Protein Misc.
Digestion
Absorption/Metabolism
Essential AA
Excretion
100
This is comprised of an amino group, an acid group and a (R) side chain.
What is an amino acid?
100
In non-ruminant digestion the stomach, HCl and pepsinogen create.
What is pepsin?
100
T/F: Both ruminants and non-ruminants use active transport through brush border membrane of the SI
What is true?
100
This amino acid starts with a V?
What is Valine?
100
Aquatic animals excrete this.
What is ammonia (NH3)?
200
Phenylalanine, Valine, threonine, tryptophan, Isoleucine, Methionine, Histidine, Arginine, Leucine, and Lysine are all.
What is essential amino acids?
200
In non-ruminant digestion the small intestine has proteolytic enzymes secreted by ______ and epithelial cells of GI tract
What is the pancreas?
200
Fill in the blank:
In ruminants microbial population is ____ site of absorption.
In non-ruminants microbial population is _____ site of absorption.
What is before, after
200
This amino acid starts with an H.
What is histidine?
200
This condition occurs when ruminants eat feedstuffs containing an overabundance of nitrates?
What is nitrate poisoning?
300
Fill in the blank:
Cats (and big cats) also require _____
Birds may require _____
What is taurine & Proline
300
This chamber in the ruminant functions similarly to non-ruminants monogastric stomach.
What is the abomasum?
300
Fill in the blank:
During deamination ____ is removed from the amino acid.
What is nitrogen?
300
This amino acid starts with a P.
What is Phenylanine?
300
This formula is to find the % of:
%N x 6.25 x 100=?
What is crude protein?
400
Replication->DNA->Transcription->RNA->Translation->protein
What is the central dogma of biology or protein synthesis?
400
During ruminant digestion the rumen microbes degrade amino acids and produce 4 things, name 2?
NH3, Sulfur, Fatty acids and CO2
400
This reaction creates one amino acid from another.
What is transamination?
400
This amino acid starts with T?
What is Tryptophan?
400
Nitrogenous waste can cause many issues, name one.
What is environmental impact, inc. green house gas emission, NH3 fumes in barn, eutrophication, nitrate poisoning?
500
Proteins have many functions, name 4:
Muscle, Karatin, part of bones, ligaments and tendons, enzymes, hormones, antibodies, sometimes energy source
500
Name a way ruminants get their protein using microbes?
What is microbes synthesize amino acids or use dead microbes
500
During this process the body will build complex molecules from simpler units.
What is anabolism?
500
This amino acid starts with a L?
What is Lysine?
500
Describe the ideal protein concept, using PB&J.
Goober PB&J is better because it is pre-formulated to have the exact needed requirement. Unlike PB and Jelly separately one might run out and then have excess of the other.