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100

A plasma lipoprotein with a single-layer membrane that transports TAGs in the blood

What is a chylomicron?

100

An enzyme precursor that gets cleaved to form the active enzyme, normally secreted into the stomach or small intestine

What is a zymogen?

100

This negatively charged amino acid reacts with citrulline to form argininosuccinate within the urea cycle

What is aspartate?

100

Thymine to DNA is what ___ is to RNA

What is Uracil?

100

Malonyl-CoA, as an intermediate of fatty acid synthesis, can function as an inhibitor of this main enzyme involved in beta-oxidation

What is carnitine acyltransferase-1?

200

Rank fat transport molecules from largest to smallest radius

What is Chylomicron > VLDL > IDL > LDL > HDL?

200

A conditionally essential aromatic amino acid containing a hydroxyl group, dietarily important if phenylalanine is not consumed

What is tyrosine?

200

This kind of enzyme uses ATP to form nucleoside diphosphates

What is a nucleoside monophosphate kinase?

200

The amino acid that originates the bridging C=C, as well as a nitrogen, in purines

What is glycine?

200

This molecule functions as an allosteric activator for CPS-I, but does not get consumed within the urea cycle

What is N-acetylglutamate? (or NAG)

300

The molecules produced from beta-oxidation of nonadecanoic acid, a 19-carbon fatty acid

What are 8 acetyl-CoA and 1 propionyl-CoA?

300

The amino acid component of MSG, an umami flavoring originally thought to be a carcinogen but turns out it's just yummy

What is glutamate?

300

This enzyme converts orotate to orotidylate by catalyzing an N1 attack on PRPP

What is orotate phosphoribosyltransferase?

300

If AMP production is amped up and skips a step, then GMP production is grounded and this is the step not skipped (intermediate between IMP and GMP)

What is XMP? (or Xanthylate)

300

This enzyme is marked to be degraded by oxysterols, a byproduct of cholesterol synthesis when rates are high

What is HMG-CoA reductase?

400

A process that occurs in the cytosol, similarly to ketogenesis in the mitochondria

What is cholesterol synthesis?

400

A nonessential amino acid that can be converted directly into glucose if muscles need it, via the Cahill cycle

What is alanine?

400

This alpha-ketoacid can be transaminated to form glutamate

What is alpha-ketoglutarate? (or a-KG)

400
Carbons from C and U are degraded to acetyl-CoA, while those from T degrade to __, an intermediate in the citric acid cycle

What is succinyl-CoA

400

Big proteolysis guy? You're sure to love this complex, where four molecules are appended to a protein to signal for degradation?

What is the ubiquitin-proteasome complex?

500

The component of fatty acid synthase where dehydration occurs, step 3 of FA synthesis

What is DH? (or dehydratase)

500

The most basic ketone body, produced when you're starving and need to start burning non-carbs

What is acetyl-CoA?

500

A 15-carbon intermediate of cholesterol synthesis, immediately preceding the formation of squalene

What is farnesyl pyrophosphate?

500

Take ammonium and CO2 with #1, you get Carbamoyl Phosphate. What do you need with #2 to get the same?

What are glutamine and CO2?

500

What is the maximum amount of absences you can have from SI sessions WITHOUT being removed from the program?

What is 3?