Amino groups in amino acids are removed by oxidative deamination followed by transamination.

Q: True or false  Lactase breaks down all the disaccharides

A: Lactase is an enzyme, which is produced by cells that line the walls of the small intestine. These…

Q: F L-carnitine in fatty acid metabolism is

A: Carnitine is important nutrient present in diet and synthesized from Amino acids.

Q: This is the process by which the fat undergone addition of H ions to produce a more stable fatty…

A: Carboxylic acid with hydrocarbon side chain are fatty acids. Fatty acids are mostly esterified but…

Q: which of the following is not glucogenic ? a) pyruvate b) oxaloacetate c) acetyl - co A d) Lactate

A: Gluconeogenesis is the process of synthesis of glucose from glucogenic substrates to prevent…

Q: Which of the following statements about gluconeogenesis is correct? * Muscles have a large glycogen…

A: Gluconeogenesis is the metabolic mechanism by which organisms generate sugars (specifically glucose)…

Q: you follow a carbohydrate-free diet, certain metabolic problems occur. Describe glucogenesis and the…

A: Glucogenesis is the formation of glucose within an animal body from any product of glycolysis.…

Q: If metabolites from fats, amino acids and lactate are to be converted to glucose, which of the…

A: Fats or fatty acids are oxidized through the process of beta-oxidation in the mitochondrial matrix.…

Q: Briefly describe the action of glucagons on free fatty acids

A: Hormones are the messengers that transmit signals from one to another. They bind to another cell…

Q: The amino acids glutamine and glutamate are central toamino acid metabolism. Explain.

A: The metabolism of amino acids plays a vital role in our body to aid various biological reactions.…

Q: What do you mean by fatty acid synthase?

A: According to the question, we have to provide information on fatty acid synthase. So, let us have a…

Q: Vitamin ____________________ is a component of Coenzyme A.

A: Vitamins are the substances that our body need on minute quanitities.they help us to grow and…

Q: What reaction or process in metabolism is catalyzed by each of the following enzymes: (a) lipase;…

A: Enzymes are biological catalysts that can fasten the reaction rate by decreasing the activation…

Q: Alanine, cysteine, glycine, serine, and threonine are amino acids whose breakdown yields pyruvate.…

A: Amino acids catabolism can either be done to produce urea by removal of α-amino groups or to form…

Q: Which of the following is not the general properties of fat-soluble vitamins?

A: The vitamins are two types : Fat soluble vitamins Vitamin A Vitamin D Vitamin E Vitamin K Water…

Q: The Hell-Volhard Zelinsky reaction produces a product required for amino acid synthesis. True or…

A: Amino acids are compounds that contain alpha-amino and alpha-carboxylate functional groups together…

Q: Triacylglycerols in adipose tissue do not enter the bloodstream as triacyglycerolsexplain

A: Triacylglycerols, also known as triglycerides, are a type of fat (lipid) found in your blood. A…

Q: What impact would an increase in intramitochondrial oxaloacetate have on fatty acid synthesis?…

A: Fatty acids are carboxylic acids with long hydrocarbon chains. Fatty acids undergo β oxidation when…

Q: If a food does not contain the necessary amounts of certain amino acids to meet a body need , what…

A: Proteins are large macromolecules that play several vital roles in the body due to which they are…

Q: Explain why maltase, not amylase, hydrolyses maltose completing the digestion of starch.

A: Carbohydrate digestion begins mechanically and chemically in the mouth. Saliva is secreted by…

Q: Cells can make the non-essential amino acids. To do so, they need a specific enzyme. Which of the…

A: Introduction :- Tissue growth and repair, immunological function, red blood cell creation, and…

Q: The specific role of Vitamin K is in the synthesis of _______.

A: The nutrient is the substance that is essential for the organism to survive, grow and reproduce. The…

Q: Name two disaccharides and describe the digestion (hydrolysis) of these two disaccharides.

A: The organic compounds that are made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are called saccharides.…

Q: Describe the structure of glycogen and explain how the structure facilitates glycogen metabolism.

A: Glycogen is a multi-branched glucose polysaccharide used to store energy in plants, fungi, and…

Q: True or false: Fructose is more efficiently processed by yeast than glucose.

A: Fermentation is the process which uses enzymes to generate chemical changes in a variety of organic…

Q: List the steps in the digestion of dietary triacylglycerols and their transport into the…

A: Chylomicrons are in the intestinal cells and relay lipids from the digestive tract and mix them in…

Q: Which of the following enzymes is/are necessary to break down glycogen into gucose monomers? Choose…

A: Glycogen is a polysaccharide that is made up of amylose and amylopectin. It is the storage form of…

Q: The body doesn’t have a reserve of proteins or amino acids for energy production. Which class of…

A: Metabolically fasting refers to the situation when a person has not eaten anything overnight.…

Q: among the amino acids which is directly converted into pyruvate for gluconeogenesis" a. theorine…

A: The synthesis of glucose from noncarbohydrate sources is known as gluconeogenesis. This process can…

Q: Differentiate between ketogenic amino acids and glucogenic amino acids

A: Amino acids are the organic acids that contain a single alpha carbon to which different substituents…

Q: The liver doesn’t have the enzyme needed for consuming ketone bodies. Why is this?

A: Ketogenesis occurs in mitochondria of the liver cells. Ketone bodies are synthesised here. The liver…

Q: All of the following are substrate for gluconeogenesis, except- A. Glucogenic amino acids B. Lactate…

A: Gluconeogenesis is the process generation of glucose from some non carbohydrate substrate.

Q: A patient presents with a rare disorder called Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome. The patient has developed…

A: Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES) is a rare digestive disorder, it can occur in men between the age…

Q: The difference between one amino acid and other is found in

A: Amino acids, the building blocks of protein perform a specific or related role in the body. Amino…

Q: In your own words, explain the metabolism of amino acids.

A: Introduction :- Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. The building blocks of life are…

Q: Bile salts emulsify dietary _____________.

A: Introduction: Bile is a greenish-yellow fluid that is released by the liver. It contains bile…

Q: Which vitamin deficiency is associated with high amounts of serine accumulation? A. Folic acid

A: A nutrient is a chemical or compound that aids in the growth, survival, and reproduction of an…

Q: TRUE or FALSE: Fatty acids are synthesized thru a chain of elongation that starts from Acetyl-CoA as…

A: The majority of fatty acids the human body needs are obtained through food. There is a de novo…

Q: Both glycogen and triacylglycerols are energy sources usedby the body. Suggest a reason why both are…

A: Glycogen is a multibranched polysaccharide polymer of glucose that is synthesized in the liver and…

Q: The term'nonessential amino acids' is applied to amino acids that are A Synthesised in the body B…

A: Amino acid are devided into 2 groups:-Non essential amino acid and essential amino acid.

Q: Which of the following is true regarding Glycogen

A: Polysaccharides are large polymers that essentially comprise of  10-1000s of monosaccharides which…

Q: Determine the difference between ketogenic and glucogenic amino acids.

A: Amino acids are organic acids with a single alpha carbon to which various substituents such as an…