Metabolism — Flashcards

Conversion of glucose-6-P into ribulose-5-P (HMP shunt) produces one molecule of CO2 and two molecules of _____

What is the most common mode of inheritance of pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency? _____

What acid-base disorder may be seen with Gitelman syndrome? _____

What happens to the iron (from heme) within macrophages that have consumed RBCs?_____

Which liver zone contains the cytochrome P-450 system? _____

Which coagulation factor(s) are part of the intrinsic coagulation cascade? _____

The primary route of copper elimination from the body is excretion into _____

Congenital primary lactase deficiency is _____ (frequency); due to a defective gene

Some of the iron absorbed in the duodenum is taken up by erythroid precursors in bone marrow to make _____ for RBCs

Tyramine is metabolized by the enzyme _____ in the GI tract