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Chp. 6
Protein Nutrition
Question | Answer |
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Protein | Essiential in human body helps maintainhealthy body |
Amino Acids | Building blocks of cells contains Nitrogen |
How many out of the 20 amino acidsare considered essiential | 9 |
Transamination | Process of transferring the amine group to amino group to make a new amino acid |
Transcription | Messenger RNA opies genetic information from DNA in the nucleus |
Limiting Amino acid | essential amino acid that is missingslows down protein synthesis |
What is the only type of food considered as Complete Protein | Soybeans |
Role of dietary protein | Maintain body tissue |
What is the standard use of measuring Protein | Eggs (100) |
Pepsinogen active form/role | Pepsin breaks proteint to smaller amino acids |
Protease | Enzyme from pancreas breaks peptide bonds to free amino acids |
Peptidases | Enzyme from instestnial cells splits peptide bonds inot single amino acids for absorption |
Use of Protein | For Cell growth Repair and maintenance |
Transport Proteins | Proteins help transport substances throught the body across cell membranes |
Edema | dissorder where fluids build up in the tusse spaces of the body |
Acidosis | disorder where blood becomes acidic |
alkalosis | disorder where blood becomes basic,too littleHydrogen |
Deamination | Loss of Nitrogen,produces ammonia, convertedto urea |
RDA for protein for sedentary people | 0.8gram per kilogram of body weight |
Sickel cell anemia | Gentic disorder,blood sickel shape,unable to travel well in bloodstream |