Metabolism — Flashcards

Reducing sugars (ex. fructose, galactose, glucose) can be detected in the urine by a _____ test

Conversion of arginine to nitric oxide requires _____ as a cofactor.

Do facultative anaerobes perform cellular respiration or fermentation?_____

Methionine is combined with adenosine (using ATP) to form _____

Glucocorticoids increase _____ in muscle and decrease protein synthesis, thereby providing more amino acids to the liver for gluconeogenesis

Which amino acid is the precursor to creatine? _____

The "-ogen" suffix (e.g. urobilinogen) indicates a _____ compound (colored or colorless)

In extrahepatic tissues, beta-hydroxybutyrate may be converted back to _____ via the enzyme beta-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase

The beta subunits of the insulin receptor have _____ activity

Galactose is converted to galactitol via the enzyme _____