Metabolism — Flashcards

Obese individuals have _____ levels of leptin.

Ras shuts off its nuclear signalling via _____ cleavage of GTP to GDP

Folate deficiency is characterized by _____ serum homocysteine

_____ facilitate hydrolysis of GTP, decreasing the rate of G protein activation

Dyshormonogenetic goiter (congenital defect in thyroid hormone production) most commonly involves a _____ deficiency

After complete metabolism, what is the total amount of ATP (or GTP) produced from 1 round of the Krebs' cycle? _____

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

What is the shared structural feature of amyloid? _____

If G for a reaction is _____ than zero, the reaction happens spontaneously

What ion is required by cadherin proteins in epithelial cell junctions?_____