Draw a diagram showing the metabolism of purines to uric acid in humans; write the key enzymes in full.

Q: Using words, outline a pathway for the metabolism of 2 glutamic acid  to glucose?

A: Asked : Pathway for the metabolism of 2 glutamic acid  to glucose

Q: An acidic environment is inhibitory to decarboxylase activity.  True  False

A: Acidic environments  can be defined and considered to be  those which are having the pH values of…

Q: why should triacylgycerol be insignificant component of plasma membeane

A: The fate of fatty acids present in the body of an organism is either to get incorporated into the…

Q: NH4 Water+ Carbon Dioxide + ATP A F B THE UREA CYCLE D

A: Urea is synthesized in the liver and excreted through urine by the kidneys. Urea is the waste…

Q: Describe the role of ammonia in the transport of hydrogenions to the outside of the body

A: Kidneys are the primary organs of the excretory system.

Q: Lipoic Acid is the vitamin precursor for a co-enzyme called Lipoamide A patient diagnosed with…

A: Lipoic acid is a sulfur-containing naturally occurring compound in the body that plays various roles…

Q: In humans, uric acid is the final product of Allantoin metabolism, Amino acid metabolism, Purine…

A: Uric acid is a heterocyclic compound of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen with the formula…

Q: Carbon dioxide results from cellular respiration. It diffuses from cells into the plasma, where it…

A: Introduction :- Carbonic anhydrase (CA) is a family of enzymes that catalyze the reversible…

Q: All of the following statements about amino acid metabolism in humans are true except: The process…

A: The complex series of metabolic processes in the body that involve the synthesis and breakdown of…

Q: Describe the effect of amino acid catabolism on ammonia and urea production?

A: The amino acid catabolism involves the conversion of toxic form ammonia into non-toxic form urea…

Q: Explain why HDL lipoprotein particle is called “good” cholesterol.

A: Cholesterol is a lipid (fatty substance). It occurs in animal cell membranes. It is also required…

Q: Discuss the contribution of urea cycling to the concentration gradient.

A: The concentration gradient is established by different concentration of solutes in the interstitial…

Q: Discuss about formin

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Q: What are the energy consuming steps of the urea cycle and what is the energetic cost of the urea…

A: Introduction: The cycle involves a series of biochemical reactions to produce urea from ammonia. It…

Q: Define the term GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid)?

A: GABA (Gamma Aminobutyric Acid ) is a natural occurring amino acid that work as a neurotransmitter in…

Q: Write an equation for the esterification of glycerol withthree molecules of myristic acid

A: Myristic acid is a 14-carbon saturated fatty acid. Molecular formula is CH3(CH2)12COOH. Glycerol is…

Q: How is the urea cycle linked to the citric acid cycle? Write the net equation of the urea cycle and…

A: The urea cycle is the biochemical reaction that produces urea from the toxic substance ammonia and…

Q: Alcohol dehydrogenase is the enzyme that converts alcohols to aldehydes or ketones. Explain how…

A: Alcohol dehydrogenase is the enzyme that converts alcohol into an aldehyde.  It is the enzyme that…

Q: illustrate the nucleic acid metabolism to produce uric acid (please do it in a flowchart form,…

A: DNA/RNA are nucleic acids, the molecules responsible for carrying genetic information from one…

Q: An analgesic drug was given to an elderly patient (70 kg body weight) by IV bolus injection at a…

A: Half life of a drug is the time taken for a drug to be reduced to half of its initial concentration…

Q: How many -amino acids participate directly in the ureacycle? Of these, how many can be used for…

A: Amino acids are biomolecules that act as the building blocks of proteins. Alpha-amino acids are the…

Q: The intense acidification observed in the stomach lumen is energetically driven by O a parietal cell…

A: The acidic nature of gastric secretions have been observed in many animals including humans. The…

Q: Explain beta- oxidation briefly and draw a hand written flow chart of it?

A: Introduction: Fatty acids are the simplest lipids among the other lipids. Fatty acids are present in…

Q: In ammonia, give its chemical structures and relative physiologic concentrations and describe their…

A: Ammonia is produced by the amino acids in all parts of the body. Nitrogen is a key component of…

Q: What energy source is used in the formation of urea?

A: ATP is the principal molecule for storing and transferring energy in cells. It is often referred to…

Q: Explain the role of potassium thiocyanate, KSCN as a component of the Benedict’s reagent for the…

A: Benedict’s test is used to test for carbohydrates. It helps in identification of reducing sugars,…

Q: Proline betaine is a putative osmoprotectant in plants and bacteria, helping to prevent dehydration…

A: Proline betaine is defined as an amino acid betaine two hydrogen ions are attached with nitrogen are…

Q: Gatorade and other drinks are actually hypotonic solutions.  How do these drinks rehydrate their…

A: Tonicity is a process in which extracellular fluid transport water in or out of the cells through…

Q: Since the patient was brought into the emergency room only two hours after the overdose, you suspect…

A: Stomach is an important part of our digestive gland. Stomach is a J-shaped organ. Parts of the…

Q: Identify the function of the following enzymes: Peroxidase Reductase

A: Peroxidase is a type of enzyme that is involved in breaking down hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) a toxic…

Q: identify the major reactants and products of the urea cycle.

A: Urea cycle is also known as ornithine cycle. A series of biochemical reactions that produces urea in…

Q: A treatment for hyperammonemia (excess NH4 + in the blood) is to administer pyruvate. What two…

A: Hyperammonemia is a metabolic condition that involves an increased secretion of ammonia in the…

Q: Briefly discuss why part of urea cycle takes place in mitochondria.

A: Living organisms excrete the excess nitrogen resulting from the metabolic breakdown of amino acids…

Q: Write out a complete mechanism for the conversion of serine into aminoacrylate catalyzed by serine…

A: Serine dehydratase is also known as L-serine ammonia-lyase. It releases ammonia upon the examination…

Q: What is the end product of catabolism of the pyrimidine basethymine? Unlike uric acid, the end…

A: Pyrimidine catabolism occurs mainly in the liver. Pyrimidine catabolism  yields highly soluble end…

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Q: Describe the role of the glucose–alanine cycle in ammonia transfer to the liver.

A: Glucose- alanine cycle is also called Cahill cycle. Through this cycle, the amine groups are…

Q: Match the metabolic pathway in Figure:17.7 with the reactions listed on 394.

A: DNA and RNA are made up of long chains of nucleotides. Sugar molecule, ribose in RNA, and…

Q: byl-phosphate synthase I is a mitochondrial enzyme which plays an important role in cycle. It…

A: The urea cycle begins inside the mitochondria of hepatocytes but three of the steps occur in the…

Q: Identify urea in the Urea cycle below and show/explain where the two Nitrogen atoms of urea…

A: Urea cycle is also known as ornithine cycle that produces urea from ammonia. The urea cycle takes…

Q: Which amino acids in the urea cycle are the links to thecitric acid cycle? Show how these links…

A: Living organisms excrete the excess nitrogen resulting from the metabolic breakdown of amino acids…