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Biochemistry | Physician Assistant (PA) School Study Aid
Aerobic Respiration
- Mitochondrial Matrix
- 2 Pyruvate
- Pyruvate Decarboxylation
- 2 NADH
- 2 Acetyl-CoA
- Krebs Cycle
- 6 NADH
- 2 FADH2
- 2 Substrate Level ATPs
1 min
Anaerobic Respiration
- Cytosol
- Glucose
- Glycolysis
- Substrate-level Phosphorylation
- 2 NADH
- 2 Net ATP
- 2 Pyruvate
- Fermentation
- NAD+ Regeneration
- Waste Byproduct
2 mins
Oxidative Phosphorylation
- Inner Mitochondrial Membrane
- Electron Transport Chain
- Oxygen is Final Electron Acceptor
- Proton Pump
- Proton Motive Force
- ATP Synthase
- 1 NADH 3 ATP
- 1 FADH2 2 ATP
2 mins
Energy Releasing Pathways: Accounting
- Characteristics
- Anaerobic Respiration
- 2 ATP
- 2 NADH
- Aerobic Respiration
- 8 NADH
- 2 FADH2
- 2 ATP
- Oxidative Phosphorylation
- 34 ATP
- 2 ATP Lost
- 36 Net Total ATP
2 mins
Enzyme Types
- Characteristics
- Lyases
- Hydrolases
- Transferases
- Isomerases
- Oxidoreductases
- Ligases
1 min
Competitive Inhibition
- Reversible Inhibition
- Constant Vmax
- Substrate Competes With Inhibitor For The Active Site
- Inhibition Increases Km
1 min
Non-Competitive Inhibition
- Characteristics
- Reversible Inhibition
- Substrate Freely Binds The Active Site
- Inhibitor Strongly Binds Allosteric Site
- Km Constant
- Enzyme Has Different Conformational Form
- Low Vmax
2 mins
Lipoprotein Functions
- Chylomicron
- Carries Dietary TGs to Peripheral Tissues
- VLDL
- Carries Hepatic TGs to Peripheral Tissue
- IDL
- Carries TGs and Cholesterol to Liver
- LDL
- Carries Hepatic Cholesterol to Peripheral Tissues
- HDL
- Returns Excess Cholesterol from Peripheral Tissues to Liver
2 mins
Apolipoprotein Types
- E
- Mediates Remnant Uptake
- AI
- Activates LCAT
- CII
- Catalyzes Cleavage
- B48
- Mediates Chylomicron Secretion Into Lymphatics
- Only on Particles Originating from the Intestine
- B100
- Binds LDL Receptor
- Only on Particles Originating from the Liver
2 mins
