Describe the role of fructose-2,6-bisphosphate in regulating gluconeogenesis and glycolysis.

Q: Explain to a child how the irreversible steps in carbohydrate metabolism are regulated.

A: Glucose is the energy source in living beings. The molecule is six-carbon sugar. Glucose is obtained…

Q: Define the term gluconeogenesis?

A: Glucose is a vital molecule in the body. It is oxidized to yield the metabolic energy (for example,…

Q: What are the regulatory means that prevent high levels of activity in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis…

A: Glycolysis is the first step of cellular respiration that deals with the breakdown of glucose to…

Q: Describe how gluconeogenesis is powered in the cell

A: Glucose is a key metabolite in human metabolism but it is not available at sufficient levels in the…

Q: Explain the principal events of the catabolism of glycerol and fatty acids.

A: Metabolism is defined as the sum total of all the chemical reactions taking place in a cell to…

Q: Describe the central role of glucose in carbohydrate metabolism.

A: Carbohydrate metabolism is a fundamental biochemical process that ensures a constant supply of…

Q: Describe beta oxidation and tell where it takes place Where does most of the glycerol produced by…

A: Fatty acids are a type of carboxylic acid consist of a long carbon chain that may be unsaturated or…

Q: Describe the different functions of glycogen in liver and muscle

A: Polysaccharides are larger molecules of sugar compounds that are made up of many smaller units of…

Q: A fatty acid (17-carbon one), at least a portion of it, turned into glucose (considered glucogenic),…

A: Introduction The difference between the degradation of odd fatty acids from even fatty acids is the…

Q: Describe the metabolic pathway of glycolysis, how lactic acid is produced, and the physiological…

A: Respiration is a catabolic process in which food components are oxidised and energy is released…

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: explain the steps of beta-oxidation in fatty acid metabolism

A: Fatty acids are long chains of hydrocarbons attached with carboxylic group. The hydrocarbon chain…

Q: Explain the functions of dihydroxyacetone phosphate and fatty acids in the triacylglycerol…

A: The tri-esters of fatty acids and glycerol are known as triacylglycerol. One glycerol and three…

Q: Arrange the intermediates of galactose metabolism via gycolysis in order trom the first intermedate…

A: Galactose is a monosaccharide having same chemical formula as glucose. It is a C-4 epimer of…

Q: Describe the difference between lactose intolerance and galactosemia.

A: Introduction: Lactose intolerance is a condition where the body cannot digest the disaccharide…

Q: Which of the following enzymes are involved in gluconeogenesis ? a) Pyruvate carboxylase b)…

A: Gluconeogenesis is the pathway of formation of glucose from glucogenic amino acids with the help of…

Q: What is the cost (in ATP equivalents) of transforming glucose to pyruvate via glycolysis and back…

A: Glycolysis is an oxidative process in which one mole of glucose is partially oxidized into the two…

Q: Explain the mode of action of glucoamylase.

A: An enzyme is a protein that is capable of accelerating the rate of a biochemical reaction by…

Q: Explain the regulation of glycogen breakdown.

A: Glycogen phosphorylase catalyses the hydrolysis of glycogen to generate glucose-1-phosphate, which…

Q: Explain why the amino acid tryptophan is both ketogenicand glucogenic.

A: The amino acid is the organic acid that contains alpha carboxyl group, alpha amino group, hydrogen…

Q: Describe the glyoxylate cycle and discuss its purpose.

A: Metabolism is a series of chemical reactions inside the living body. It is a process by which the…

Q: Describe the role of glutamine and glutamate in amino acid metabolism.

A: Amino groups of most of the amino acids are transferred to α-ketoglutarate to form glutamate this is…

Q: List reaction or pathways of fatty acid oxidation and biosynthesis affected by insulin and glucagon.

A: Insulin is the hormone synthesized by the β cells of pancreas. Whereas glucagon is synthesized by…

Q: Define the following terms:a. glycolysisb. pentose phosphate pathwayc. gluconeogenesisd.…

A: The metabolic process involves both catabolic as well as anabolic reactions which are necessary for…

Q: Define the relationship between the following terms: glucose, glycogen, glycogenesis,…

A: Glucose is a main monosaccharide that is used buy the cell for metabolic energy (in the form of ATP)…

Q: For an individual whose liver is regulated to have gluconeogenesis on and glycolysis off, when…

A: Gluconeogenesis is the pathway which synthesize glucose molecules from non-carbohydrate sources such…

Q: At high energy charge (ATP/AMP ratio) AND low blood glucose levels a. Pyruvate is converted to…

A: Catabolism is the breakdown of food molecules especially glucose and carbohydrates for the release…

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: Which of the following enzymes are inhibited by ATP? (choose all the correct answers) citrate…

A: ATP has pleiotropic effects may activate or inhibit the enzymes. ATP inhibits the enzyme by…

Q: High amount of citrate decreases the activity of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase. True or False

A: Fructose 1,6-bisphosphatse enzyme participates in gluconeogenesis and gluconeogenesis is a pathway…

Q: Which of the following is NOT an important precursor of glucose in animals when gluconeogenesis…

A: GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE is not an important precursor of glucose in animals when gluconeogenesis occur.

Q: Lysine is degraded to acetoacetyl-CoA then to acetyl-CoA, and is described as a ­­­­_______ amino…

A: Lysine and arginine are broken down into acetoacetyl CoA and Acetyl CoA respectively. The process…

Q: Define Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis.  How GLYCOLYSIS and GLUCONEOGENESIS does reciprocally…

A: Glycolysis means splitting of sugar. It is the process of partial oxidation of glucose to form two…

Q: at is gluconeogenesis, and what useful purposes does it serve in people?

A: Gluconeogenesis occurs in the liver and kidneys.

Q: Explain the pathways for glycogen metabolism and their purpose.

A: Glycogen is the primary storage form of glucose in the body. It contains glucose units to form…

Q: Describe the process of pyruvate oxidation. Be as detailed as possible, including input and output.

A: Oxidation of the pyruvate will cause the formation of Acetyl CoA & CO2 with the formation of…

Q: discuss the process of glycogen catabolism.

A: Glycogen is the stored form of glucose in animals. When there is excess of glucose in the blood, and…

Q: Explain the benefits of having triacylglycerols be the primary form of stored metabolic energy.

A: Triacylglycerols, also known as triglycerides, are the most basic lipids that fatty acids can…

Q: Explain the difference of carbohydrate (glycolysis) from lipid (β-oxidation) metabolism in terms of…

A: It is asked to explain the difference of carbohydrate (glycolysis) from lipid (β-oxidation)…

Q: explain the relationship between glycogen metabolism,  the pentose phosphate shunt, dyslipidemia,…

A: Glycogen metabolism is the glycogenolysis or breakdown of glycogen during fasting and muscle…

Q: describe the process naming all middle substance, enzimes and coenzymes that are involved with…

A: Glycogen is a highly branched, very large polymer of glucose molecules linked along its main line by…

Q: Describe the coordinated regulation of glycolysis and gluconeogenesis.

A: According to the question, we have to describe the coordinated regulation of glycolysis and…

Q: Explain how blood glucose can be maintained through the different pathways of carbohydrate…

A: Carbohydrates are the main source of energy for plants and animals. In plants carbohydrates are…

Q: Describe the role of multifunctional enzymes in both fatty acid synthesis andoxidation.

A: the role of multifunctional enzymes in both fatty acid synthesis and oxidation: