BIOCHEMISTRY - Textbook - Ostapchenko L. I. - 2012

Chapter 6. AMINO ACID METABOLISM AND FUNCTIONS. PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS

Review Questions

1. Which gastrointestinal Enzymes are involved in Protein Digestion?

2. Why are proteases synthesized as proenzymes? Describe the mechanisms of activation of Proteolytic Enzymes.

3. What is the Toxic Effect of ammonia? What pathways of N2 excretion do you know in organisms of different organizational levels?

4. Write out The sequence of Reactions of the Urea Cycle, indicating the names of the enzymes and the cellular localization of the processes.

5. What substances formed during the Catabolism of carbon skeletons of Amino Acids serve as substrates for common metabolic pathways?

6. List the stages of METABOLISM/35.html">Protein Biosynthesis and name the Key Components of the protein-synthesizing machinery.

7. Name the Main Properties of The Genetic Code.

8. How does the activation of amino acids take place?

9. Compare the systems of initiation, elongation, and termination in PROKARYOTES AND EUKARYOTES.

10. Describe the mechanisms regulating Protein Synthesis.



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