Protein Degradation Crossword Puzzle
QUESTIONS LIST: ubiquitin: protein present in eukaryotic cells that marks proteins for degradation, acetyl coa: the carbon skeletons of ile, leu, and trp give rise to this molecule, arginine: carbon skeleton of this molecule is conserved as fumarate, oxygenases: enzymes required for degradation of aromatic amino acids, fumarate: molecular link between the urea cycle and the citric acid cycle, alanine: nitrogen atoms from bcaas used for fuel in the muscles are transported to the liver for degradation as this molecule, mitochondria: deamination of amino acids occurs in this cellular location, pyruvate: the carbon skeleton of ala, cys, gly, ser, thr, and trp give rise to this molecule, liver: major site of amino acid degradation, pyridoxal phosphate: coenzyme of all aminotransferase enzymes, responsible for formation of schiff base, glucogenic: term for amino acids that eventually give rise to glucose after degradation, ammoniotelic: term used to describe organisms that release n as nh4+ , gdh: abbreviation for the enzyme that catalyzes the oxidative deamination reaction responsible for liberating free nh4+, four: number of ub molecules that is required to send a strong degradation signal, cytoplasm: hydrolysis of arginine to produce urea and ornithine occurs in this cellular location , lysine: amino acid residue that reacts with ubiquitin to form an isopeptide bond and tag a protein for degradation , ketogenic: term for amino acids that give rise to ketone bodies or fatty acids after degradation