How is the ability to store glucose as glycogen related to the general principle of physiology that physiological processes require the transfer and balance of matter and energy?

Q: Why must cholesterol be transported through the bloodstream in lipoprotein particles?

A: Proteins are known to be extremely complex macromolecular components. They are located in all living…

Q: How many ATPs are synthesized when glycerol is metabolized to ethanol?

A: Glycerol is a reduced carbon source and can be used to obtain products like enzymes and recombinant…

Q: Insulin,    a hormone    release in large    part due to carbohydrate    consumption and subsequent…

A: Insulin is an essential hormone produced by beta cells of pancreatic islets. The insulin controls…

Q: Which are the two sources of cholesterol?

A: Cholesterol is a type of lipid with a waxy appearance. It is found in the blood and is used in the…

Q: What are the effects of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids onplasma cholesterol?

A: Introduction: Fatty acids are the basic and simplest form of lipids present in both animals and…

Q: Why do adipose cells appear empty?

A: Adipose tissue are the specialized connective tissue that consists of lipid rich cells known as the…

Q: Can any of the amino acids (pyruvate, acetyl Co A, Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate (PGAL), alpha…

A: Gluconeogenesis is the process of synthesis of glucose from the non-carbohydrate source like amino…

Q: Which of the following is the Haworth Projection of Glucose?

A: The cyclic structure in Haworth projection displays the ring as flat. In the associated Haworth…

Q: How many moles of CO2 are produced by the complete catabolism of 1 mol of sucrose?

A: Sucrose is common sugar. It is a disaccharide, a molecule composed of two monosaccharides, such as…

Q: Which are the Two paths are available to this glucose 6-phosphate?

A: The study of chemical reactions that occurs within living organisms is called biochemistry. This…

Q: How does adipose tissue metabolize absorbed triglyceride, and what are the three major sources of…

A: The digestive system consists of a collection of organs that help in the digestion and metabolism of…

Q: How Are Unsaturated Fatty Acids Oxidized?

A: Unsaturated fatty acids : It is a fatty acid in which there is one or more double bond in the fatty…

Q: After exercise, people often consume carbohydrate-rich foods to restock their glycogen stores. How…

A: Carbohydrates are the sugar molecules that play an important role in providing energy to the human…

Q: In what two organs does major glycogen storage occur?

A: Glycogen is a branched polysaccharide of glucose and the main form of glucose in human body. It…

Q: the saponification of this triglycerides?

A: Triglycerides are a kind of fat present within the blood circulation. It is important for health but…

Q: What are trans fatty acids?

A: Biomolecules are organic compounds found in living organisms. All living organism will have these…

Q: In what disease is a decrease in sphingomyelin observed?

A: Sphingomyelin, type of sphingolipid found in the cell membrane of animal cells, especially in the…

Q: What is the action of Amylase?

A: Action of Amylase is that it converts the starch present in the food into the sugar. Amylases are…

Q: What is saturated fatty acid ? Explain the affects of saturated fatty acid ?

A: Fatty acids are divided as: Saturated: Has only single bonds Monounsaturated: Has one double bond…

Q: What are the so-called“good” and “bad” cholesterol?

A: Cholesterol is a kind of lipid molecule that is synthesized in almost all animals and acts as a…

Q: Prior to a marathon run, an athlete consumes large amounts of complex carbohydrates to do what is…

A: Complex carbohydrates: Contain long sugar molecule chains in which the molecules are bound together.…

Q: Are the three fatty acids in a molecule of triglyceride identical?

A: Introduction: Fatty acids are the basic and simplest form of lipids that are present in both plants…

Q: With respect to glycogen, what is the likely fate of excess glucose 6-phosphate in muscle?

A: The process of glycolysis in which the glucose is converted to two molecules of pyruvate along with…

Q: In which cell organelles does fatty acid synthesis and oxidation occur? What are the reducing…

A: Fatty acid synthesis is the creation of fatty acids from acetyl-CoA and NADPH through the action of…

Q: The disease beriberi, which results from a dietary deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine), is…

A: Thiamine: a. Thiamine is a water-soluble vitamin and has a specific coenzyme which is thiamine…

Q: How many ATP are synthesized in the metabolism of glycerol?

A: Glycerol is 3 carbon containing alcohol. it is produces when a triglyceride breaks down into its…

Q: Which ONE of the following statements is FALSE regarding cholesterol?

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Q: Why does the lack of glucose 6- phosphatase activity in the brain and muscle make good physiological…

A: Glucose is considered as an important energy source for all cells. It is required by the body in…

Q: how is the rate of cellular respiration affected by changes in glucose concentration?

A: The Cell respiration is a collection  of metabolic cycles through which all living cells discharge…

Q: What factors contribute to storage of excess energy as triacylglycerols?

A: Triacylglycerols are also known as triglycerides are the simplest lipids formed by fatty acids. It…

Q: How many ATP equivalents are consumed in the conversion of each of the following to a glucosyl…

A: The free radical structure is univalent and occurs with the removal of the hemiacetal hydroxyl group…

Q: What enzymes metabolize glycerol?

A: Glycerol serves as an essential gluconeogenic substrate and is mainly used by the liver and kidneys.

Q: What are the three stages required for the synthesis of cholesterol?

A: Cholesterol is a lipid molecule that is steroidal in nature. Cholesterol is an essential structural…

Q: How many ATPs can be produced from one molecule of glucose anaerobically? Aerobically?

A: In the biological system, anaerobic metabolism occurs, which results in the production of energy in…

Q: The most abundant intracellular thiol is _____________ .

A: Thiols are the sulfur analogue of alcohols in which sulfur takes place of oxygen in the hydroxyl…

Q: What aspect of glycogen structure does free glucose represent?

A: Glucose is C6H12O6 whereas glycogen is (C6H10O5)n . Both the structure contains six carbon atoms.…

Q: How are long-chain fatty acids released from triacylglycerides transported through the bloodstream?

A: Fatty acids are aliphatic mono-carboxylic acids that are mostly obtained from the hydrolysis of…

Q: Is it possible for fatty acid chains to be broken down to produce ATP in the absence of oxygen?

A: Beta oxidation is a catabolic process in which fatty acids are broken down into acetyl co A and…

Q: How many moles of ATP are produced by the complete oxidation of 1 mol of myristic acid?

A: The Oxidation of Fatty acid takes place in the mitochondrial of the cell and it consists of three…

Q: What specific type of lipid is stored in the adipose cells?

A: The adipose cells are present in the adipocytes which stores fats inside them.

Q: How many ATP molecules (or equivalents) are consumed during:  a. activation of one fatty acids? _

A: ATP is the chief molecule that provides energy when the high energy in the ATP molecules is removed…

Q: How many NTP molecules are required to synthesize glucose from each of the following compounds? (a)…

A: Introduction: Gluconeogenesis is a metabolic pathway that creates glucose from carbon substrates…

Q: How does phosphorylation increase the reactivity of glucose?

A: Phosphorylation is the process of adding a phosphate group to another chemical molecule by the…

Q: What is the overall number of ATP for every molecule of glucose after undergoing the four stages of…

A: ATP stands for Adenosine Triphosphate. ATP is the energy currency of the cell. It is produced by…

Q: How many molecules of ATP are required to store one glucose molecule as glycogen?

A: Glycogen: Glycogen is a branched-chain homopolysaccharide made from α-D-glucose. Its important…