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  • Question
  • Glycolysis reactions take place in


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

  • Correct Answer
  • cytoplasm 


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    • 1. Fructose diphosphate accumulation would

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    • A. inhibit glycolysis and gluconeogenesis
    • B. stimulate glycolysis and gluconeogenesis
    • C. stimulate glycolysis and inhibit gluconeogenesis
    • D. inhibit glycolysis and stimulate gluconeogenesis
    • Discuss
    • 2. What is the cause of the genetic disease known as Galactosemia?

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    • A. Deficiency in lactase
    • B. Absence of galactose 1-P uridyl transferase
    • C. Absence of lactose synthetase
    • D. Non functioning of semnase
    • Discuss
    • 3. In the Glycolysis reaction, for each glucose conversion how many ATP's are produced?

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    • A. 4
    • B. 2
    • C. 1
    • D. 3
    • Discuss
    • 4. 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
    • 5. Which of the following does not occur during gluconeogenesis?

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    • 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
    • Discuss
    • 6. When living organisms are cooled below some critical body temperature, the metabolic reactions within their cells cease to function properly. This malfunction occurs because

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    • A. their enzymes lose the proper three-dimensional shape
    • B. enzyme active sites become permanently bound to substrates
    • C. the activation energy for the reaction is raised
    • D. there is insufficient molecular motion for substrates to interact
    • Discuss
    • 7. Each reaction in a metabolic pathway is

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    • A. reversible
    • B. irreversible
    • C. catalyzed by a specific enzyme
    • D. controlled by the end product
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following enzymes plays an important role in the Cori " cycle?

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    • A. Glucokinase
    • B. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
    • C. Lactate dehydrogenase
    • D. Glucose isomerase
    • Discuss
    • 9. The process not involved in the formation of glucose by gluconeo-genesis is

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    • A. the conversion of oxaloacetate to glucose
    • B. the conversion of lactate to pyruvate
    • C. the dephosphorylation of glucose-6-phosphate
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. The hormones, glucagon and epinephrine, stimulate glycogen breakdown to G-6-P

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    • A. only in the liver
    • B. using ATP as the phosphoryl donor
    • C. directly, by binding to glycogen phosphorylase
    • D. indirectly, by first stimulating adenylate cyclase to make cAMP
    • Discuss


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