Metabolism — Flashcards

Flashcard 51: What kind of metabolic processes usually consume free electrons?

Answer: anabolic processes

Flashcard 52: What kind of metabolic processes usually generate free electrons?

Answer: catabolic processes

Flashcard 53: NADH, NADPH, FADH2

Answer: electrons

Flashcard 54: ATP

Answer: Phosphoryl groups

Flashcard 55: What tissues perform aerobic respiration via the glycerol-3-phosphate shuttle?

Answer: skeletal muscle

Flashcard 56: What tissues perform aerobic respiration via the malate-aspartate shuttle?

Answer: heart, liver

Flashcard 57: How many ATP are produced by aerobic metabolism of glucose via the glycerol-3-phosphate shuttle?

Answer: 30 ATP/glucose

Flashcard 58: How many ATP are produced by aerobic metabolism of glucose via the malate-aspartate shuttle?

Answer: 32 ATP/glucose

Flashcard 59: carbomoyl phosphate synthetase II

Answer: de novo pyrimidine synthesis

Extra: 

Flashcard 60: glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)

Answer: HMP shunt

Extra: NADP+NADPH