic acidosis?  Ketoacidosis? How can theses states develop?

Q: In diabetes mellitus the activation of fatty acid oxidation causes ketosis. What disorder of…

A: The above answer explains how the activation of fatty acid oxidation in diabetes mellitus can lead…

Q: How is lipoprotein (a) made up of. What is its metabolic role and how important is it from a medical…

A: Introduction: Lipoprotein is complex of lipid (fatty acids, triglycerides, cholesterol, etc.) and…

Q: Why are the protein-digesting enzymes trypsin and chymotrypsin secreted as the zymogen…

A: The pancreas is made of pancreatic exocrine cells. The ducts are arranged in clusters, these cells…

Q: How is the production of ketone bodies related to ketoacidosis?

A: Glucose is the primary source for the production of ATP, and when the body does not have enough…

Q: What is the effects of Inositol trisphosphate (IP3)?

A: An inositol phosphate signalling agent is inositol trisphosphate, also known as InsP3 or Ins3P or…

Q: Why would lipoid acid deficiency lead to metabolic acidosis in a human?

A: Lipoic acid also called as the alpha-lipoic acid(ALA). It acts as the co-factor for many enzymes…

Q: What is autophagic intracellular digestion? Why is this type of intracellular digestion intensified…

A: The breakdown of substances to obtain energy within the cytoplasm is called intracellular digestion.…

Q: What is enzyme lipoxygenase?

A: Enzymes are composed of proteins that are folded into complex shapes and present throughout the…

Q: Which is an ACTIVATOR of fatty acid biosynthesis O epinephrine O citrate O glucagon O palmityoyl CoA

A: Fatty acid synthesis is the formation of fatty acids from acetyl-CoA and NADPH by the action enzymes…

Q: Why is it necessary for enzymes that digest protein to be secreted in an inactive form?

A: Enzymes are the biocatalysts which are used in reaction which catalyzes the reaction.  The enzymes…

Q: How does adipose tissue metabolize absorbed triglyceride, and what are the three major sources of…

A: The digestive system consists of a collection of organs that help in the digestion and metabolism of…

Q: From where is the enzyme lactase secreted?

A: Enzymes are proteinaceous structures that catalyze biochemical reactions without themselves…

Q: Diabetic ketoacidosis is characterized by an increased level of ketone bodies, which causes…

A: Ketones are a group of blood acids. When the body produces excess of this acid, due to the…

Q: What types of cells can carry out lipogenesis, beta oxidation, and lipolysis? What type of cell can…

A: Lipogenesis, Ketogenesis, lipolysis is the metabolic process that occur in the body.

Q: Lipolysis in adipose tissue?

A: The term lipolysis is the breakdown of fats through enzyme lipase present in the adipose tissue.…

Q: Differentiate between Oxidative deamination and transamination of the amino-acids?

A: Amino acids are a class of essential biomolecules that are the building blocks of proteins. There…

Q: How would the body be affected by a drug that selectivelyinhibited lipoxygenase?

A: Lipoxygenases are the family of enzymes acting on polyunsaturated fatty acids possessing multiple…

Q: What are pantothenic acid and biotin? Explain how these molecules are important to cellular…

A: The cell perform multiple metabolic pathways in order to maintain the life processes. The major…

Q: How are the lipids made accessible to the lipases, which are in aqueous solution?

A: Introduction: Major dietary lipids are triglycerides, which consist of a molecule of glycerol bonded…

Q: What is rancidity? What is the difference between hydrolytic and oxidative rancidity?

A: Fats are polymers of three fatty acid molecules and one glycerol molecule. Fats can be of two types…

Q: What is the function of peroxisomes? How does catalaseprotect cells?

A: Cell is the basic unit of life. Based on the number of cells an organism may be prokaryotic or…

Q: Why must NH3 be transported as part of an amino acids vs. being released into circulation?  What…

A: Ammonia is produced in all tissues of the body during the metabolism of amino acids and other…

Q: Jennie, an 18-year-old girl suffers from diarrhea whenever she is drinking/eating milk or dairy…

A: Milk contains casein protein, fats, and lactose sugar. Dairy products are composed of milk and…

Q: How do lipoproteins transport water-insoluble lipid molecules in the bloodstream?

A: Lipoproteins are complex aggregates of lipids and proteins.

Q: How are ketone bodies formed, and under what physiological conditions are they created?

A: Ketogenesis is the metabolic pathway in which organisms create ketone bodies through the breakdown…

Q: What are ketone bodies and why do they form during fasting?

A: Cellular respiration is a collection of three metabolic pathways that generate ATP by the oxidation…

Q: What is the oxidative phosphorylation/ chemiosmosis?

A: Adenosine triphosphate, ATP, is also termed as the “molecular unit of currency” because it provides…

Q: What is autophagic intracellular digestion? Why is this type of intracellular digestion intensified…

A: Introduction :- Intracellular digestion is the process of breaking down complex foods into simpler…

Q: Explain how and why the absorption of hydrophobic andhydrophilic organic molecules differs.

A: An atom is the well stated that they are usually defined as the smallest particle found in a…

Q: What is the significance of the glycolytic enzymes and myoglobin in the blood?

A: Glycolytic enzymes are enzymes involved in the breakdown of glucose molecules. They primarily…