The joining of multiple monosaccharides to form a disaccharide or polysaccharide is made possible by the formation of what type of bond?
Peptide bond
Glycoside bond
Covalent bond
Hydrogen bond
A and B
Which of the following allosteric effectors does NOT positively regulate glycogen phosphorylase?
CA3+
ADP
AMP
Pi
ATP
Lipolysis in adipose tissue and skeletal muscle is regulated by three enzymes. What are they?
HSL, CPT-1, MGL
FAT/CD36, MGL, ATGL
ATGL, HSL, B-HAD
MGL, HSL, ATGL
HSL, ATGL, CPT-1
The conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA is dependent on which enzyme?
CK
PFK
HK
PC
PDH
In order for fatty acids to be oxidised they must first enter the mitochondria in skeletal muscle. What is the key enzyme regulating entry of long chain fatty acids into mitochondria?
ATGL
HSL
AMPK
CPT-1
B-HAD
During the first weeks of a resistance-training intervention in which the weekly workload is increased there is an increase in muscle protein synthesis. Which proteins are synthesised more rapidly?
Slow isomers of myosin heavy chain
Enzymes of B-oxidation
All muscle proteins
Enzymes of TCA-cycle
Myofibrillar proteins
Hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) activity in skeletal muscle is increased during moderate-intensity exercise in response to which regulatory factor(s)?
Adrenaline & AMPK
Adrenaline & muscle contraction (Ca2+)
AMPK & insulin
Muscle contraction (Ca2+) & insulin
Adrenaline only
The rate of beta-oxidation is reduced in the mitochondria by which two regulatory factors?
Increased carnitine, increased free CoA
Increased acetyl-CoA, increased NADH
Decreased carnitine, decreased free CoA
Decreased acetyl-CoA, decreased NADH
Increased carnitine, decreased NADH
During the first weeks of an endurance-training intervention in a previously sedentary individual there is an increase in muscle protein degradation. Which proteins are broken down more rapidly?
Fast isomers of myosin heavy chain
Enzymes of beta-oxidation
