Biochemistry Russian Roulette

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Across
  1. 3. alternative energy molecules produced by the liver during fasting or PDH deficiency.
  2. 8. condition resulting from accumulation of lactate when pyruvate cannot enter the Krebs cycle.
  3. 10. organelles where oxidative metabolism and the Krebs cycle occur.
  4. 11. ability of cells like hepatocytes to switch between fuel sources.
  5. 12. process of energy release through electron loss in metabolic pathways.
  6. 14. mitochondrial pathway where Acetyl-CoA is oxidized to generate energy.
  7. 15. toxic compound that blocks aconitase in the Krebs cycle.
  8. 17. Krebs cycle enzyme inhibited by fluorocitrate.
  9. 18. cytoplasmic pathway that converts glucose to pyruvate and yields small amounts of ATP.
  10. 19. versatile liver cell capable of using multiple fuels and producing ketone bodies.
Down
  1. 1. poison that inhibits the Krebs cycle by forming fluorocitrate.
  2. 2. sum of all biochemical reactions in a living organism.
  3. 4. mechanism where a molecule blocks or slows down an enzyme’s function.
  4. 5. another name for the Krebs cycle.
  5. 6. enzyme that converts pyruvate into Acetyl-CoA.
  6. 7. product of glycolysis that must be converted to Acetyl-CoA to enter the Krebs cycle.
  7. 9. main energy currency of the cell.
  8. 13. high-energy cell that depends almost entirely on glucose oxidation for ATP.
  9. 14. process by which hepatocytes produce ketone bodies.
  10. 16. central metabolic molecule that enters the Krebs cycle to produce ATP.