Carbohydrate and glucose metabolism
13 important questions on Carbohydrate and glucose metabolism
How many glucose does the brain use each day?
Why do brain/neuronal cells not have beta-oxidation?
Why can we not make glucose from FA?
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What stimulates glucagon production?
Where do you find glucokinase and where do you find hexokinase? What is the difference between these two regarding Km and Vmax?
Hexokinase: other cells (low Km, low Vmax)
Why is glucokinase only present in the liver and pancreas?
What is the difference in the liver compared to other cells?
What happens when a patient is lactose intolerant?
Lactose = glucose + galactose. Lactase cuts these two.
Where does aerobic glycolysis occur, what about anaerobic glycolysis?
Anaerobic glycolysis: cytoplasm
What happens if you eat a high protein meal?
When is pyruvate used for the TCA cycle?
How is the TCA controlled via hormones?
Glucagon inactivates PDH: glucose to gluconeogenesis
What is the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP)?
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