(A) Squalene synthetase
(B) Mevalonate kinase
(C) HMG CoA synthetase
(D) HMG CoA reductase
Tag: Biochemistry Mcqs
Biosynthesis of Triglyceride and Lecithine both require an intermediate:
(A) Monoacyl glycerol phosphate
(B) Phosphatidic acid
(C) Phosphatidyl ethanol amine
(D) Phosphatidyl cytidylate
Acetyl CoA required for extra mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis is produced by?
(A) Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
(B) Citrate lyase
(C) Thiolase
(D) Carnitine-acyl transferase
A metabolite which is common to pathways of cholesterol biosynthesis from acetyl-CoA and cholecalciferol formation from cholesterol is?
(A) Zymosterol
(B) Lumisterol
(C) Ergosterol
(D) 7 Dehydrocholesterol
Carnitine is synthesized from?
(A) Lysine
(B) Serine
(C) Choline
(D) Arginine
The free fatty acids in blood are?
(A) Stored in fat depots
(B) Mainly bound to β-lipoproteins
(C) Mainly bound to serum albumin
(D) Metabolically most inactive
Ketosis in partly ascribed to?
(A) Over production and Glucose
(B) Under production of Glucose
(C) Increased carbohydrate utilization
(D) Increased fat utilization
Brown adipose tissue is characterized by which of the following?
(A) Present in large quantities in adult humans
(B) Mitochondrial content higher than white
adipose tissue
(C) Oxidation and phosphorylation are tightly
coupled
(D) Absent in hibernating animals