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Glucose can be broken down to pyruvate by
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A. Entner-Doudoroff pathway
B. tricarboxylic acid cycle
C. both (a) and (b)
D. none of these
Correct Answer
Entner-Doudoroff pathway
Energy Release and Conservation problems
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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
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Correct Answer: feedback inhibition of enzyme activity
2. Adenosine triphosphate is a type of
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A. fatty acid
B. amino acid
C. nucleotide
D. steroid
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Correct Answer: nucleotide
3. Denaturation of an enzyme refers to the
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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
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Correct Answer: loss of the enzymes proper shape
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. H
2
O
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Correct Answer: ATP
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
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Correct Answer: releases energy for work
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
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Correct Answer: lesser than by aerobic metabolism
7. How many oxygen molecules are required in the fermentation of one molecule of glucose to ethanol and CO
2
?
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A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 36
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Correct Answer: 0
8. In lactic acid fermentation, the final electron acceptor would be
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A. fructose
B. pyruvate
C. glucose
D. acetyl-CoA
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Correct Answer: pyruvate
9. In anaerobic respiration, the final electron acceptor can be
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A. oxygen
B. nitrate
C. pyruvate
D. acetyl-CoA
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Correct Answer: nitrate
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
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Correct Answer: acetyl-CoA
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