Essentials of bioenergetics questions
What are the four forms of energy?
Chemical, Heat, Electrical, and Mechanical
How many different type of amino acids is a protein composed of?
20
It oxidizes substrates
Difference between amount of oxygen actually consumed during exercise and what would be consumed if energy demands met solely through aerobic metabolism
What are the three forms of carbohydrates?
Monosaccharides, Disaccharides, and Polysaccharides
9
Oxidation and Reduction are what?
Always coupled reactions
What does an anabolic reaction do?
Uses energy to form a product from separate molecules
What does the suffix ASE mean?
It signifies that the enzyme breaks something apart
Krebs cycle produces how many app's per glucose molecule?
2
What is oxygen debt?
Oxygen takes in above resting values after exercise
What does ATP stand for?
Adenosine Triphosphate
What is an enzyme?
It's a protein molecule that facilitates a chemical reaction by lowering energy of activation
It produces glucose from lactase even at rest
2-3 minutes
Fatty acids and glycerol can be what?
Metabolized
How many enzymes end in ASE?
Almost all of them
Amino acids that can be transformed into glucose
How long goes the slow phase take in the oxygen debt phase?
It takes several hours