CARBOHYDRATE QUIZ

An intermediate which inhibits the activity of fructose 1,6 diphos-phatase would inhibit

gluconeogenesis

pyrolysis

none of these

glycolysis

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The main site for gluconeogenesis is

liver

brain

muscle

kidney

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Hexokinase activity in glycolysis is inhibited by

fructose 1,6 biphosphate

fructose 6-phosphate

phosphofructokinase

glucose 6- phosphate

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Which of the following characteristic enzymes of gluconeogensis is not found in the cytosol?

Both (a) and (b)

Glucose-6-phosphatase

Pyruvate carboxlyase

Fructose-l,6-bisphosphatase

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Which of the following compounds is responsible for coordinated regulation of glucose and glycogen metabolism?

NAD+

Acetyl-CoA

Fructose 2,6 bisphosphate

Fructose 1,6 bisphosphate

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Storage polysaccharide made by animals is

amylopectin

collagen

glycogen

cellulose

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Which of the following is not a disaccharide?

Amylose

Lactose

None of these

Cellobiose

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Which of the following does not occur during gluconeogenesis?

The carboxylation of pyruvate to oxaloacetate

The conversion of pyruvate to phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP)

The decarboxylation of oxaloacetate to phosphoenolpyruvate

The conversion of PEP to fructose bisphosphate

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Regulated metabolic pathways are

all of these

usually regulated at the first step

committed after the first step

compartmentalized in eukaryotes

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Saliva contains all of the following except

amylase

antibodies

bacteria-killing enzymes

hormones

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