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17. A healthy 30-year-old man is participating in a study of the effects of a competitive inhibitor of endothelial nitric oxide synthase. After intravenous injection of the inhibitor, blood pressure immediately increases. Supplementation with which of the following amino acids is most appropriate to reverse this increase?


A) Arginine





B) Aspartic acid



C) Glutamic acid



D) Leucine



E) Lysine



F) Methionine



G) Tyrosine




35. The destruction of H2O2, which is a mildly toxic reduced oxygen species, is catalyzed by which of the following enzymes?

A) Catalase

B) Cytochrome oxidase

C) Nitric oxide synthase (inducible)

D) Superoxide dismutase

E) Xanthine oxidase

please explain answers if you can.



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1. A

2. A


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  #3

1.A

for reversing the competitive inhibitors we should increase the substrate

2.A




  #4

Question #35 is actually Catalase, which is not an answer choice given. On the other questions, Catalase IS a choice, and is the correct answer. It breaks down H202 into H20 and half an O2.

  #5

it's arginine, precursor of NO

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