Would you expect insulin to increase or decrease the activity of the enzyme ATP-citrate lyase?

Q: Would glucose be an inhibitor of fructose? Why?

A: Glucose: Glucose is a monosaccharide, is a major carbohydrate present in table sugar, starch and…

Q: Please describe the steps by which insulin would stimulate fatty acid biosynthesis while inhibiting…

A: Hormones are chemical messengers that are involved in signaling pathways. They regulate many…

Q: There must be a way to shut down glycogen breakdown quickly to prevent the wasteful depletion of…

A: Glucose is the energy source of energy in the body. Glucose is stored to form a storage polymer,…

Q: Discuss Under which conditions ketone bodies will be generated in our body

A: Ketone bodies are generated through ketogenesis. These are water-soluble compounds that are formed…

Q: The complete oxidation of glucose 6-phosphate derived from free glucose yields 30 molecules ATP,…

A: Glycolysis is the catabolic process of glucose into two molecules of pyruvate, ATP, and NADH. these…

Q: A glucometer measures the electrical current produced by the redox reaction catalyzed by glucose…

A: * Glucometer small device used to measures sugar in the blood sample.  * Glucometer used to measure…

Q: F L-carnitine in fatty acid metabolism is

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

Q: For diabetic patients, a life-threatening ketoacidosis can occur when there is an abrupt shift. from…

A: In diabetic ketoacidosis the blood becomes acidic and the body is dehydrated due high amount of…

Q: What role does cyclic AMP play in glucose regulation?

A: Cyclic adenosine monophosphate is a messenger molecule used in the signalling pathways. It is…

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: What is role of insulin in human body?

A: Introduction Glucose is the main source of energy and the simplest carbohydrate which is present in…

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: The recommended daily allowance for the vitamin niacin is 15 mg per day. How would glycolysis be…

A: Vitamin B3 or niacin is the precursor of NAD and NADP synthesis. These two coenzymes play important…

Q: Which of the following is a substrate for glycogen synthase? a. UTP-glucose b. Glucose 1-phosphate…

A: Glycogen synthase is a key enzyme in glycogenesis where it converts the glucose residues into…

Q: Which of the following does not correctly describe the isozymes of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in…

A: Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is an enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of lactate to pyruvate along…

Q: Explain why insulin is required for adipocytes to synthesize triacylglycerols from fatty acids.

A: Insulin signaling is required for storing energy in the form of fats in humans. Even though de novo…

Q: Explain why inhibiting the activity of acetyl-CoA carboxylase might not affect a person’s body mass.

A: Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) is a biotin-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the irreversible…

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: Describe the role of insulin in lipid metabolism.

A: Insulin was an endocrine hormone which  plays a major role in regulation the body metabolism by…

Q: Which of the following molecules would inhibit, either directly or indirectly, the protein…

A: Protein phosphatase (PP1) is considered as the enzyme class of phosphatases, which plays important…

Q: The immediate product of glycogen phosphorylase is: a. Glucose 6-phosphate. b. Glucose 1-phosphate.…

A: GLYCOGENOLYSIS It is the breakdown of the molecule glycogen into glucose that the body uses to…

Q: hich weight loss suggestion will lead to an increased need for gluconeogenes

A: Q. Which weight loss suggestion will lead to an increased need for gluconeogenesis? Answer. Atkins…

Q: In Type I diabetes, the Beta cells of the pancreas produce little to no insulin. What effect does…

A: In type 1 diabetes our immune system attack and deatroy our insulin producing beta cells of…

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: Describe the functions of the following molecules:a. insulinb. glucagonc.…

A: Introduction: A carbohydrate is a major macromolecule in the body that has carbon(C), hydrogen(H),…

Q: Does the allosteric regulation induced by insulin activate (or repress) phosphofructokinase-1…

A: Phosphofructose kinase 1 is a glycolytic enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of fructose…

Q: Glycerol generated from TG hydrolysis in adipocytes is converted by the liver into _____________,…

A: Triglycerides were a derivative of glycerol which was stored as lipid in the fatty tissue. whereas…

Q: Explain what biochemical pathway/metabolic processes are affected in insulin resistance? How does…

A: Insulin resistance is a medical condition where the cells fail to respond to the hormone insulin.…

Q: Fill out the table below. Determine whether the rate of the metabolic pathways will increase or…

A: Insulin : It is a  protein hormone secreted by beta cells of pancreas. It regulates the amount of…

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 might increased synthesis of aspartate and glutamate affect energy production in a cell? How…

A: Biomolecules are organic molecules that function inside living organisms. They are divided into…

Q: What is an insulin

A: Insulin is a type of hormone. Hormones are the signalling molecules that are synthesized by glands…

Q: Under severe starvation conditions, people develop “acetonebreath.” Explain.

A: Starvation is the condition in which there is no intake of food in the body. The body slowly gets…

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: When some of the carbons of glutamate are converted to glycogen, what is the order of the following…

A: Glutamine act as a regulator for carbohydrate metabolism where it stimulates the hepatic and renal…

Q: Which of the following enzymes is considered as the principal enzyme for the regulation of…

A: Glycogen is storage form of glucose. It can be synthesized from glucose by glycogenesis.…

Q: What is the consequence of complete inhibition of all mutases in liver cells? a. Liver cannot…

A: A mutase is an isomerase enzyme that catalyses the mobility of a functional group through one…

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: Depending on the body’s needs, into what type of compounds is glucose converted in the pentose…

A: Pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) is a pathway parallel to glycolysis. In the first step of…

Q: Which of the following is NOT a component of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex? a. dihydrolipoyl…

A: PDC is a multi-enzyme complex that catalyzes the conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA during…

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: After several hours of intense physical activities, long after eating, the body starts using_____ to…

A: Creatine phosphate system is used in starting, small amount is stored in muscles but in case of…

Q: Is the statement much of the regulation of gluconeogenesis a result of the inhibition of glycolysis…

A: Gluconeogenesis is a process by which sugar especially glucose is produced form non carbohydrate…

Q: High insulin levels in the human body would be consistent with higher activities of all of these…

A: Insulin is a kind of hormone in the body produced by the pancreatic cell. It increases the rate of…