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  • Question
  • The ultimate source of energy that sustains living systems is


  • Options
  • A. glucose
  • B. oxygen
  • C. sunlight
  • D. carbon dioxide

  • Correct Answer
  • sunlight 


  • Carbohydrate problems


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    • 1. Which of the following is carried out when cAMP functions as a second messenger?

    • Options
    • A. Acts second in importance to AMP
    • B. Activates all cytosolic protein kinases
    • C. Activates the cAMP-dependent protein kinase
    • D. Acts outside the cell to influence cellular processes
    • Discuss
    • 2. Hydrolysis of lactose yields

    • Options
    • A. galactose and fructose
    • B. galactose and glucose
    • C. glucose and fructose
    • D. fructose and galactose
    • Discuss
    • 3. Citric acid accumulation would

    • Options
    • A. stimulate phosphofructokinase activity
    • B. stimulate fructose 1,6 diphosphatase activity
    • C. inhibit phosphofructokinase activity
    • D. both (b) and (c)
    • Discuss
    • 4. Gluconeogenesis uses

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    • A. 3 ATPs and 2 GTPs per glucose
    • B. 2 ATPs and 1 GTPs per glucose
    • C. 3 ATPs and 3 GTPs per glucose
    • D. 4 ATPs and 2 GTPs per glucose
    • Discuss
    • 5. A human cDNA library

    • Options
    • A. contains DNA for specific human proteins
    • B. contains DNA for virtually all of the human proteins in vectors
    • C. cannot be used to obtain human genes because it would be radioactive
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. a-amylose is similar to

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    • A. ?-sheets
    • B. ?-turned coils
    • C. ?-helices
    • D. the hydrophobic core
    • Discuss
    • 7. How many ATP equivalents per mole of glucose input are required for gluconeogenesis?

    • Options
    • A. 2
    • B. 6
    • C. 8
    • D. 4
    • Discuss
    • 8. Boat and chair conformations are found

    • Options
    • A. in pyranose sugars
    • B. in any sugar without axial -OH groups
    • C. in any sugar without equatorial -OH groups
    • D. only in D-glucopyranose
    • Discuss
    • 9. Gluconeogenesis is the

    • Options
    • A. formation of glycogen
    • B. breakdown of glucose to pyruvate
    • C. breakdown of glycogen to glucose
    • D. synthesis of glucose from non-carbohydrate precursors
    • Discuss
    • 10. Under aerobic condition pyruvate is converted by pyruvate dehydrogenase to

    • Options
    • A. phosphoenol pyruvate
    • B. acetyl CoA
    • C. lactate
    • D. glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate
    • Discuss


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