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Glycolysis problems

  • 1. Which of the following regulates glycolysis steps?

  • Options
  • A. Phosphofructokinase
  • B. Hexose kinase
  • C. Pyruvate kinase
  • D. All of these
  • Discuss
  • 2. Which of the following is not true of glycolysis?

  • Options
  • A. ADP is phosphorylated to ATP via substrate level phosphorylation
  • B. The pathway does not require oxygen
  • C. The pathway oxidizes two moles of NADH to NAD+ for each mole of glucose that enters
  • D. The pathway requires two moles of ATP to get started catabo-lizing each mole of glucose
  • Discuss
  • 3. During catabolism, only about 40% of the energy available from oxidizing glucose is used to synthesize ATP. Remaining 60%

  • Options
  • A. is lost as heat
  • B. is used to reduce NADP
  • C. remains in the products of metabolism
  • D. is stored as fat.
  • Discuss
  • 4. For every one molecule of sugar glucose which is oxidized __________ molecule of pyruvic acid are produced.

  • Options
  • A. 1
  • B. 2
  • C. 3
  • D. 4
  • Discuss
  • 5. The amount of energy received from one ATP is

  • Options
  • A. 76 kcal
  • B. 7.3 kcal
  • C. 760 kcal
  • D. 1000 kcal
  • Discuss
  • 6. Fructose-2,6-bisphosphate

  • Options
  • A. activates fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase
  • B. activates phosphofructokinase
  • C. inhibits fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase
  • D. both (b) and (c)
  • Discuss
  • 7. The active form of glycogen phosphorylase is phosphorylated, while the dephosphorylation of which active form occurs?

  • Options
  • A. Glycogen synthase
  • B. Glycogen semisynthase
  • C. Glycogen hydrolase
  • D. Glycogen dehydrogenase
  • Discuss
  • 8. When concentration of the reactants is higher than the equilibrium concentration then

  • Options
  • A. the gibbs free energy will be positive
  • B. the gibbs free energy will be negative
  • C. more products will be formed
  • D. both (b) and (c)
  • Discuss
  • 9. Which of the following could act as an uncoupler of electron transport and ATP synthesis?

  • Options
  • A. The Fo base-piece of ATP synthase (without the Fl subunit)
  • B. Dinitrophenol
  • C. neither (a) nor (b)
  • D. Both (a) and (b)
  • Discuss
  • 10. A kinase is an enzyme that

  • Options
  • A. removes phosphate groups of substrates
  • B. uses ATP to add a phosphate group to the substrate
  • C. uses NADH to change the oxidation state of the substrate
  • D. removes water from a double bond
  • Discuss

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