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  • Question
  • Each reaction in a metabolic pathway is


  • Options
  • A. reversible
  • B. irreversible
  • C. catalyzed by a specific enzyme
  • D. controlled by the end product

  • Correct Answer
  • catalyzed by a specific enzyme 


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    • 1. 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
    • 2. Glycolysis reactions take place in

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    • A. cytoplasm
    • B. cell membrane
    • C. cell wall
    • D. plasmids
    • Discuss
    • 3. 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
    • 4. 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
    • 5. 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
    • 6. 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
    • 7. 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
    • 8. 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
    • 9. Regulated metabolic pathways are

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    • A. compartmentalized in eukaryotes
    • B. usually regulated at the first step
    • C. committed after the first step
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following characteristic enzymes of gluconeogensis is not found in the cytosol?

    • Options
    • A. Pyruvate carboxlyase
    • B. Fructose-l,6-bisphosphatase
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. Glucose-6-phosphatase
    • Discuss


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