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  • Question
  • a-amylose is similar to


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  • A. ?-sheets
  • B. ?-turned coils
  • C. ?-helices
  • D. the hydrophobic core

  • Correct Answer
  • ?-helices 


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    • 1. The ultimate source of energy that sustains living systems is

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    • A. glucose
    • B. oxygen
    • C. sunlight
    • D. carbon dioxide
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following is carried out when cAMP functions as a second messenger?

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    • 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
    • 3. Hydrolysis of lactose yields

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

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    • A. stimulate phosphofructokinase activity
    • B. stimulate fructose 1,6 diphosphatase activity
    • C. inhibit phosphofructokinase activity
    • D. both (b) and (c)
    • Discuss
    • 5. 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
    • 6. How many ATP equivalents per mole of glucose input are required for gluconeogenesis?

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

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    • 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
    • 8. Gluconeogenesis is the

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    • 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
    • 9. Under aerobic condition pyruvate is converted by pyruvate dehydrogenase to

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    • A. phosphoenol pyruvate
    • B. acetyl CoA
    • C. lactate
    • D. glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate
    • Discuss
    • 10. A common way that cells capture the energy released during the breakdown of large molecules is to add electrons to smaller, specialized molecules that can accept them. This process of electron acceptance is otherwise known as

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    • A. biosynthesis
    • B. metabolism
    • C. reduction
    • D. catalysis
    • Discuss


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