Metabolism — Flashcards

Flashcard 1181: What type of transport mechanism is glucose transport through GLUT1 and GLUT2? _____

Answer: Facilitated diffusion

Flashcard 1182: In diabetes mellitus, high serum glucose leads to _____ of the GBM in the kidney

Answer: non-enzymatic glycosylation

Flashcard 1183: What is the breakdown product of dopamine?_____

Answer: Homovanillic acid (HVA)

Flashcard 1184: Once absorbed, gliadin is deamidated by the enzyme _____

Answer: tissue transglutaminase (tTG)

Flashcard 1185: Can mineralocorticoids still be produced if the mineralocorticoid pathway is blocked above the level of DOC (i.e. absence of 21-hydroxylase)?_____

Answer: No

Flashcard 1186: What is the major source of energy during the first 2 - 7 seconds of exercise? _____

Answer: Creatine phosphate

Flashcard 1187: What enzyme is a blue-green heme pigment that gives sputum its color?_____

Answer: Myeloperoxidase

Flashcard 1188: Which three amino acids are the precursors to glutathione?

Answer: Glutamate, Cysteine, and Glycine

Extra: Glutathione (GSH) is a tripeptide: γ-glutamyl-cysteinyl-glycine. Cysteine is typically the rate-limiting amino acid for its synthesis.

Flashcard 1189: What endogenous protein that binds to RANKL released by Osteoblasts does Denosumab act like?_____

Answer: osteoprotegerin

Flashcard 1190: Which amino acids (2) have sulfur groups? _____

Answer: Cysteine, Methionine