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  • Question
  • An enzyme that is always produced, regardless of the presence of substrates or the end products, is called


  • Options
  • A. a constitutive enzyme
  • B. an isoenzyme
  • C. a repressible enzyme
  • D. an allosteric enzyme

  • Correct Answer
  • a constitutive enzyme 


  • Enzyme Reaction problems


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    • 1. Oxidation is the

    • Options
    • A. loss of proton
    • B. gain of electron
    • C. loss of electron
    • D. gain of protons
    • Discuss
    • 2. If the free energy change (?G) in a reaction is a negative value, it indicates that the

    • Options
    • A. reaction releases energy
    • B. reaction absorbs energy
    • C. reaction is in negative direction
    • D. reaction is in positive direction
    • Discuss
    • 3. Organisms, using organic compounds as electron donors are called

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    • A. lithotrophs
    • B. phototrophs
    • C. chemotrophs
    • D. organotrophs
    • Discuss
    • 4. Antimicrobial constituents for the microbial growth in foods are

    • Options
    • A. intrinsic factor
    • B. extrinsic factor
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. The straightforward method of binary fission explains how bacteria

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    • A. grow in nutrient agar
    • B. evolve
    • C. move
    • D. reproduce
    • Discuss
    • 6. The affinity of an enzyme for its substrate, when the enzyme has a Km of 0.50 M will be __________ than the affinity of an enzyme for its substrate when the enzyme has a Km of 0.05 M.

    • Options
    • A. greater
    • B. lesser
    • C. approximately equal
    • D. half
    • Discuss
    • 7. About 7.3 kcal/mole are released when

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    • A. glucose is converted to CO2 and H2O
    • B. NAD+ is reduced to NADH
    • C. ATP hydrolysis is coupled to sucrose synthesis
    • D. the terminal phosphate bond of ATP is broken by hydrolysis
    • Discuss
    • 8. In the reaction, C6H12O6 + 6O2 ? 6CO2 + 6H2O + energy, which component is being reduced?

    • Options
    • A. O2
    • B. CO2
    • C. H2O
    • D. Energy
    • Discuss
    • 9. The ability of FADH to be oxidized is __________ than the ability of FAD to be oxidized.

    • Options
    • A. greater
    • B. lesser
    • C. approximately equal
    • D. half
    • Discuss
    • 10. A substrate binds to its enzyme at a location called the __________ site.

    • Options
    • A. coenzyme
    • B. substrate
    • C. active
    • D. polypeptide
    • Discuss


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