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Chronic Ingestion of Ethanol

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Cedrick
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07/12/06 - 04:20 PM

Chronic ingestion of ethanol decreases the rate of gluconeogenesis
because decrease formation of which of the following ?

a.-ATP and 3 phosphoglycerate from 1,3 bisphosphoglycerate
b.-Fructose 1,6 bisphosphate from fructose 6 phosphate
c.-Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate from fructose 1,6 bisphosphate
d.-pyruvate from lactate
e.-pyruvate from phosphoenolpyruvate

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07/12/06 - 06:01 PM

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07/12/06 - 06:27 PM

d is correct

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07/12/06 - 07:03 PM

D. high NADH levels wud favor formation of lactate from pyruvate rather than vice versa in the reversible rxn

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07/12/06 - 10:18 PM

d) is dot right answer
the alcohol is inhibiting three things

one is lactate -------------------) pyruvate

malate ------------------------------) oaa

and also dhap ----------------------) glycerol 3 p

and ur choices suit only d)

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09/26/06 - 08:31 AM

pallav wrote:
d) is dot right answer
the alcohol is inhibiting three things

one is lactate -------------------) pyruvate

malate ------------------------------) oaa

and also dhap ----------------------) glycerol 3 p

and ur choices suit only d)

I guess alcohol inhibits glycerol 3 p -------> DHAP

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09/26/06 - 12:39 PM

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09/30/06 - 12:13 AM

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