Proteins

The PEPT1 transports di and tripeptides throughout the entire length of the large intestine

• True

• False

PEPT1 is associated with comovement of sodium

• True

• False

After a pure protein meal, the increased levels of dietary amino acids reaching the pancreas stimulate the release of glucagon above fasting levels, thereby increasing amino acid uptake into the liver.

• True

• False

Protein does not stimulate insulin release

• True

• False

Oxidation of amino acids increases production of:

The inputs of carbon skeletons of transaminated amino acids to the Krebs cycle are

A patient consuming 60 g protein, and has a UUN of 4 is in

• positive nitrogen balance

• negative nitrogen balance

The enzyme that transaminates alanine into pyruvate is called:

Urea synthesis incorporates one N from ammonia (NH3) and another from

The amino acid that provides a guanidino group as a first step to creating creatine is