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Adipose tissue lacks glycerol kinase, so released glycerol travels to the liver.
Which enzyme is absent in adipose tissue, preventing glycerol utilization?
1) Glycerol kinase
2) Lipoprotein lipase
3) Hormone-sensitive lipase
4) Acetyl-CoA carboxylase
All steroids share a characteristic core structure known as the cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene skeleton. This framework consists of three six-membered cyclohexane rings fused to one five-membered cyclopentane ring.
08. Steroids consist of:
1. 3 six carbon & 1-five carbon membered ring
2. 5 six carbon & 2-five carbon membered ring
3. 25 carbon atoms
4. All of the above
Sapropterin is a synthetic BH? analogue used in BH?-responsive hyperphenylalaninemia.
Synthetic BH? used in treatment of responsive PKU is:
1) Levodopa
2) Sapropterin
3) Carbidopa
4) Methotrexate
Branching enzyme deficiency causes:
1). Andersen disease
2). Hers disease
3). Cori disease
4). Von Gierke disease
ABCA1 transfers cholesterol from peripheral cells to Apo A-I, initiating HDL formation.
The primary function of ABCA1 protein is:
1). LDL uptake
2). Cholesterol efflux to HDL
3). Chylomicron synthesis
4). Triglyceride hydrolysis
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