Lipolysis/
Lipogenesis
Lipogenesis
High levels of what 2 intermediates are needed in lipogenesis?
Acetyl CoA
NADPH
What is beta oxidation used to generate?
ATP
What type of food should you recommend patients for healthy nitrates?
Leafy greens
What does the sugar from this pathway contribute to making?
DNA and RNA
What are the products of the Krebs cycle?
1 ATP
3 NADH
1 FADH2
2 CO2
Where does Lipogenesis primarily get its NADPH from?
Penrose Phosphate Pathway
What shuttle moves free fatty acids from the cytoskeleton into the mitochondria?
The carnitine shuttle
What organ is the primary site for ammonia detoxification?
The liver
What intermediate does the PPP make?
NADPH
What is the two carbon molecule that kicks off the Krebs cycle
Acetyl CoA
What is the order of reactions to elongate fatty acids?
Condensation, Reduction, Dehydration, Reduction
What is the most common fatty acid that undergoes beta oxidation?
Palmitic acid
How many ATP are used in the urea cycle?
3
What is the reversible phase known as?
The nonoxidative phase.
What step is inhibited by high levels of ATP?
3, isocitrate to alpha-ketogluterate.
Where is the phospholipid sphingomyelin typically used?
The membranes of nerves.
How many carbons are cleaved in the making of acetyl CoA by beta oxidation?
2
Does the urea cycle begin or end in the mitochondria?
Begin
In which step number is ribulose 5 phosphate converted into the ring form ribose 5 phosphate?
3
What is the main type of enzyme used in the TCA cycle?
Dehydrogenase
What coenzyme is used when Acetyl CoA is carboxylated to malonyl CoA?
Biotin
What enzymes is responsible for the transfer of the acyl group once fatty acyl carnitine is inside of the mitochondria?
CPT-2
What is the rate limiting step of the urea cycle?
Step 1: the formation of carbamoyl phosphate from the combination of ammonia and bicarbonate.
If glycolysis could not happen, how many NAPDH would we get from the Pentose Phosphate Pathway?
2, we can receive G-6-P from other cycles like glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis as well.
What does a dehydrogenase enzyme do?
Oxidation reduction reaction. Removes an H