Metabolism — Flashcards

Flashcard 921: A _____ enzyme adds a hydroxyl group onto a substrate

Answer: hydroxylase

Flashcard 922: Does activity of the HMP shunt produce ATP? _____

Answer: No

Flashcard 923: Electrons from coenzyme Q (ubiquinone) of the ETC are transferred to complex _____

Answer: III (Cyto b/c1) (2 names)

Flashcard 924: What is the storage form of vitamin D?_____

Answer: 25-OH D3

Flashcard 925: PTH stimulates the renal enzyme _____, which converts 25-hydroxycholecalciferol to the active form, 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (vitamin D)

Answer: 1-hydroxylase

Flashcard 926: What do the carrier molecules CoA and lipoamide carry in their activated forms? _____

Answer: Acyl groups

Flashcard 927: Each alpha- and beta-tubulin heterodimer of a microtubule has 2 _____ bound.

Answer: GTP

Extra: Alpha-tubulin binds GTP permanently (non-exchangeable), while beta-tubulin binds GTP reversibly and can hydrolyze it to GDP (exchangeable).

Flashcard 928: Pegademase is a PEGylated _____ used for treatment of the second most common form of SCID

Answer: Adenosine Deaminase

Flashcard 929: Fumarate is converted to _____ via the enzyme fumarase

Answer: malate

Flashcard 930: Transport of glucose from blood into the pancreatic beta-cell occurs via a _____ transporter

Answer: GLUT2