Purified fatty acid synthetase from liver cytoplasm normally catalyzes the sythesis of palmitate(C16) from acetyl CoA, malonyl CoA, and NADPH. The enzyme also will function, although at considerably reduced rates, if the acetyl CoA is replaced by (1) propionyl CoA or (2) butyryl CoA. a) What do you predict will […]

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Question: You decide to climb Mt Everest. Someone tells you it takes two months. Determine the number of times you would stop and explain why you need to acclimatize. Mt Everest is 29,035 feet (8850 meters) above sea level and it’s the world’s tallest mountain. Explain all the physical effects (from […]

1. Define partial pressure and how it is calculated. 2. Compare the partial pressure at sea level and at the top of Mt. Everest. Explain why, if oxygen is still at the same concentration in both locations, the partial pressure of oxygen is different. 3. Write Fick’s equation of diffusion […]