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Week 3 formative quiz Flashcards

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Pancreatic lipase breaks down triacylglycerols into free fatty acids and monoacylglycerol

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True - these are broken down in the small intestine

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Acetyl-CoA is the gateway for food molecules into the citric acid cycle

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True. Amino acids, fatty acids and glucose (via pyruvate) all enter the citric acid cycle via acetyl-CoA.

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Digestion of dietary polysaccharides and disaccharides involves hydrolysis reactions

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True

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Factors stabilising protein structure include both covalent and non-covalent bonds

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True - the 3 dimensional structure of a protein is maintained by weak forces like hydrogen bonds and Van der waals forces as well as covalent links between amino aids

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The rate limiting step in fatty acid synthesis is production of malonyl CoA from acetyl CoA carboxylase

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True - This is the rate limiting enzyme in production of fatty acids. It is activated by citrate (signals that there is enough glucose - so make FA) and deactivated by palmitoyl CoA (enough fatty acid made so halt synthesis). It is also regulated by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation through concentrations of insulin, glucagon and epinephrine

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Glucose molecules are removed from glycogen in the form of glucose 6-phosphate

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False. Glucose monomers are removed from the non-reducing ends as glucose 1-phosphate

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Concerning enzymes: A competitive inhibitor structurally resembles the normal substrate

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True. A competitive inhibitor binds to the same substrate binding site and is therefore likely to be structurally similar to the substrate

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Cholesterol biosynthesis is regulated by the concentration of acetyl CoA.

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False - Cholesterol synthesis is regulated by the rate limiting enzyme HMG CoA reductase. Statins inhibit this enzyme which is exploited in medicine to reduce plasma cholesterol levels by inhibiting cholesterol synthesis

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Isoenzymes (isozymes) are enzymes that catalyse more than one chemical reaction

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False. Isoenzymes are enzymes that catalyse the same reaction but differ in structure

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Glucokinase has a high Km for glucose, and hexokinase a low Km for glucose

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True. Glucokinase, which is present in the liver, has a high Km and therefore low affinity for glucose but has a high Vmax and can therefore “grab” large amounts of glucose after a meal

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Catabolism of glucose to carbon dioxide generates, per mol of glucose, 2 mol ATP, 2 mol GTP, 10 mol NADH and 2 mol FADH2

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True - Remember, you get 2 mol of pyruvate per mol of glucose so you get two turns of the citric acid cycle

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12
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The R-group of an aliphatic amino-acid contains a hydrocarbon ring

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False. The R-group of an aliphatic amino-acid consists of a hydrocarbon chain, eg alanine or leucine. The R-group of an aromatic amino-acid contains a hydrocarbon ring, eg phenylalanine or tyrosine.

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13
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All unsaturated fatty acids are essential

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False - Only linolenic and linoleic fatty acids are essential. Animals do not have the enzymes that introduce double bonds between carbon 9 and 10 and so need to get these from the diet. Aracadonic acid is essential if these are not available but aracadonic acid can be made from linolenic acid

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14
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Fatty acids are degraded 2 carbons at a time in the cytosol

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False - Fatty acids are degraded 2 carbons at a time in the mitochondrial matrix

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Kidney failure can cause hyperammonaemia

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True

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16
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Fatty acid synthase requires acetyl CoA, ATP and NADH to produce fatty acids

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False - NADPH NOT NADP is required. This is produced from the pentose phosphate shuttle and through the citrate shuttle pathway

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17
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Glycolysis means ‘sugar splitting’

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True. The six-carbon glucose molecule is split into two three-carbon pyruvate molecules

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Glycolysis means ‘sugar splitting’

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True. The six-carbon glucose molecule is split into two three-carbon pyruvate molecules

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The citric acid cycle only operates under anaerobic conditions

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False - the citric acid cycle only operates under aerobic conditions. It is the clever extra step after glycolysis that allows you to harvest electrons that can be used to completely oxidise food molecules to CO2 and H2O

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20
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Phenylketonuria is characterised by low plasma concentration of phenylalanine and high plasma concentration of tyrosine

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False. Classical phenylketonuria results from the lack of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase which converts phenylalanine to tyrosine. There is therefore a high concentration of phenylalanine and a low concentration of tyrosine in the blood

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Bile salts are a transporter of lipids after breakdown

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False - lipids are broken down to acetyl coA and this is used as fuel. There is no involvement of bile acids in transport after breakdown - it is key for emulsification of ingested fats

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22
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Amino acids are an essential source of the body’s nitrogen

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True - carbohydrates and fats contain no nitrogen, we do not take any from the air, therefore amino acids are our major source of nitrogen

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23
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Structurally, proteins may be classified as globular, fluid or membranous

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False - the 3 categories you have heard about are globular, fibrous and membraneous

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Corticosteroids are used ti inhibit cyclooxyrgenase and reduce pain and inflammation

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False - corticosteroids inhibit phospholipase A2 to prevent aracadonic acid production from membrane phospholipids and reduce pain and inflammation

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The citric acid cycle is a major source of the reduced co-substrates that feed electrons into the terminal respiratory system.

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True - The citric acid cycle generates NADH and FADH2 that pass their high energy electrons to the electron transport chain

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26
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During flow through the citric acid cycle, oxidation of cycle intermediates occurs in four separate reactions

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True - Three generating NADH and one generating FADH2

27
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Dietary disaccharides are digested in the stomach

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False. Dietary disaccharides such as lactose, sucrose and maltose are digested in the small intestine to glucose, galactose and fructose

28
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Concerning enzymes: When working at Vmax, an enzyme is saturated with substrate

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True. When the enzyme is saturated with substrate and all the active sites are occupied, the enzyme will be working at its maximum rate (velocity)

29
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The ‘primary structure’ of a protein is the predominant three-dimensional configuration that it adopts

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False. The primary structure refers to the sequence of amino acids in a protein. The 3-dimensional structure is referred to as the tertiary structure

30
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Glycogen is a polymer with many reducing ends

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False. Glycogen is a polymer with many non-reducing ends

31
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Because of the toxicity of ammonia, nitrogen is transported through plasma as the non-toxic molecule glutamate

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False. Glutamate is initially formed by transamination reactions, but it is It is then converted to alanine which is transported in the blood

32
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All lipids increase the risk of cardiovascular disease

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False - VLDL and LDL if in high concentrations in the blood or trans fatty acids can accelerate cardiovascular disease. However, omega 3 fatty acids can lower cholesterol levels and help prevent the severity of cardiovascular disease

33
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Concerning enzymes: At Vmax, substrate occupies all available active sites of the enzyme

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True. Hence the rate (velocity) of the reaction as at its maximum

34
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Phenylketonuria results from a genetic inability to synthesise the coded amino-acid phenylalanine

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False. Classical phenylketonuria results from the lack of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase which converts phenylalanine to tyrosine. There is therefore an excess of phenylalanine

35
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Uncoupling agents inhibit the passage of electrons along the terminal respiratory system.

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False. Uncoupling agents still allow the passage of electrons along the terminal respiratory system, but they render the inner mitochondrial membrane permeable to protons so the proton gradient cannot be generated. O2 is still reduced to H2O, but no ATP is made and the excess energy is released as heat. You should have heard of brown fat and of malignant hyperthermia in this context

36
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Both glucose and galactose occur as six carbon rings

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True - Both glucose and galactose can exist in a linear or cyclic form so can both adopt a ring structure

37
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Bile salts are best described as fat emulsifiers

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True - A key step in fat digestion is the emulsification of lipids with bile salts and with the help of lipases and peristalsis creates micelles that can be absorbed by cells in the small intestine

38
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Enzymes increase the rate of a reaction by lowering the activation energy

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True

39
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Glycogen is osmotically inactive

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True - This is an important benefit of storing glucose molecules as glycogen rather than as free glucose

40
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Beta oxidation requires 2 main steps

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False - It requires 3 main steps i) fatty acid activation ii) transport into the mitochondrial matrix by carnitine shuttle and iii) degradation which has 4 main enzyme reactions

41
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Some of the potential energy of fuel molecules is saved during flow through the citric acid cycle

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True - The energy from breaking carbon bonds is harvested as high energy electrons which are eventually passed via NADH and FADH2 to the electron transport chain to generate ATP

42
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Concerning enzymes: At ½ Vmax, the substrate concentration is equal to Km.

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True. This is the definition of Km. A low Km indicates a good fit between the enzyme and its substrate

43
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Concerning enzymes: A low Km indicates a poor fit between the enzyme active site and the substrate

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False. A low Km indicates a good fit between the enzyme active site and the substrate

44
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Ketone bodies can be used by the brain and red blood cells as a source of energy when glucose is depleted.

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False - Ketones can be used readily by the brain but NOT by red blood cells. Red blood cells do not have mitochondria or the enzymes associated with conversion of ketone bodies to acetyl coA

45
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Fructokinase catalyses the conversion of dietary fructose to fructose 6-phosphate

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False - Fructokinase catalyzes the phospehorylation of fructose to fructose-1-phosphate

46
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Conjugated proteins are those which are composed of two or more separate amino-acid chains

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False. A conjugated protein is one that functions by being attached to another non-protein group, eg glycoproteins, lipoproteins and metalloproteins

47
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Most enzymes are globular proteins

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True. As opposed to fibrous proteins which tend to be contractile of structural, or membranous proteins which include transporters and cell adhesion molecules

48
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Digestion of dietary protein begins in the duodenum

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False. It begins with the secretion of pepsinogen (and hence pesin) in the stomach. It follows with the secretion of trypsin, chymotrypsin, and peptidases in the small intestine

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A peptide bond involves a link between a carbon atom and an oxygen atom.

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False. A peptide bond, the link between individual amino acids in a protein, is between a carbon atom and a nitrogen atom

50
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In the citric acid cycle, high energy electrons are stored in the form of NADH and FADH2

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True

51
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An isomerase is an enzyme that transfers groups between 2 molecules

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False. An isomerase transfers groups within molecules – ie it forms an isomer

52
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‘Denaturation’ of a protein refers to its degradation to component amino-acids.

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False. In denaturation the weak bonds (eg hydrogen bonds) that maintain the secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures are lost but the covalent links between amino acids is retained

53
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All proteins are enzymes

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False. Proteins have a massively diverse range of functions, eg structural, contractile, hormonal, defensive, transport, storage or receptors

54
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The citrate shuttle moves acetyl CoA from the mitochondria to the cytosol to make fatty acids

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True - This step is necessary to transfer the acetyl CoA from the mitochondrial matrix where it is made to the cytosol for FA synthesis. This only happens where the citrate levels in the mitochondria are high and fatty acyl molecules are low in conc.

55
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Concerning enzymes: Increasing the concentration of substrate may relieve competitive but not non-competitive inhibition

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Concerning enzymes: Increasing the concentration of substrate may relieve competitive but not non-competitive inhibition

56
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Acetoacetate is the only ketone body detected by a urine dipstick test

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True - The test used to detect ketonuria only picks up acetoacetate not Beta-hydroxybutarate. (remember this by a-pee-to-acetate!!) Acetone is usually exhaled. Beta-hydroxybutyrate can be detected in blood using a separate test

57
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Concerning enzymes: A coenzyme is an enzyme involved in an earlier or later stage of the same metabolic pathway

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False. A coenzyme is a non-protein substance that is required for the function of the enzyme

58
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All of the genetically coded amino acids can be synthesised in the body

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False. 11 out of the 20 coded amino acids can be synthesized in the body and are classed as “non-essential”. The other 9 are “essential” and are needed in the diet. These are histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine

59
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Movement of glucose out of cells requires it to be dephosphorylated

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True. Phosphorylation of glucose is a handy trick for trapping glucose within cells. Glucokinase does the job in the liver, and hexokinase does it in other tissues

60
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As electrons pass along the terminal respiratory system, they are pumped across the inner membrane of the mitochondria

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False. Electrons pass along the inner membrane of the mitochondria and their energy is used to pump protons across the membrane

61
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The main place fat digestion takes place is the mouth and stomach

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False - The main site of digestion of fats is the small intestine. Acid lipases in the mouth and stomach can digest some fats but this is limited

62
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The rate limiting step in fatty acid synthesis is production of malonyl CoA from acetyl CoA carboxylase

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False - This is the rate limiting enzyme in production of fatty acids. It is activated by citrate (signals that there is enough glucose - so make FA) and deactivated by palmitoyl CoA (enough fatty acid made so halt synthesis). It is also regulated by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation through concentrations of insulin, glucagon and epinephrine.

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One turn of the citric acid cycle generates one molecule of carbon dioxide.

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False. One turn of the citric acid cycle generates two molecules of carbon dioxide

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Isoenzymes (isozymes) are enzymes that catalyse more than one chemical reaction

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False. Isoenzymes are enzymes that catalyse the same reaction but differ in structure

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