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Synthesised in the mitochondria of all cells and is used to generate ATP in the Krebs cycle;
involved in the synthesis of Ach in some nerve cells.

In order for muscle to contract myosin and actin must interact;
actin-myosin interaction activates actomyosin ATPase which extracts energy from ATP for contraction.

One of the bases of DNA & RNA

Speeds up the rate at which electrical signals in the brain die away, so affects long-term memory.

Calcium-binding protein found within cells;
many different biochemical processes known to be regulated by calmodulin, although the interactions of calmodulin with its various target enzymes are only poorly understood;
has a regulatory effect on contraction and relaxation of smooth muscles;
involved in gene regulation, protein synthesis, inflammation, short term memory, the immune response, viral penetration, and the cell cycle implicating it in AIDs, Alzheimer’s, certain cancers and other diseases

Present in red blood cells and kidney cells; controls the elimination of carbon dioxide from the body and the pH of urine; facilitates the transfer of carbon dioxide from the tissues to the blood and from the blood to the alveoli (air sacs) of the lungs; involved in production of gastric acid.

The decomposition of hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen.

One of the bases of DNA & RNA.

Arrests biological activity of GLP1 and Substance P.

Insoluble; essential to blood clotting;
formed from fibrinogen by the action of thrombin.

A clotting factor in blood plasma that is converted to fibrin;
produced by liver and plasma cells;
approximately 7% of blood plasma proteins.

he principal carbohydrate storage material in the body;
plays an important role in controlling blood sugar levels.

Involved in converting glycogen to glucose.

Involved in converting glucose to glycogen.

One of the basis of DNA & RNA.

Formed from the breakdown of methionine;
should exist only briefly before being broken down into cystathione and then cysteine;
if does not happen efficiently then raised blood levels of homocysteine can occur.

Produced in the skin epidermis;
helps protect skin and underlying tissues from heat, microbes and chemicals.

Produced in the adrenal medulla;
inhibits pain impulses by suppressing release of Substance P;
increased secretion into the blood stream when stressed.

Produced in the adrenal medulla; sedative effect;
inhibits pain impulses by suppressing release of Substance P;
increased secretion into the blood stream when stressed.

In order for muscle to contract, myosin and actin7 must interact.

Inactive protein synthesised by the liver, released into the blood, and converted to active thrombin7 in the process of blood clotting.

A DNA polymerase that does not require a primer;
catalyses the addition of nucleotides to DNA (involved in cell division).

Active enzyme produced from prothrombin;
acts to covert fibrinogen to fibrin.

One of the DNA bases