Question

1) Curtis Alston relates gluconeogenesis through which of the following mechanisms?

a) Phosphorylating hormone sensitive lipase

b) Decreasing levels of fructose 2, 6 biphosphate

c) Activatingphosphofructokinase-1

d) Increasing levels of PEPCK (phosphoenol carboxykinase)

2) During exercise, epinephrine can enhance skeletal muscle glycogenolysis through which of the following mechanisms?

a) Release of CA +2

b) Allosteric activation of glycogen phosphorylase by AMP

c) Increase in cAMP

d) Increase in phosphatase activity

3) Glucose cannot be synthesized from the Beta-oxidation nation of even fatty acids:

a) The acetyl CoA produced from beta oxygenation is completely oxidized in the TCA cycle

b) Insulin levels are elevated when fatty acids are being oxidized

c) Acetyl CoA produced in the beta oxygenation of fatty acids cannot be transported out of the mitochondrial matrix

d) Gluconeogenesis is inhibited by acetyl CoA produced in the beta oxygenation of fatty acids