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unusual facts about carbohydrate


Cathy

Cathy had a love/hate affair with food (especially carbs).


CKD

Cyclic ketogenic diet, a low carbohydrate diet with intermittent periods of high carbohydrate consumption

Ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase

Specifically, the Ferredoxin-Thioredoxin system controls enzymes in the Calvin Cycle and Pentose phosphate pathway - allowing plants to balance carbohydrate synthesis and degradation based on the availability of light.

Itaconic acid

Since the 1960s, it is produced industrially by fermentation of carbohydrates such as glucose using Aspergillus terreus.

Matthew Maynard

Maynard was mentioned in the Manic Street Preachers' "Mr. Carbohydrate", the B-side of A Design For Life, with the lyric, "Have you heard of Matthew Maynard/He's my favourite cricketer/I would rather watch him play than pick up my guitar".

N-Acetylgalactosamine

In humans it is the terminal carbohydrate forming the antigen of blood group A.

PCOS Challenge

In addition to the low carbohydrate diet the fitness program they were focused on anaerobic exercise - specifically on resistance training and high intensity interval training.

Phosphofructokinase deficiency

In this condition, a deficiency of the M subunit (PFKM) of the phosphofructokinase enzyme impairs the ability of cells such as erythrocytes and rhabdomyocytes (skeletal muscle cells) to use carbohydrates (such as glucose) for energy.

ST6GAL1

The encoded protein, which is normally found in the Golgi but which can be proteolytically processed to a soluble form, is involved in the generation of the cell-surface carbohydrate determinants and differentiation antigens HB-6, CDw75, and CD76.

Variable surface glycoprotein

INn Trypanosoma congolense, in vitro analyses of the incorporated sugars after hydrolysis of the glycoprotein showed that glucosamine and mannose are utilized in the biosynthesis of the carbohydrate moiety directly whereas galactose was converted possibly to other intermediates before being incorporated into the antigen.


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