After several days of starvation, the capacity of the liver to metabolize acetyl-CoA via the citric acid cycle is greatly diminished. Explain.
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- Complete oxidation of a 16-carbon fatty acid can yield 129 molecules of ATP Study Figure 19.2 and determine how many ATP molecules would be generated if a 16-carbon fatly acid were metabolized solely by the TCA cycle, in the form of S acetyl-CoA molecules.Using the ActiveModel for enoyl-CoA dehydratase, give an example of a case in which conserved residues in slightly different positions can change the catalytic rate of reaction.When one of the acetyl CoA is processed through the citric acid cycle, how many times does a secondary alcohol group is oxidized to a ketone group?
- Explain why people with Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency are advised to eat a diet rich in complex carbohydrates. How is this condition normally diagnosed?Although animals cannot synthesize glucose from acetyl-CoA, if a rat is fed 14C-labeled acetate, some of the label appears in glycogen extracted from its muscles. Explain.How many acetyl CoA molecules can be produced during the complete β-oxidation of this fatty acid?
- Looking at the structure of alpha linolenic acid, how many rounds of beta oxidation will occur to fully oxidize the fatty acid into acetyl CoA molecules? Please provide explanationsThe same reactions that were seen in the process of converting pyruvate to acetyl-S-CoA, occur in step ____ of the citric acid cycle as ____________ is converted to _________________.Glucagon secretion causes inhibition of intracellular acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity by several mechanisms. Name all you can think of.
- Which one of the five steps of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex reaction is most likely to be metabolically irreversible? Explain.In the presence of saturating amounts of oxaloacetate, the activity of citrate synthase from pig heart tissue shows a sigmoid dependence on the concentration of acetyl‑CoA. When succinyl‑CoA is added, the curve shifts to the right and the sigmoid dependence is more pronounced.Explain why the carbon skeletons of ketogenic amino acids yielding acetyl-CoA only cannot be converted into glucose.