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Carbohydates 4

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Total cards: 10•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Dietary pentoses come from the digestion of

Back (Answer)

Nucleotides

#2
Front (Question)

The oxidative irreversible phase of the pentose phosphate pathway generates __________ and converts G-6-P to __________

Back (Answer)

NADPH Pentose Phosphate

#3
Front (Question)

The non-oxidative reversible phase of the pentose phosphate pathway does what?

Back (Answer)

Interconverts G-6-P and pentose phosphate to form lots of different 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 carbon sugars

#4
Front (Question)

NAD+ and NADP+ are both

Back (Answer)

Electron carriers

#5
Front (Question)

NAD+ is used in

Back (Answer)

The metabolism of dietary sugars in the redox reactions of glycolysis and the citric acid cycle

#6
Front (Question)

NADP+ is used in the

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Anabolism to convert simple precursors into things like fatty acids

#7
Front (Question)

Black water fever is caused by

Back (Answer)

G-6-P dehydrogenase deficiency

#8
Front (Question)

G-6-P dehydrogenase deficiency causes low levels of

Back (Answer)

RBC NADPH

#9
Front (Question)

Low levels of RBC NADPH allows the build up of what 2 things and state the consequence

Back (Answer)

Build up of free radicals and hydrogen peroxide which damages the RBC membrane

#10
Front (Question)

Black water fever can confer an evolutionary

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Advantage