Biochemistry flashcards

Biochemistry flashcard decks shared publicly by Klappa users: metabolism, enzymes, lipids, carbohydrates, amino acids and bioenergetics. 60 decks, 5435 cards in all. Open a deck to read every card without an account, then sign in to study it with spaced repetition.

• 11 · PTH Actions on Bone, Kidney & Gut (and the Calcitriol/FGF-23 Axis)
  33 cards
• 5.) Carbohydrate metabolism Part 1
  145 cards
• 2.) Mitochondrial respiratory chain and oxidative phosphorylation
  133 cards
• Enzymes: Catalysis and Classification
  78 cards
• 13.1 - Introduction, Phosphorylation of Glucose
  110 cards
• 12.3 - Flow of Electrons
  108 cards
• Fatty Acid Synthesis
  64 cards
• Chemistry, pH & Buffers
  78 cards
• Lipids Foundations
  86 cards
• 12.5 - TCA Cycle
  159 cards
• 13.4 - Regulation of Glycolysis
  66 cards
• 13.3 - PDH
  66 cards
• 13.2 - Glycolysis, Reactions, Fate of Pyruvate
  95 cards
• 12.4 - ATP Synthase
  109 cards
• 15.4 - De novo synthesis of lipids: Saturated and Unsaturated FFA, complex lipids
  72 cards
• 15.2 - Lipid stores as energy sourrce: FFA
  73 cards
• Carbohydrates — Structure, Digestion & Absorption
  84 cards
• Heme: Synthesis, Degradation, Jaundice, and Iron
  103 cards
• 15.3 - Lipid stores as energy source: Ketone bodies
  59 cards
• Glycolysis
  73 cards
• The Pentose Phosphate Pathway
  63 cards
• 14.) Lipoproteins: structure, components, roles of apoproteins (apo A1, Apo B48 and apo B100, apo CII, apo E), metabolism of chylomicrons, VLDL, HDL. Increased LDL/HDL ratio as a risk factor for atherosclerosis. Deficiency/defects of LPL, apo CII, LDL receptor and apo B100 and their consequences.
  116 cards
• Metabolic Integration — Fed, Fasting, and Starvation
  95 cards
• Enzyme Kinetics & Inhibition
  93 cards
• Calcium, Phosphorus & Biomineralization
  102 cards
• Proteins, Hemoglobin, and Plasma Proteins
  124 cards
• Bioenergetics, the TCA Cycle & Oxidative Phosphorylation
  84 cards
• Eicosanoids
  62 cards
• The Urea Cycle
  69 cards
• Ketone Bodies
  62 cards
• 10.) Pentose phosphate pathway. Reversible and irreversible reactions of the pathway. Oxidative arm - dehydrogenases reactions, role as a source of NADPH (functions of NADPH!) and ribose-5P. Non-oxidative arm role/importance. Consequences of G6P dehydrogenase deficiency.
  111 cards
• Amino-Acid Metabolism: PLP, One-Carbon, PKU & B12
  102 cards
• Extracellular Matrix and Oral Biochemistry
  109 cards
• Nucleotide Metabolism, Purine Degradation & Gout
  84 cards
• Amino-Acid Catabolism: Transamination and Ammonia
  60 cards
• 8.) Part 2 - Differences between liver and muscle cells concerning glycogen metabolism. Inherited defects of glycogen degradation (von Gierke’s disease, Mc Ardle syndrome).
  77 cards
• Cholesterol and Its Derivatives
  73 cards
• Glycogen Metabolism: Liver vs Muscle
  64 cards
• β-Oxidation of Fatty Acids
  57 cards
• 8.) Part 1 - Glycogen: reactions of glycogen synthesis and degradation, regulation (phosphorylation cascade, allosteric effectors, role of AMP and calcium ions)
  119 cards
• 4.) Carbohydrates Structure
  107 cards
• 16.2 - Complex lipid synthesis and defects accompanying their degradation
  81 cards
• Amino Acids
  81 cards
• Pyruvate, oxaloacetate, acetyl-CoA as key metabolites:
  111 cards
• 16.4 - Transport of cholesterol in the body
  57 cards
• 3.) The tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA).
  141 cards
• 7.) PDH complex
  98 cards
• 5.) Carbohydrate metabolism part 2
  121 cards
• 13.) Fatty acid activation to acyl-CoA – reaction, its importance in lipid metabolism.
  49 cards
• 9.) Metabolism of fructose and galactose. Inherited defects (fructosuria, fructose intolerance, galactosemia.
  92 cards
• 11.) Lipids: structures of major lipids: triacylglycerols (TAG), phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylcholine, sphingomyelin, cholesterol and its main derivatives. Lipid soluble vitamins.
  116 cards
• 12.) Lipases: pancreatic, lipoprotein, hormone sensitive – their localization and roles, activating factors. Digestion and absorption of lipids in the GI tract.
  107 cards
• 16.1 - Metabolic fate of fatty acids
  97 cards
• 16.3 - Synthesis of Cholesterol
  83 cards
• 15.) Fatty acid degradation: intracellular localization, role of carnitine, reactions, ATP produced, regulation (role of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I). Fates of propionyl CoA.
  98 cards
• Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidant Defense
  85 cards
• Gluconeogenesis
  76 cards
• 16.5 - cholesterol derivatives, pages 45-59
  125 cards
• Detoxification & Xenobiotics
  81 cards
• Lipoproteins and Lipid Transport
  109 cards

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