Answer the following questions:
a. What six cofactors act as oxidizing agents?
b. What are the cofactors that donate one-carbon groups?
c. What three one-carbon groups are various tetrahydrofolates capable of donating to substrates?
d. What is the function of FAD in the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex?
e. What is the function of NAD+ in the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex?
f. What is the reaction necessary for proper blood clotting catalyzed by vitamin KH2?
g. What coenzymes are used for decarboxylation reactions?
h. What kinds of substrates do the decarboxylating coenzymes work on?
i. What coenzymes are used for carboxylation reactions?
j. What kinds of substrates do the carboxylating coenzymes work on?