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  • Question
  • During the reduction phase of the Calvin cycle, phosphoglyceric acid is reduced to______utilizing________as the reduction source.


  • Options
  • A. phosphoglyceraldehyde; NADPH+H+
  • B. phosphoglyceraldehyde; NADH+H+
  • C. ribulose 1,5 - bisphosphate; NADH+H+
  • D. pyruvic acid; NADPH+H+

  • Correct Answer
  • phosphoglyceraldehyde; NADPH+H+ 


  • Microbial Metabolism problems


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    • 1. If radioactive bicarbonate was supplied to bacterial cells, which were actively synthesizing fatty acids, it is expected to find the bulk of the radioactivity in

    • Options
    • A. cellular bicarbonate
    • B. the fatty acids
    • C. the cytoplasmic membrane
    • D. nucleic acids
    • Discuss
    • 2. Bacteriochlorophyll differs from chlorophyll in what way?

    • Options
    • A. The chelated metal in bacteriochlorophyll is not Mg
    • B. There are chemical differences between the two chlorophyll in their side (R) groups
    • C. They have different absorption spectra
    • D. Both (b) and (c)
    • Discuss
    • 3. DAHP synthetase catalyzes the condensation of

    • Options
    • A. erythrose-4-phosphate
    • B. phosphoenol pyruvate
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. phenylalanine
    • Discuss
    • 4. The bacteriochlorophylls used by the anoxygenic bacteria have absorbance maxima located in the_____portion(s) of the spectrum.

    • Options
    • A. green
    • B. blue
    • C. ultraviolet
    • D. infrared
    • Discuss
    • 5. If ?G of a chemical reaction is positive in value and keq is less than 1 then the chemical reaction will

    • Options
    • A. proceed in reverse direction
    • B. proceeed in forward direction
    • C. not take place in any of the direction
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. The glyoxylate cycle is used by some microorganisms when___________ is the sole carbon source.

    • Options
    • A. acetate
    • B. nitrate
    • C. carbon dioxide
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following nucleoside diphosphates is used most often in carbohydrate anabolism?

    • Options
    • A. Uridine diphosphate
    • B. Adenosine diphosphate
    • C. Guanine diphosphate
    • D. Thymine diphosphate
    • Discuss
    • 8. Assimilatory sulfate reduction involves the nucleotide __________ during the incorporation of H2S in the production of __________ .

    • Options
    • A. ATP; methionine
    • B. ATP; cytosine
    • C. UTP; cytosine
    • D. GTP; cytosine
    • Discuss
    • 9. Most of the energy in aerobic respiration of glucose is captured by

    • Options
    • A. substrate-level phosphorylation
    • B. electron transport of electrons from NADH
    • C. long-chain fatty acid oxidation
    • D. the enzyme formic-hydrogen lyase
    • Discuss
    • 10. Radioisotopes are frequently used in the study of cells. Assume a culture of E. coli is grown in a culture medium containing radioactive sulphur. At the end of 48 hours, it is expected to find the radioactive label located in

    • Options
    • A. DNA
    • B. enzymes
    • C. RNA
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss


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