Card 141
Question
The storage molecule of Glucose in liver & skeletal muscle for animals is?
Answer
Glycogen
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Card 142
Question
What happens during aerobic glycolysis?
Answer
Glycogen → glucose + O2 → CO2 + energy + H2O
Card 143
Question
Cori's disease causes body's ability to break down which energy storage molecule?
Answer
Glycogen debrancher enzyme deficiency in liver.
Card 144
Question
What are the two major pathways involved in the aerobic metabolism of glucose?
Answer
Glycolysis and the TCA/Krebs cycle
Card 145
Question
Glucose can be broken down either aerobically or anaerobically using what pathway?
Answer
Glycolysis EMB pathway
Card 146
Question
The Embden-Myerhof pathway is also referred to as what?
Answer
Glycolytic pathway or glycolysis
Card 147
Question
Glycolysis comes from the Greek roots glykos and lysis. What are the literal interpretations of these two terms?
Answer
Glykos means sweet, and lysis means losing/disappearing/breaking down. Overall, it means a loss of sweetness
Card 148
Question
What does GMP stand for with respect to nucleotides?
Answer
Guanosine Monophosphate
Card 149
Question
What is the name of the protein responsible for oxygen transport in the body?
Answer
Hemoglobin
Card 150
Question
What is the term for genetically engineered crops designed to resist herbicides?
Answer
Herbicide-tolerant crops
Card 151
Question
What is the first enzyme in glycolysis that introduces a glucose molecule into the cell?
Answer
Hexokinase
Card 152
Question
An enzyme family called the _____ catalyzes the phosphorylation of hexoses in the body.
Answer
Hexokinases.
Card 153
Question
What is the primary advantage of using CRISPR-Cas systems over earlier gene-editing technologies?
Answer
High specificity, efficiency, and ease of design.
Card 154
Question
What is the rate limiting step of cholesterol synthesis in the liver?
Answer
Hmg-Co-reductase
Card 155
Question
Differentiate between homofermentative and heterofermentative lactic acid fermentations.
Answer
Homo: glucose converted to lactic acid
Hetero: glucose (and possibly other substrates) converted to lactic acid, ethanol, acetic acid, CO2
Card 156
Question
What compound is formed after methionine demethylation?
Answer
Homocysteine
Card 157
Question
What is the substrate for catalase?
Answer
Hydrogen peroxide
Card 158
Question
What is the scientific term for an increase in the size of the cells in an organism?
Answer
Hypertrophy
Card 159
Question
What does IMP stand for with respect to nucleotides?
Answer
Inosine Monophosphate
Card 160
Question
Which gene-editing outcome results from non-homologous end joining (NHEJ)?
Answer
Insertions or deletions (indels).
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