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  • Question
  • For every one molecule of sugar glucose which is oxidized __________ molecule of pyruvic acid are produced.


  • Options
  • A. 1
  • B. 2
  • C. 3
  • D. 4

  • Correct Answer



  • Glycolysis problems


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    • 1. During catabolism, only about 40% of the energy available from oxidizing glucose is used to synthesize ATP. Remaining 60%

    • Options
    • A. is lost as heat
    • B. is used to reduce NADP
    • C. remains in the products of metabolism
    • D. is stored as fat.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following is not true of glycolysis?

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    • A. ADP is phosphorylated to ATP via substrate level phosphorylation
    • B. The pathway does not require oxygen
    • C. The pathway oxidizes two moles of NADH to NAD+ for each mole of glucose that enters
    • D. The pathway requires two moles of ATP to get started catabo-lizing each mole of glucose
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following regulates glycolysis steps?

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    • A. Phosphofructokinase
    • B. Hexose kinase
    • C. Pyruvate kinase
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. Phosphofructokinase, the major flux-controlling enzyme of glycolysis is allosterically inhibited and activated respectively by

    • Options
    • A. ATP and PEP
    • B. AMP and Pi
    • C. ATP and ADP
    • D. Citrate and ATP
    • Discuss
    • 5. In glycolysis, ATP is formed by the transfer of a high-energy phosphate from 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate to ADR No such high-energy phosphate donor has ever been isolated in mitochondria because

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    • A. the techniques for isolating the phosphate donor are not refined enough
    • B. no such phosphate donor exists
    • C. the high-energy phosphate donor is very short-lived and difficult to isolate
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. The amount of energy received from one ATP is

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    • A. 76 kcal
    • B. 7.3 kcal
    • C. 760 kcal
    • D. 1000 kcal
    • Discuss
    • 7. Fructose-2,6-bisphosphate

    • Options
    • A. activates fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase
    • B. activates phosphofructokinase
    • C. inhibits fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase
    • D. both (b) and (c)
    • Discuss
    • 8. The active form of glycogen phosphorylase is phosphorylated, while the dephosphorylation of which active form occurs?

    • Options
    • A. Glycogen synthase
    • B. Glycogen semisynthase
    • C. Glycogen hydrolase
    • D. Glycogen dehydrogenase
    • Discuss
    • 9. When concentration of the reactants is higher than the equilibrium concentration then

    • Options
    • A. the gibbs free energy will be positive
    • B. the gibbs free energy will be negative
    • C. more products will be formed
    • D. both (b) and (c)
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following could act as an uncoupler of electron transport and ATP synthesis?

    • Options
    • A. The Fo base-piece of ATP synthase (without the Fl subunit)
    • B. Dinitrophenol
    • C. neither (a) nor (b)
    • D. Both (a) and (b)
    • Discuss


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