Biochemistry
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ISBN: 9781305961135
Author: Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrell, Owen M. McDougal
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 17, Problem 34RE
BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS Beriberi is a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine) in the diet. Thiamine is the precursor of thiamine pyrophosphate. In view of what you have learned in this chapter, why is it not surprising that alcoholics tend to develop this disease?
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Ch. 17 - RECALL Which reaction or reactions that we have...Ch. 17 - RECALL Which reaction or reactions that we have...Ch. 17 - RECALL What are the possible metabolic fates of...Ch. 17 - RECALL Explain the origin of the name of the...Ch. 17 - RECALL Define isozymes and give an example from...Ch. 17 - RECALL Why would enzymes be found as isozymes?Ch. 17 - RECALL Why is the formation of...Ch. 17 - REFLECT AND APPLLY Show that the reaction...Ch. 17 - REFLECT AND APPLLY What is the metabolic advantage...Ch. 17 - REFLECT AND APPLLY What are the metabolic effects...
Ch. 17 - REFLECT AND APPLLY In what way is the observed...Ch. 17 - REFLECT AND APPLLY How does ATP act as an...Ch. 17 - RECALL At what point in glycolysis are all the...Ch. 17 - RECALL Which of the enzymes discussed in this...Ch. 17 - RECALL Define substrate-level phosphorylation and...Ch. 17 - Prob. 16RECh. 17 - RECALL Which molecules act as inhibitors of...Ch. 17 - RECALL Many NADH-linked dehydrogenases have...Ch. 17 - RECALL Several of the enzymes of glycolysis fall...Ch. 17 - Prob. 20RECh. 17 - REFLECT AND APPLLY Is the reaction of...Ch. 17 - Prob. 22RECh. 17 - Prob. 23RECh. 17 - Prob. 24RECh. 17 - Prob. 25RECh. 17 - Prob. 26RECh. 17 - Prob. 27RECh. 17 - Prob. 28RECh. 17 - RECALL If lactic acid is the buildup product of...Ch. 17 - Prob. 30RECh. 17 - Prob. 31RECh. 17 - Prob. 32RECh. 17 - REFLECT AND APPLLY What is unique about TPP that...Ch. 17 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS Beriberi is a disease...Ch. 17 - REFLECT AND APPLLY Most hunters know that meat...Ch. 17 - REFLECT AND APPLLY What is the metabolic advantage...Ch. 17 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS Cancer cells grow so...Ch. 17 - Prob. 38RECh. 17 - Prob. 39RECh. 17 - REFLECT AND APPLLY Show how the estimate of 33%...Ch. 17 - Prob. 41RECh. 17 - Prob. 42RECh. 17 - Prob. 43RECh. 17 - Prob. 44RECh. 17 - REFLECT AND APPLLY Show, by a series of equations,...Ch. 17 - REFLECT AND APPLLY What should be the net ATP...Ch. 17 - Prob. 47RECh. 17 - Prob. 48RECh. 17 - Prob. 49RECh. 17 - REFLECT AND APPLLY According to Table 17.1,...Ch. 17 - Prob. 51RECh. 17 - Prob. 52RECh. 17 - REFLECT AND APPLLY High levels of...Ch. 17 - Prob. 54RECh. 17 - Prob. 55RE
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