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    temperature of the reaction mixture influences starch synthesis. My main goal for this experiment is to learn about the basic principles of enzyme functions, and how their environment around them can influence them. Hypotheses: I hypothesized that glucose would give off the most starch, compared to the other solutions, and I also predict that the room temperature test tubes would be the most efficient at synthesizing the starch. My null hypothesis was that none of the solutions would have an effect

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    "Survival of the Sickest", Dr Sharon Moalem allows us to grasp the knowledge that our cells are not the only ones that benefited our longevity of life, but the stuff that can kill us, has also done the trick. Hemochromatosis, Diabetes, and Glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD deficiency or favism), are all things that can kill is easily without the proper treatment. However, long ago, these are the same that would help us live longer. Basically evolution wanted you to live another 5

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    The first disease that will be discussed is hemochromatosis. Hemochromatosis mainly targets the liver, heart, pancreas, joints, testicles, thyroid, and skin organs. The symptoms of hemochromatosis include: “liver failure, heart failure, diabetes, arthritis, infertility, psychiatric disorders, and cancer.” Hemochromatosis was first described by Armand Trousseau in 1865. Then, in 1889 Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen coined the term hemochromatosis. Afterwards, a group of California scientists isolated

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    Dr. Sharon Moalem, the author of Survival of the Sickest, provides a fascinating glimpse into the idea that modern human diseases that afflict us actually have a significant role in the selection and the existence of our ancestors. Before reading this book, I was used to thinking of diseases as disorders that adversely affect a person. While this may be the case for most individuals, Moalem explained in his book that that there’s an underlying connection between various diseases and longevity of

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    While many believe that diseases and viruses are only harmful, Dr. Sharon Moalem explained how many different diseases actually helped humans survive through many hardships. Moalem writes, “Why would you take a pill that was guaranteed to kill you in forty years? Because it will save you tomorrow. Why would we select for a gene that will kill us through iron loading by the time we reach what is now Middle Ages? Because it will protect us from a disease that is killing everyone long before that.”

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    in glucose intake [4]. F6P, fructose-6-phosphate; GLUT, glucose transporter; G6P, glucose-6-phosphate; L-arg, levo-arginine; PPP, pentose phosphate pathway; R5P, ribose-5-phosphate; S7P, sedoheptulose-7-phosphate; TLR4, toll like receptor 4. Toll like receptor 4 plays a key role in pathogen recognition and subsequent activation of innate immunity, which results in M1 polarization. M1 propagates induction of transcription factor NF-κB, raise in ROS, activation of iNOS and increase in glucose intake

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    Low blood glucose levels are detected by the alpha cells of the pancreatic islets, which respond to hypoglycaemic stimuli by producing the hormone glucagon. Glucagon is a polypeptide hormone that acts in an antagonistic way to insulin, causing blood glucose levels to rise and promote processes that spare glucose utilisation. It has a powerful effect on the liver which stimulates the production of glucose from stored glycogen and amino acids. The insoluble glycogen molecules found in muscle and liver

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    fructose-1-phosphate in the liver during digestion, and without this enzyme it is not possible to do. The consequences of eating honey, fruit and some vegetables that contain fructose result in the accumulation of fructose-1-phosphate, which then inhibits glycogen phosphorylase (Coffee, 2002). In patients who are diagnosed with HFI, the enzyme glycogen phosphorylase gets broken down into glucose-6-phosphate which is required to metabolize glycogen into glucose-6 phosphate. Therefore glucose cannot be

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    and maintain life. Glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids are utilized to generate adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a coenzyme used for an energy carrier. The primary source of carbon and energy for humans and most eukaryotes is glucose [1]. But, since it is polar in nature, glucose cannot diffuse through the plasma membrane’s lipid bilayer. This causes the need for glucose to be transported by a glucose transporter, on the plasma membrane, into the cell. After the uptake of glucose, glycolysis is used

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    quaternary structure. (Encyclopedia, 2002) Sucrose is a substrate and is made up of glucose and fructose. When sucrose is metabolized, it is broken down into glucose and fructose. Glucose breaks down through glycolysis which produces pyruvate. Pyruvate goes into the citric acid cycle to produce energy called ATP. When fructose is broken down, it is broken down by the enzyme fructokinase. The product is fructose 1-phosphate. They are then converted into DHAP and glyceraldehyde by the enzyme aldolase B

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