Important Questions Carbohydrate Metabolism

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Carbohydrate Metabolism

Important Questions
Carbohydrate Metabolism
For Test, Send Ups and Prof
Compiled by: Muhammad Mohsin Ali Dynamo

1. Enumerate the pathways of glucose oxidation.


2. Elaborate the mechanism of blood glucose regulation in:
a. Starvation
b. Well-Fed state
3. Write short notes on:
a. Fructose metabolism
b. Galactose metabolism
4. Compare and contrast glucose Alanine
cycle and Coris Lactic acid cycle.
5. Enumerate key enzymes of glycogen
synthesis and discuss their regulation.
6. Enlist and explain the irreversible steps of
Krebs cycle. Also explain their regulatory
role.
7. Following:
a. Enumerate key enzymes of glycolysis.
b. Elaborate the role of pyruvate kinase
in detail, also discuss deficiency
effects.
8. What is importance of hexose
monophosphate pathway? What happens in G6-PD deficiency?
9. Write down the important reactions and cofactors of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex.
10. Why citric acid cycle is called the final common pathway? Explain your answer with examples.
11.
a. Elaborate the site, pathway and control of direct oxidative pathway.
b. What is metabolic outcome of the pathway?
c. Illustrate the metabolic crosstalk of the pathway.
d. Elaborate the clinical complications of the pathway.

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