Question
Proteins subject to this reaction can be measured to find average blood sugar levels. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this non-enzymatic reaction that begins by forming a Schiff base. This reaction forms a namesake family of advanced end-products correlated with aging.
ANSWER: glycation [or word forms of glycate; or Maillard reaction; accept advanced glycation end-products or glycated hemoglobin or glycated albumin; accept glycoxidation; reject “glycosylation”]
[10e] Advanced glycation products can oxidize LDL, which is named for having a low value of this quantity. The so-called “good cholesterol” is named for its high value of this quantity.
ANSWER: density [accept low-density lipoprotein or high-density lipoprotein]
[10h] These receptors were first identified for recognizing oxLDL but can also bind modified lipid PAMPs like LPS. Class A examples of these receptors like MARCO are especially common on macrophages, where they contribute to the formation of foam cells.
ANSWER: scavenger receptors [or SRs]
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| Arizona State | Duke | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Berkeley B | Harvard | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago A | Purdue | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Texas | Chicago B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Kentucky | Chicago C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornell A | Columbia A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Columbia B | Claremont Colleges | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Ottawa | Florida | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Berkeley A | Illinois | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| WUSTL A | Indiana | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Iowa State | Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johns Hopkins | Toronto A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Yale A | Maryland | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| South Carolina | Minnesota B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| NYU | Georgia Tech | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Minnesota A | North Carolina A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| North Carolina B | McGill | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Michigan | Northwestern | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn | Toronto B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Truman State | Cornell B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago D | Vanderbilt | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Virginia | Rutgers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Yale B | WUSTL B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Waterloo | Stanford | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |