Fatty acid metabolism

give you energy throughout the hard day ahead of school life, students need energy throughout the day to complete school tasks. Some good sources of fats contain fatty fish, fish like salmon, trout, mackerel, sardines and herring these not only contain good sources of fats but also it is a good source of protein. Adding these good fatty fish to your daily diets will also help you with a good blood flow. If you are getting all of these nutrients then you are on the right track of being…

Introduction: Enzymes are a type of the macromolecule protein, used in metabolic reactions that occur within the cell of living organisms. The role of enzymes in these reactions is to decrease the amount of energy needed to start the reactions, thus assisting the metabolic process by increasing the speed at which the reaction occurs. In other words, enzymes allow the metabolic process to happen faster than it would naturally, making them catalysts. The structure of an enzyme is important to…

Enzymes are biological catalysts that increase the rate of a reaction by reducing the activation energy required for a reaction. Many enzymes are proteins but not all are; enzymes possess high levels of substrate specificity which they bind to through their active sites. Enzymes display optimal activity at a certain pH level and temperature. Temperature and pH level have drastic effects on enzyme activity; the enzyme will denature if the pH or temperature has changed from its optimal level.…

contribute to optimal health; while a reduction in muscle mass, by lack of exercise, can result in poor health or disease (Keys 1950). I will also consider possible solutions to prevent muscle loss, and the benefits of increasing protein and amino acids to optimize muscle strength. In the United States, we have a growing issue 50% of Americans don’t do enough physical activity to reach the national health recommendations. I believe most Americans lack…

catalysed by the transmembrane protein, adenylate cyclase, initiated by the release of GTP-bound α subunit. This increases the cytosolic levels of cAMP which then activates protein kinase A. This successively phosphorylates glycogen phosphorylase b stored in the cell, as phosphorylase kinase is initiated. Phosphorylation of glycogen phosphorylase b converts to phosphorylase a. This enzyme releases glucose-1-phosphate from glycogen polymers. After this the phosphate group is moved from the C-1…

stomach hydrochloric acid present causes hydrolysis of sucrose to glucose and fructose. The food passes to the duodenum where pancreatic amylase is secreted and has optimum PH, so most digestion of carbohydrates takes place in the small intestine. There are enzymes present in the brush border which converts disaccharides into monosaccharides see they can be absorbed (enter conversions – lactose = galactose and glucose) In the stomach,…

dehydrogenase (LDH) is the enzyme that coverts high level lactate to pyruvate and maintain equilibrium level in skeletal muscle. In the abive case Lactate dehydrogenase action is completely correlated to the muscular fatigue. The production of lactic acid during severe excerise or heavy work load is leading to muscle fatigue. Normally at rest means the excess lactate converted to pyruvate . Usually LDH reduces lactate level by various ways by generating NAD+ with glyceradehyde -3-phophate and…

Various industrial essential metabolites ,such as organic acids,antibiotics and enzyme, are produced by filamentous fungi .The morphology of these micro-organism in submereged culture varies between the pelleted and the unrestricted filamentous form, depending on the strain and the culture conditions (Braun et al., 1991).The fungal morphology for these fermentation is of great importance since it affects the rheaological properties of the fermentation broth and consequently its mass, heat and…

The study of microbiology requires not only understanding the microscopic organisms, but also the understanding of lab techniques and procedures used to identify, control, and manipulate microorganisms. The identification of microorganisms is not only important in microbiology lab, but also in the medical field to identify an agent of a disease that will help treat the patient by using the correct antibiotics to kill off the host. In this unknown lab report, techniques and procedures learned in…

The maintenance of skeletal muscle mass and metabolic capacity is extremely important for human health and quality of life (Wolfe RR 2006). Skeletal muscle has distinct metabolic and contractile properties that can be influenced by nutrients uptake, microenvironment, and contractile activity. Plasticity and heterogeneity have also been shown to be hallmarks of skeletal muscle as shown by muscle morphology, fiber type, and oxidative capacity. Age, disuse, fasting and various degenerative diseases…