Scientists Think ACC2 May Be a Target to Fight Obesity

question 59

Multiple Choice

Scientists think ACC2 may be a target to fight obesity because

• A) Inhibiting ACC2 leads to lowered levels of malonyl-CoA
• B) mice lacking ACC2 are leaner than wild-type mice
• C) reducing malonyl-CoA relieves the inhibition of CPT-I
• D) all of these

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Definitions:

Heredity

The transmission of genetic characteristics from parents to offspring through their genes.

Bone Growth

The process by which bones increase in size, which occurs through both the development and hardening of cartilage into bone (ossification) and the addition of bone tissue.

Nutrient

A constituent of food necessary for normal physiologic function.

Fontanels

Soft spots in an infant’s skull that consist of tough membranes that connect to incompletely developed bone.