Ammonium ions (NH4+) are always produced during intracellular digestion of which food molecule?carbohydratefatty acidglycerolamino acidpolysaccharide The glycolytic enzyme pyruvate kinase catalyzes the conversion of:1,3-bisphosphoglycerate into 3-phosphoglycerate (producing ATP)glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate into 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate (producing NADH)phosphoenolpyruvate into pyruvate (producing ATP)fructose-6-phosphate into fructose-1,6-bisphosphate (consuming ATP)glucose into glucose-6-phosphate (consuming ATP)

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Ammonium ions (NH4+) are always produced during intracellular digestion of which food molecule? carbohydrate fatty acid glycerol amino acid polysaccharide

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Chapter24: Metabolism And Nutrition

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Problem 14RQ: Which molecules can enter the Krebs cycle? chylomicrons acetyl CoA mono glycerides ketone bodies

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Ammonium ions (NH₄⁺) are always produced during intracellular digestion of which food molecule?

carbohydrate
fatty acid
glycerol
amino acid
polysaccharide

The glycolytic enzyme pyruvate kinase catalyzes the conversion of:

1,3-bisphosphoglycerate into 3-phosphoglycerate (producing ATP)
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate into 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate (producing NADH)
phosphoenolpyruvate into pyruvate (producing ATP)
fructose-6-phosphate into fructose-1,6-bisphosphate (consuming ATP)
glucose into glucose-6-phosphate (consuming ATP)

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