Which of the following is not a mechanism for altering the flux of metabolites through the rate-determining step of a pathway? Covalent modification of the enzyme Diffusional coupling between adjacent active sites Allosteric control of the enzyme activity Genetic control of the enzyme concentration TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
For every one molecule of sugar glucose which is oxidized __________ molecule of pyruvic acid are produced. 3 4 2 1 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following regulates glycolysis steps? All of these Pyruvate kinase Hexose kinase Phosphofructokinase TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
During glycolysis, the major energy generating step involves phosphoglycerate kinase glyceraldehyde-3 -dehydrogenase Phosphofructokinase pyruvate kinase TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The active form of glycogen phosphorylase is phosphorylated, while the dephosphorylation of which active form occurs? Glycogen dehydrogenase Glycogen hydrolase Glycogen semisynthase Glycogen synthase TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Why does the glycolytic pathway continue in the direction of glucose catabolism? There are essentially three irreversible reactions that act as the driving force for the pathway The enzymes of glycolysis only function in one direction Glycolysis occurs in either direction High levels of ATP keep the pathway going in a forward direction TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The enzymes of glycolysis in a eukaryotic cell are located in the plasma membrane mitochondrial matrix intermembrane space cytosol TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A kinase is an enzyme that uses ATP to add a phosphate group to the substrate uses NADH to change the oxidation state of the substrate removes water from a double bond removes phosphate groups of substrates TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Glucose from the breakdown of glycogen is obtained in the muscles by phosphorolysis both (a) and (b) the liver by phosphorolysis the muscles by hydrolysis TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
ATP is from which general category of molecules? Polysaccharides Proteins Nucleotides Amino acids TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?