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A family presents for genetic counseling. The couple
has two female children who are alive and well;
however, their infant son recently died in the nursery
with severe hemolysis (lysis of red blood cells) and
jaundice. The wife recalls she lost a brother in
Ribose and NADPH
infancy with severe hemolysis, induced after a viral
infection. The physician suspects a glucose-6-
phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, this would
result in a deficiency in which of the following
compounds in red blood cells?
A patient presents to the emergency department
with lactic acidosis. A deficiency in thiamine (TPP) is
Transketolase
suspected and this will be consistent with a
decrease in the activity of following enzymes?
Galactose 1-phosphate is initially converted to
UDP-Glucose glucose 1-phosphate and requires which of the
following compounds?
Which of the following cofactors is required for
Thiamine diphosphate
transketolase activity?
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UNE Medical BiochemistryAldolase
Midterm Review
B facilities a reaction that cleaves fructose
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1-phosphate into two 3-carbon molecules that will
Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate
enter glycolysis as which of the following
compounds?
High levels of activity of the non-oxidative portion
of the pentose phosphate pathway will directly
Glycolysis
produce intermediates of which of the following
pathways?
Glucose 6-phosphate The major regulatory step of the pentose phosphate
dehydrogenase pathway is catalyzed by which enzyme?
Insulin stimulates fatty acid synthesis in the liver.
VLDL particles These fatty acids are transported to the adipose
tissue as which of the following?
A young woman goes to work without eating
breakfast and skips lunch. In this scenario, which of
Free fatty acids
the following pathways is providing substrates used
to generate ATP in the liver?
Caffeine is a natural inhibitor of phosphodiesterase.
If you were to consume a large amount of coffee
Glucagon
you would likely see a prolonged response to which
of the following stimulants or hormones?
A teenage female presenting with lack of
menstruation (amenorrhea) is found to have a
They enhance transcription dysfunctional steroid receptor characteristic of
when bound to receptors androgen insensitivity syndrome. Which of the
following statements accurately describes steroid
hormones?
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A family presents for genetic counseling. The couple
has two female children who are alive and well;
however, their infant son recently died in the nursery
with severe hemolysis (lysis of red blood cells) and
jaundice. The wife recalls she lost a brother in
Ribose and NADPH
infancy with severe hemolysis, induced after a viral
infection. The physician suspects a glucose-6-
phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, this would
result in a deficiency in which of the following
compounds in red blood cells?
A patient presents to the emergency department
with lactic acidosis. A deficiency in thiamine (TPP) is
Transketolase
suspected and this will be consistent with a
decrease in the activity of following enzymes?
Galactose 1-phosphate is initially converted to
UDP-Glucose glucose 1-phosphate and requires which of the
following compounds?
Which of the following cofactors is required for
Thiamine diphosphate
transketolase activity?
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UNE Medical BiochemistryAldolase
Midterm Review
B facilities a reaction that cleaves fructose
Study
1-phosphate into two 3-carbon molecules that will
Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate
enter glycolysis as which of the following
compounds?
High levels of activity of the non-oxidative portion
of the pentose phosphate pathway will directly
Glycolysis
produce intermediates of which of the following
pathways?
Glucose 6-phosphate The major regulatory step of the pentose phosphate
dehydrogenase pathway is catalyzed by which enzyme?
Insulin stimulates fatty acid synthesis in the liver.
VLDL particles These fatty acids are transported to the adipose
tissue as which of the following?
A young woman goes to work without eating
breakfast and skips lunch. In this scenario, which of
Free fatty acids
the following pathways is providing substrates used
to generate ATP in the liver?
Caffeine is a natural inhibitor of phosphodiesterase.
If you were to consume a large amount of coffee
Glucagon
you would likely see a prolonged response to which
of the following stimulants or hormones?
A teenage female presenting with lack of
menstruation (amenorrhea) is found to have a
They enhance transcription dysfunctional steroid receptor characteristic of
when bound to receptors androgen insensitivity syndrome. Which of the
following statements accurately describes steroid
hormones?
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