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  • Question
  • During the carboxylation phase of the Calvin cycle, CO2 combines with


  • Options
  • A. ribulose 1,5 - bisphosphate
  • B. phosphoglyceraldehyde
  • C. pyruvic acid
  • D. oxaloacetic acid

  • Correct Answer
  • ribulose 1,5 - bisphosphate 


  • Microbial Metabolism problems


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    • 1. Incorporation of atmospheric N2to NH4+ occurs via the process of

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    • A. assimilatory nitrate reduction
    • B. transamination
    • C. deamination
    • D. nitrogen fixation
    • Discuss
    • 2. The major route for incorporation of ammonia (NH4+) into organic compounds is via

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    • A. reduction of pyruvate or alpha-ketoglutarate by enzymes
    • B. atmospheric nitrogen fixation
    • C. oxidation of pyruvate
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. 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
    • Discuss
    • 4. For each glucose molecule broken down, there are______________number of reduced coenzymes to be oxidized.

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    • A. 12
    • B. 8
    • C. 6
    • D. 4
    • Discuss
    • 5. 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
    • Discuss
    • 6. Phosphate regulation has been observed in the production of

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    • A. alkaloids
    • B. antibiotics
    • C. gibberelins
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. ATPase

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    • 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)
    • Discuss
    • 8. The mechanism of passive or facilitated diffusion require

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    • 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
    • Discuss
    • 9. If ?G of a chemical reaction has a negative value, the reaction

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    • A. releases energy
    • B. requires energy
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following statement is correct?

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    • A. Phosphate repression can not be eliminated by optimization of nutrient medium, deregulated medium must be used as production strains
    • B. Phosphate repression can be eliminated by optimization of nutrient medium, deregulated medium must be used as production strains
    • C. Phosphate repression can be eliminated by optimization of nutrient medium, regulated medium must be used as production strains
    • D. Phosphate repression can not be eliminated by optimization of nutrient medium, regulated medium must be used as production strains
    • Discuss


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