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  • Question
  • Which of the following does not occur during gluconeogenesis?


  • Options
  • A. The carboxylation of pyruvate to oxaloacetate
  • B. The conversion of pyruvate to phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP)
  • C. The decarboxylation of oxaloacetate to phosphoenolpyruvate
  • D. The conversion of PEP to fructose bisphosphate

  • Correct Answer
  • The conversion of pyruvate to phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) 


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    • 1. Which of the following in DNA replication and transcription are common?

    • Options
    • A. incorporation of deoxynucleotides
    • B. utilization the same enzyme
    • C. synthesis in the 5'-3' direction
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. In an agarose gel, DNA is moving from

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    • A. cathode to anode
    • B. left to right
    • C. anode to cathode
    • D. A to B
    • Discuss
    • 3. During conventional transformation experiments E. coli cells and plasmid DNA interacts in an environment of

    • Options
    • A. high temperature and Ca++
    • B. low temperature and Ca++
    • C. high temperature and Mg++
    • D. low temperature and Mg++
    • Discuss
    • 4. The B-DNA structure found in solution is a

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    • A. left-handed double helix of antiparallel chains (10 bp/turn)
    • B. right-handed double helix of antiparallel chains (?10 bp/turn)
    • C. left-handed zig-zag helix of antiparallel chains (10 bp/turn)
    • D. right-handed double helix of parallel chains (?10 bp/turn)
    • Discuss
    • 5. Who's X-ray work aided Watson and Crick in their discovery of the double helix?

    • Options
    • A. W.H. Bragg
    • B. R. Franklin
    • C. L. Pauling
    • D. Leaderberg
    • Discuss
    • 6. The function of gluconeogenesis is

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    • A. maintenance of blood glucose levels during starvation or a low carbohydrate diet
    • B. recovery of lactate from fermentation and glycerol from fat breakdown
    • C. a pathway for the utilization of amino acids
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. In the Glycolysis reaction, for each glucose conversion how many ATP's are produced?

    • Options
    • A. 4
    • B. 2
    • C. 1
    • D. 3
    • Discuss
    • 8. What is the cause of the genetic disease known as Galactosemia?

    • Options
    • A. Deficiency in lactase
    • B. Absence of galactose 1-P uridyl transferase
    • C. Absence of lactose synthetase
    • D. Non functioning of semnase
    • Discuss
    • 9. Fructose diphosphate accumulation would

    • Options
    • A. inhibit glycolysis and gluconeogenesis
    • B. stimulate glycolysis and gluconeogenesis
    • C. stimulate glycolysis and inhibit gluconeogenesis
    • D. inhibit glycolysis and stimulate gluconeogenesis
    • Discuss
    • 10. Glycolysis reactions take place in

    • Options
    • A. cytoplasm
    • B. cell membrane
    • C. cell wall
    • D. plasmids
    • Discuss


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