What enzyme will not be used if the oxidative portion of the pentose phosphate pathway is operating to produce ribose 5-phosphate? a) Transaldolase b) Ribulose 5-phosphate isomerase

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Q: What is the function of citrate in cellular respiration?

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Q: How does control of the glucose6-phosphatase reaction differ from that of the fructose-1,6-…

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A: Can the bacteria Alicaligenes faecalis ferment lactose.

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Q: Why is glycogenesis necessary? Why is glycogenolysis necessary?

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Q: Why is glucose fermentation dependent on phosphate?

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Q: Which cell structure contains the enzymes required for oxidativephosphorylation?

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Q: Explain why glucose shows mutarotation?

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Q: What kind of reaction is catalyzed by each of the following enzymes? a. citrate decarboxylase b.…

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Q: Why is the formation of fructose1,6-bisphosphate the committed step in glycolysis?

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Q: Which process is initiated by deadenylases ?

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Q: Why can’t the reactions of the glycolytic pathway simply be run in reverse to synthesize glucose?

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Q: In transamination reactions, which of the following is not a donor amino acid–acceptor α-keto acid…

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Q: How many NADH and FADH2 will be produced when this fatty acid is completely metabolized?

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Q: What enzyme will be used if only the non-oxidative portion of the pentose phosphate pathway is…

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Q: Why does glycogenolysis need fewer stages than glycogenesis? Which procedure consumes the least…

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Q: What are the similarities and difference of lactic acid fermentation and alcoholic fermentation?

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Q: what are the importnt products in glycogenesis?

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Q: What is the effect of increasing the concentration of lactose in the action of the enzyme lactase?…

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Q: Why is fructose metabolized more rapidly than glucose?

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Q: Why is phosphofructokinase rather than hexokinase the pacemaker of glycolysis?

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Q: why are ketones formed during starvation

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Q: what is the total number of D- and L-sugars that belong to the family of ketopentoses

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Q: Is citriate and ATP a product or substrate of Phosphofructokinase-2 or Phosphofructokinase-1?

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Q: Where is catalase produced?

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Q: What are the oxidative reactions of the pentose phosphate pathway?

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Q: where does the digestion of sucrose begin and what type of reaction occurs?

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Q: Does oxalic acid used to identify vitamin c in the fruits and vegetables? explain why

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Q: What is the key enzyme of glycolysis which catalyzes the production of fructose-1,6-bisphosphate?

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Q: What is the key regulatory enzyme for glycogenolysis?

A: Phosphorylase kinase, glycogen phosphorylase are the key regulatory enzymes for glycogenolysis.

Q: What is the difference between the core enzyme and theholoenzyme?

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Q: When a 23 Carbon fatty acid is metabolized, what is the total number of (GROSS) ATP produced ?

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Q: Define the following terms: a. thiolytic cleavage b. ketogenesis c. ketone bodies d. α-oxidation e.…

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Q: What is the major purpose of the pentose phosphate pathway? What cofactor (coenzyme) is used?

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Q: Why does glycogenolysis use fewer steps than the reverse process, glycogenesis? Which process uses…

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Q: What are ketone bodies, how are they produced, andfor what are they used? What occurs when there is…

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Q: What organelle is fumarase deficiency associated with?

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Q: If there are 3 molecules of glucose, how many molecules of pyruvic acid are produced after…

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Q: What type of bond is hydrolyzed by alpha Amylase?

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Q: Which steps of glycolysis are irreversible? What bearing does this observation have on the reactions…

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Q: What is the difference between glycogenesis and glycogenolysis?

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