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Where does pyruvate carboxylase perform its action?
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Mitochondria
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What is the reaction catalyzed by pyruvate carboxylase?
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Pyruvate--> Oxaloacetate
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What does pyruvate carboxylase require?
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Biotin, ATP, and is activated by acetyl CoA
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What are the irreversible enzymes of gluconeogenesis?
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Pyruvate Carboxylase
PEP Carboxylase Fructose-1,6- Bisphosphatase Glucose 6 Phosphatase |
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What enzymes of gluconeogenesis are found in the cytosol?
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PEP Carboxylase
Fructose-1,6- Bisphosphatase |
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What does PEP carboxykinase catalyze and what does it require?
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Oxaloacetate--> phophoenolpyruvate
GTP |
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What irreversible enzyme of gluconeogenesis functions in the ER?
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Glucose 6 Phosphatase
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What does Glucose 6 Phosphatase catalyze?
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Glucose-6-P--> Glucose
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Where does gluconeogenesis primarily occur?
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Liver
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Can odd or even fatty acids metabolites enter gluconeogenesis?
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Odd-chain fa
Metabolite: 1 propionyl-CoA |
