Mega-Biochem 1

2. An important component of fatty acid synthase
6. Disease whose symptoms include cataracts and growth retardation
8. a glycosidic bond is non-reducing because it is a(n) ______
11. Switch enzymes On/Off via covalent catalysis
14. second largest plasma lipoproteins after chilomycrons
16. Methyl carrier in phospholipid biosynthesis
17. Intermediate whose channeling away from citric acid cycle in diabetes causes build-up of ketone bodies
19. An anabolic energy-consuming pathway
20. DNA ______ is a process activated by nuclear receptors

1. First regulatory enzyme of glycolysis
3. An uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation if administered at a high dose
4. Conjugated protein with highest affinity towards oxygen
5. Lipophilic amino acid with a side-chain benzene ring
7. alpha and beta isomers are possible when glucose exists in which form?
9. Amino acid with 3 pKa values
10. Charge state of an amino acid at its isoelectric point
12. Hormone that plays an important role during fasting and starvation
13. Lung disease related to alpha-antitrypsin deficiency
15. Maximum number of carbons in a monosaccharide produced in the pentose phosphate pathway
16. A neurotransmitter derived from tryptophan
18. pH of a 0.1 M solution of HCl