logo

CuriousTab

CuriousTab

Discussion


Home Biochemistry Carbohydrate Comments

  • Question
  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • Pyruvate carboxlyase 


  • Carbohydrate problems


    Search Results


    • 1. Regulated metabolic pathways are

    • Options
    • A. compartmentalized in eukaryotes
    • B. usually regulated at the first step
    • C. committed after the first step
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. The hormones, glucagon and epinephrine, stimulate glycogen breakdown to G-6-P

    • Options
    • 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
    • 3. The process not involved in the formation of glucose by gluconeo-genesis is

    • Options
    • 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
    • 4. Which of the following enzymes plays an important role in the Cori " cycle?

    • Options
    • A. Glucokinase
    • B. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
    • C. Lactate dehydrogenase
    • D. Glucose isomerase
    • Discuss
    • 5. Each reaction in a metabolic pathway is

    • Options
    • A. reversible
    • B. irreversible
    • C. catalyzed by a specific enzyme
    • D. controlled by the end product
    • Discuss
    • 6. Metabolic reactions that break down complex molecules into smaller compounds, thereby releasing usable energy for the cell, are best described as

    • Options
    • A. biosynthetic
    • B. catabolic
    • C. catalytic
    • D. photosynthetic
    • Discuss
    • 7. What would be the molecular formula for a polymer made by linking ten glucose molecules together by dehydration synthesis, if molecular formula for glucose is C6H,206?

    • Options
    • A. C60H100O50
    • B. C60H120O60
    • C. C60H102O51
    • D. (C6H12O6)10
    • Discuss
    • 8. An intermediate which inhibits the activity of fructose 1,6 diphos-phatase would inhibit

    • Options
    • A. glycolysis
    • B. pyrolysis
    • C. gluconeogenesis
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. What is the consensus N-glycosylation site in a protein sequence?

    • Options
    • A. Asn-Xaa-(Ser or Thr)
    • B. (Ser or Thr)-Asn-Ala
    • C. Thr-(Asn or Gln)-Ala
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. Patients suffering from Von Gierke's disease are unable to perform gluconeogeneis because they have a defective

    • Options
    • A. lactate dehydrogenase
    • B. glucose 6 phosphatase
    • C. pyruvate carboxylase
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss


    Comments

    There are no comments.

Enter a new Comment