Exam 3: Carbohydrates

When compounds with 1 or more chiral carbon atoms and the same formula are arranged as mirror images they are said to be _____.

The purpose of the hexose monophosphate shunt is to produce

In which cellular site is most of the energy released when carbohydrates are oxidized to carbon dioxide and water?

Which of the following homopolysaccharides made of glucose contributes the most energy to the ordinary diet?

The disaccharidases are synthesized by the _____.

Sucrose digestion is initiated in the _____.

Choose the best description of the main method of glucose absorption.

Electron flow through Complexes I, III, and IV is accompanied by the translocation of protons

All of the following are substrates for gluconeogenesis EXCEPT

103 35. When oxygen is present in a tissue, less glucose is metabolized to pyruvate. Why?

Insulin is an anabolic hormone. Which process does insulin stimulate?

If an individual with no blood sugar abnormalities when eating regularly presented with severe hypoglycemia after 30 hours of fasting, which enzyme would you suspect might be malfunctioning?

In the complete oxidation of 1 mol of glucose, how many ATPs are formed?

The glucose transporter that is sensitive to insulin is

Name the model that depicts cyclized monosaccharides as lying in a horizontal plane with the hydroxyl groups pointing down or up from the plane.

A homopolysaccharide that is important in human diets is _____ and the end product formed from the complete digestion of this homopolysaccharide is _____.

Which of the following carbon bonds is digested by α-amylase?

When fructose-sweetened beverages are consumed in research studies, plasma triglycerides levels are:

The majority of energy in the typical American diet comes from:

Two hormones that stimulate glycogenolysis in the muscle and liver, respectively, are _____.