The ability to taste the chemical phenylthiocarbamide is an autosomal dominant phenotype, and the inability to taste it is recessive. If a taster woman with a nontaster father marries a taster man who in a previous marriage had a nontaster daughter. What is the probability that their first child will be tasters’ girl?

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#Question id: 955

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

In amino acid catabolism the α-amino groups are initially released as ________.

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#Question id: 956

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

What type of reaction is shown below?  Amino acid + α-Ketoglutarate⇋ α-Keto acid + Glutamate

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#Question id: 957

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Which is not produced from the degradation of branched-chain amino acids?

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#Question id: 958

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Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a disease caused by a defect in ________ formation.

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#Question id: 959

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Phenylalanine hydroxylase requires molecular ________ and tetrahydrobiopterin.

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#Question id: 960

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Which amino acids are purely ketogenic?