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Question
The major route for incorporation of ammonia (NH
4
+
) into organic compounds is via
Options
A. reduction of pyruvate or alpha-ketoglutarate by enzymes
B. atmospheric nitrogen fixation
C. oxidation of pyruvate
D. all of these
Correct Answer
reduction of pyruvate or alpha-ketoglutarate by enzymes
Microbial Metabolism problems
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1. Dolichol phosphate is
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A. a complex lipid involved in docking vesicles with the plasma membrane
B. the anchor on which sugars assemble before transfer to proteins
C. a chaperone used in protein folding
D. a product of phospholipase C activation
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Correct Answer: the anchor on which sugars assemble before transfer to proteins
2. For each glucose molecule broken down, there are______________number of reduced coenzymes to be oxidized.
Options
A. 12
B. 8
C. 6
D. 4
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Correct Answer: 12
3. 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
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A. DNA
B. enzymes
C. RNA
D. all of these
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Correct Answer: enzymes
4. Most of the energy in aerobic respiration of glucose is captured by
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A. substrate-level phosphorylation
B. electron transport of electrons from NADH
C. long-chain fatty acid oxidation
D. the enzyme formic-hydrogen lyase
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Correct Answer: electron transport of electrons from NADH
5. Assimilatory sulfate reduction involves the nucleotide __________ during the incorporation of H
2
S in the production of __________ .
Options
A. ATP; methionine
B. ATP; cytosine
C. UTP; cytosine
D. GTP; cytosine
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Correct Answer: ATP; cytosine
6. Incorporation of atmospheric N
2
to NH
4
+
occurs via the process of
Options
A. assimilatory nitrate reduction
B. transamination
C. deamination
D. nitrogen fixation
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Correct Answer: nitrogen fixation
7. During the carboxylation phase of the Calvin cycle, CO
2
combines with
Options
A. ribulose 1,5 - bisphosphate
B. phosphoglyceraldehyde
C. pyruvic acid
D. oxaloacetic acid
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Correct Answer: ribulose 1,5 - bisphosphate
8. Phosphate regulation has been observed in the production of
Options
A. alkaloids
B. antibiotics
C. gibberelins
D. all of these
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Correct Answer: all of these
9. ATPase
Options
A. synthesizes ATP, coupled to transfer of extracellular protons into the cell
B. extrudes protons from the cell coupled to the hydrolysis of ATP to ADP
C. is the enzyme that incorporates ATP into messenger RNA
D. carries out each of the reactions indicated in (a) and (b)
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Correct Answer: carries out each of the reactions indicated in (a) and (b)
10. The mechanism of passive or facilitated diffusion require
Options
A. metabolic energy
B. concentration of solute against an electrochemical gradient
C. accumulation of solute against an electrochemical gradient
D. accumulation or concentration of solute against an electrochemical gradient
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Correct Answer: metabolic energy
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