Mega-Biochem 1

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Across
  1. 2. second largest plasma lipoproteins after chilomycrons
  2. 4. Maximum number of carbons in a monosaccharide produced in the pentose phosphate pathway
  3. 7. Disease whose symptoms include cataracts and growth retardation
  4. 10. Charge state of an amino acid at its isoelectric point
  5. 12. Intermediate whose channeling away from citric acid cycle in diabetes causes build-up of ketone bodies
  6. 13. DNA ______ is a process activated by nuclear receptors
  7. 15. Conjugated protein with highest affinity towards oxygen
  8. 19. An important component of fatty acid synthase
  9. 21. An uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation if administered at a high dose
Down
  1. 1. Hormone that plays an important role during fasting and starvation
  2. 3. First regulatory enzyme of glycolysis
  3. 5. Lung disease related to alpha-antitrypsin deficiency
  4. 6. An anabolic energy-consuming pathway
  5. 8. A neurotransmitter derived from tryptophan
  6. 9. Switch enzymes On/Off via covalent catalysis
  7. 11. Amino acid with 3 pKa values
  8. 14. Lipophilic amino acid with a side-chain benzene ring
  9. 16. pH of a 0.1 M solution of HCl
  10. 17. alpha and beta isomers are possible when glucose exists in which form?
  11. 18. a glycosidic bond is non-reducing because it is a(n) ______
  12. 20. Methyl carrier in phospholipid biosynthesis