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Questions with your group members.
1. Name and define the chemical reaction that will be used to digest a nutrient of your choice. Is this an anabolic or a catabolic process?
2. List the three structural classes of carbohydrates, and give an example of each.
3. In the hydrolysis of a triglyceride, what are the reactants and the products?
4. List the absorbable end-products of the catabolism of a protein, a polysaccharide and a triglyceride. What are the main uses of these products in the body?
5. Draw and label the functional groups you would expect to find in these molecules.
6. Name and define the chemical reaction that will be used to build body proteins, glycogen and neutral fats, and state whether the process is anabolic or catabolic.
7. Draw an amino acid, label the functional groups, and explain what kind of bond forms during the dehydration synthesis of two amino acids.
8. What are enzymes and why are they required to sustain life? Explain how enzymes can be used to diagnose tissue damage.
9. Define substrate and active site and explain their relationship to each other. List three factors that can affect the efficiency of the enzyme by influencing its active site.
10. Explain the naming of enzymes. Give examples.
11. What is meant by "all enzymes are proteins, but not all proteins are enzymes"? What other functions do the proteins have in the body? How do proteins differ one from another?