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| | 05/03/04 - 09:15 PM  
 
   
 
|   #2 |
fatty acid synthetase????
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| Quinn Forum Elite
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| | 05/03/04 - 10:11 PM  
 
   
 
|   #3 |
no that is not the answer....I choose c.....thought that citrate inhibited PFK...specifically PFK-1 in glycolysis.
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| | 05/03/04 - 10:13 PM  
 
   
 
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Silly me....when I read the question...it says "positive allosteric effect"
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| mash Forum Fanatic
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| | 05/03/04 - 11:20 PM  
 
   
 
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oh yeah,i forgot ans is acetyl coa carboxylase.(rate limiting step of fa synthesis)
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| | 05/04/04 - 02:03 PM  
 
   
 
|   #6 |
that is right mash.... :shock: I forgot that too... also note that in addition to allosteric activation by citrate...acetyl co a is also stimulated by insulin....so, this is how insulin promotes FA syn :P
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