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  • Question
  • Glucose can be broken down to pyruvate by


  • Options
  • A. Entner-Doudoroff pathway
  • B. tricarboxylic acid cycle
  • C. both (a) and (b)
  • D. none of these

  • Correct Answer
  • Entner-Doudoroff pathway 


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    • 1. The ability of CTP to bind to aspartate carbamoyltransferase and shut down the synthesis of more CTP is an example of

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    • A. enzyme induction
    • B. enzyme repression
    • C. feedback inhibition of enzyme activity
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. Adenosine triphosphate is a type of

    • Options
    • A. fatty acid
    • B. amino acid
    • C. nucleotide
    • D. steroid
    • Discuss
    • 3. Denaturation of an enzyme refers to the

    • Options
    • A. improper arrangement of the enzyme in a metabolic pathway
    • B. loss of the enzymes proper shape
    • C. formation of the enzymes proper shape
    • D. formation of a new isozyme for that enzyme
    • Discuss
    • 4. To a living organism, which of the following has the greatest amount of available energy per molecule?

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    • A. ATP
    • B. ADP
    • C. AMP
    • D. H2O
    • Discuss
    • 5. An exergonic reaction is one that

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    • A. requires energy to proceed
    • B. releases energy for work
    • C. gives off much heat
    • D. looses energy
    • Discuss
    • 6. The amount of ATP produced by a cell from glucose when metabolizing it by fermentation means is

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    • A. greater than by aerobic metabolism
    • B. lesser than by aerobic metabolism
    • C. exactly or approximately equal to by aerobic metabolism
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. How many oxygen molecules are required in the fermentation of one molecule of glucose to ethanol and CO2?

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    • A. 0 
    • B. 1
    • C. 2
    • D. 36
    • Discuss
    • 8. In lactic acid fermentation, the final electron acceptor would be

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    • A. fructose
    • B. pyruvate
    • C. glucose
    • D. acetyl-CoA
    • Discuss
    • 9. In anaerobic respiration, the final electron acceptor can be

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    • A. oxygen
    • B. nitrate
    • C. pyruvate
    • D. acetyl-CoA
    • Discuss
    • 10. Before most molecules can enter the Krebs citric acid cycle, they must be converted to

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    • A. citric acid
    • B. oxaloacetic acid
    • C. NADH or FADH
    • D. acetyl-CoA
    • Discuss


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