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Describe the two independent ways in which glucose is transported into the muscle.
Name the three processes for carbohydrate metabolism.
What does a postfix of lysis mean?
What does a postfix of esis mean?
Which hormones regulate
a) glycogenolysis
b) glycogenesis
What is a carbohydrate with 3-7 carbons called?
Name the specific name and example for each number.
What are two monosacccharides joined together called?
What is the bi-product when this occurs?
Give examples
What is it called when there is > 10 monosaccharides?
Give examples
Draw a glucose molecule
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Draw a Maltose molecule
What type of bond joins the two glucose molecules?
What is regulation of CHO metabolism?
What are the main sites involved in CHO metabolism? (1-3)
What are the main sites involved in CHO metabolism? (4)
What are the main sites involved in CHO metabolism? (5,6)
What are the two key regulators of blood glucose?
What is GLUT-4
What are the 6 steps for insulin to transport glucose?
How does exercise (muscle contraction) transport glucose?
Where is glucose stored and in what amounts?
To utilise more muscle glycogen than fat what must we do to exercise intensity?
What is the equation for breaking glycogen down to glucose-1-phosphate
What enzyme catalyses this reaction?
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What is the equation for breaking glucose-1-phosphate down to glucose-6-phosphate
What enzyme catalyses this reaction?
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What regulates glycogen phosphorylase and how?
What affect does adrenaline have during moderate exercise?
What does an increase of ADP and AMP do to glycogen phosphorylase?
What is the formula for glycolysis?
What is the net gain?
What regulates the glycolysis reaction?
What does it specifically do?
What inhibits this enzyme?
What is phosphofructokinase (PFK)?
What affects how much PFK is switched on?
What slows down PFK?
What is the link reaction?
What is it facilitated by?
What does any phosphatase do?
eg. PDH phosphatase
What does any kinase do?
eg PDH kinase
What does adding a phosphate do to PDH?
Which hormones regulate glycogenesis, and therefore inhibits glycogenolysis?
Which hormones regulate glycogenolysis, and therefore inhibits glycogenesis?
