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Unit 4
Metabolism
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Health Care
Undergraduate 1
10/23/2008

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Term
Deamination
Definition
The catabolic removal of the nitrogen-containing amine group from an amino acid before the amino acid can enter the Citric Acid Cycle or Be converted into fat or glucose
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Glycogenolysis
Definition
The breakdown of stored glycogen into glucose
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Beta-oxidation
Definition
The metabolic breakdown of fatty acids into numerous molecules of Acetyl-CoA, which then enters the Citric Acid Cycle for ATP Production
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Glycolysis
Definition
The first step in the metabolic breakdown of glucose in which glucose is split into 2 molecules of pyruvic acid and some ATP is produced
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Acetyl-Co A
Definition
As Pyruvic acid molecules move into the mitochondria, they combine with coenzyme A and are converted into this substance which then enters the Citric Acid Cycle
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Lactic Acid
Definition
The End-product of Anaerobic Respiration; it is released into the blood by the cells that produce it and the liver uses oxygen to convert it back into glucose
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Transamination
Definition
A process in which keto acids can be converted into amino acids by transferring an amine group to the keto acid; the main means by which non-essential amino acids are produced
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