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Write your answers to the following four questions in the box below.  Explain what drives the initial palmitate reaction to tagging the palmitate to completion. (2 pts.) Briefly outline how this prepared fatty acid is transported from the cytosol to the matrix.  (2 pts.) The final enzyme of the series of reactions of β-oxidation that releases acetyl-CoA uses covalent catalysis. What is the nature of the covalent bond between the substrate and this enzyme? (2 pts.) Under fasting conditions in the liver, the level of oxaloacetate falls. Briefly explain why this happens and how this would affect acetyl-CoA levels in the matrix. (2 pts.)

Which tense of a verb is used to:   Express habitual past actions and events.

Select the correct command for the following sentence:   Está bien, chicos, _____________________ galletas pero, por favor, no ensucien mucho.

Complete the following statement using this word bank:  cocinar, alcoba, pared, pasillo, sillon, alfombra, estufa, almohada, sotano, limpiar la casa, horno, comedor.  HINT:  The word bank is not in the order in which the spaces appear on statement.  Two words will not be used.   In our house we walk on the [alfombra1] and put our pictures on the [pared2].  We sit on a [sillon3] and when we sleep we put our heads on the [almohada4].  We like to [limpiarlacasa5] in spring; and [cocinar6] a good meal on the weekends.  We use the [estufa7] to cook and the [horno8] to bake, and we eat our meals in the [comedor9].  But our favorite activity is to go to our [alcoba10] and read a good book in bed.

Fill in the blank with the usted and ustedes command form of the verb provided. Example:  You read:  Don Carlos, (cerrar) la ventana.                   You write:  cierre   Amigos, no (ser) __________ tan antipáticos con mi novia.

Complete the following sentence with the corresponding stressed possessive adjective or pronoun from the following list:  es suyo, es nuestro, es suya, son tuyos, son míos, son suyas.   3.  Es la impresora de Marta y Julia.

Chief cells secrete pepsin

Which of the uses of ‘por’ best applies to this sentence:   María viajó por dos años.   HINT:  Viajar means to travel  

Stressed possessive adjectives are placed after the nouns they modify.

Select the correct command for the following sentence:   Manuel, ____________ la mesa.