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Nitrogen Metabolism

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show nitrogen fixation, nitrogenous  
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NH4 to NO2- is   show
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NO2- to NO3-   show
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NO3- to N2   show
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show glutamate synthase, glutamine synthetase  
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show bacteria and plants  
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show glutamine synthetase  
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a-Ketogluturate + NH4 (using NADPH and ATP) converts to   show
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Glutamine and glutamate are ___________ carriers   show
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show Transaminase  
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show YES  
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show PLP (pyridoxal-5-phosphate)  
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show To mop up free nitrogen  
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Glutamine synthetase converts _______ to _______   show
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show glutamine to glutamate  
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show a-ketoglutarate +NH4(+) +NADPH + ATP ---> glutamate + NADP+ + ADP + Pi  
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PLP is derived from _____   show
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show Lysine  
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show a covalent bond  
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What is the end product of this bond?   show
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The enzyme-lysine-PLP formed would be considered a ______   show
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show the goal is to transport an amine group from a-ketoglutarate to another a-keto acid  
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The enzyme-PLP-schiff base formed by PLP lysine and the enzyme serve as a ______ to transanimase   show
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_____________ incorporates amine into a biomolecule   show
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show glutamine synthetase  
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show glutamine synthetase  
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Which of the two assimilation enzymes DOES NOT require triphosphate molecules to work (like ATP, GTP, etc)?   show
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Glutamate is a precursor to which amino acids?   show
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show glycine and then cysteine  
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show Tetrahydrofolate, this happens during biosynthesis  
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show Tyrosine  
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show serine hydroxymethyl transferase  
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show Phe-hydroxylase  
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Which amino acids are glucogenic?   show
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Which amino acids are ONLY ketogenic?   show
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show IPTTT, Isoleucine, Phenylalanine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine  
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Pyruvate, Oxaloacetate, a-Ketoglutarate, Succinyl CoA and Fumerate are examples of which type of precursors?   show
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show Ketogenic precursors  
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show NH3+ breaks off from the rest of the amino acid (making it a a-keto acid)  
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show It is used to make Urea  
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What happens to the rest of the amino acid after catabolism?   show
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In amino acid catabolism, some amino acids are converted to glucogenic substrates via ______   show
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show Serine and cysteine, both of which have NH3 removed  
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Where does the urea cycle occur?   show
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show partly in mitochondria and partly in cytosol of cells  
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show Disposal of nitrogen  
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What percent of nitrogen is disposed/excreted as urea?   show
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show glutamate and aspartate (TATE)  
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What supplies carbon to the urea cycle?   show
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show IMP, then yields AMP and GMP  
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What activates glutamine PRPP amidotranferase?   show
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What inhibits glutamine PRPP amidotransferase?   show
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show bicarbonate, Aspartate, and glutamine  
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show UTP and CTP  
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First step of pyrimidine biosynthesis?   show
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