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True or false: Consider a liver cell balancing the
- ____ Fatty acids are utilized in glucose production.
- ____ More urea production occurs in the liver.
- ____ Concentration of oxaloacetate drops because it is used for gluconeogenesis.
- ____ Concentration of oxaloacetate drops and TCA cycle is halted which leads to the synthesis of
ketone bodies.
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- True or false: Consider a liver cell balancing the metabolic allocations under starving conditions. a. ____ Proteins are utilized in glucose production. b. ____ Glycerol molecules are utilized in glucose production. c. ____ Cholesterol molecules are utilized in ATP production. d. ____ Acetyl-CoA molecules are utilized in glucose production.When glucose goes through the steps of cellular respiration, the overall process can be summarized as the oxidation of glucose. True FalseTrue or False If a person intakes a large amount of water-soluble vitamins, the excess vitamins will be stored in liver for later use.
- More energy comes out of glucose degradation if pyruvate proceeds to the mitochondria for oxidative metabolism. True FalseTrue or false? Under anaerobic conditions, the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex is responsible for the irreversible conversion of pyruvate to acetyl CoA.The conversion of 1 molecule of fructose into 2 molecules of pyruvate produces the same amount of net ATP as the conversion of 1 molecule of glucose released from glycogen into 2 molecules of pyruvate true or false
- true/false: The carbon skeleton produced by catabolism of asparagine enters glycolysis as oxaloacetate.you follow a carbohydrate-free diet, certain metabolic problems occur. Describe glucogenesis and the problems that may arise from this prolonged glucogenesis state.true or false 1.The so-called “adrenaline rush” promotes glycogenesis. 2. There are 4 irreversible steps in gluconeogenesis. 3. High amount of citrate decreases the activity of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase. 4. Two molecules of ATP and 4 molecules of GTP are consumed to produce one molecule of glucose in gluconeogenesis. 5.