CMU Online Quiz 11: Glycolysis

Summary for assessment Glycolysis
Generated 13-NOV-00 12:14 PM
Number of assessments looked at: 133
-1 denotes that the student did not answer the question.

                                                                                                             
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Glycolysis
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  • (1) does not require O2 to generate energy
  • (2) requires O2 to generate energy
  • (3) is inhibited by O2
  • (4) rate is increased in the presence of O2
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    In humans, pyruvate can be converted to
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  • (1) acetyl-CoA only
  • (2) lactate only
  • (3) ethanol only
  • (4) acetyl-CoA and lactate
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    Which statement best characterizes the role of enzymes in glycolysis?
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  • (1) Several steps do not require enzymes
  • (2) Several steps are catalyzed by a single multifunctional enzyme
  • (3) One multifunctional enzyme catalyzes the whole pathway
  • (4) Each step is catalyzed by a separate enzyme
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    The binding of glucose to hexokinase
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  • (1) The binding of is an example of lock-and-key binding of a substrate to the active site of an enzyme
  • (2) involves a large conformational change in the enzyme
  • (3) differs from the binding of substrates to other kinases
  • (4) is not well characterized
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    The reduction of pyruvate to lactate
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  • (1) allows for recycling of NAD+
  • (2) is the process that aids in the recovery of sore muscles after exercise
  • (3) is accompanied by phosphorylation of ADP
  • (4) does not occur in aerobic organisms
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    Alcohol dehydrogenase resembles lactate dehydrogenase in that it
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  • (1) is nonallosteric
  • (2) is a dimer
  • (3) uses NAD+ as a coenzyme
  • (4) is not found in aerobic organisms
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    The enzyme glucokinase
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  • (1) phosphorylates a number of different sugars, including glucose, fructose, and mannose
  • (2) specifically phosphorylates glucose rather than other sugars
  • (3) is the only kinase involved in glycolysis
  • (4) none of these are correct
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    Redox reactions of NADH-linked dehydrogenases involve
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  • (1) hydride ion transfer
  • (2) transfer of two-carbon groups
  • (3) transfer of three-carbon groups
  • (4) transfer of acetyl groups
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    If glycolysis did not lead to the production of ATP, the overall process would
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  • (1) release less energy
  • (2) release more energy
  • (3) absorb energy
  • (4) not take place in aerobic organisms
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    Which of the following proteins resembles 'PACMAN' in its shape as well as function?
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  • (1) myoglobin
  • (2) hexokinase
  • (3) hemoglobin
  • (4) collagen
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    The phosphorylation of glucose to glucose 6-phosphate (G-6-P)
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  • (1) is so strongly exergonic that it does not require a catalyst
  • (2) is an exergonic reaction not coupled to any other reaction
  • (3) is an endergonic reaction that takes place because it is coupled to the exergonic hydrolysis of ATP
  • (4) is an exergonic reaction that is coupled to the endergonic hydrolysis of ATP
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    The step that commits the cell to metabolize glucose is catalyzed by
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  • (1) hexokinase
  • (2) phosphoglucomutase
  • (3) aldolase
  • (4) phosphofructokinase
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    The conversion of 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate to 3-phosphoglycerate is
  • (-1) no answer
  • (1) a strongly endergonic reaction
  • (2) accompanied by a dehydration of the molecule
  • (3) one of the reactions of glycolysis in which ATP is produced
  • (4) a side reaction not part of the main pathway of glycolysis
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    The conversion of 2-phosphoglycerate to phosphoenolpyruvate is
  • (-1) no answer
  • (1) an oxidation
  • (2) a reduction
  • (3) an isomerization
  • (4) a dehydration
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    The phosphorylation of fructose 6-phosphate to fructose 1,6-bisphosphate is the committed step in glycolysis because
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  • (1) it is the rate-limiting step
  • (2) it is the most strongly exergonic step in the pathway
  • (3) fructose 1,6-bisphosphate can undergo no other reactions than those of glycolysis
  • (4) two phosphate groups are involved
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    Which of the following exercise(s) allosteric control in the reaction of phosphofructokinase?
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  • (1) ATP
  • (2) fructose 2,6-bisphosphate
  • (3) both of these compounds
  • (4) neither of these compounds
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    An enzyme not involved in the control of glycolysis is
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  • (1) hexokinase
  • (2) triose phosphate isomerase
  • (3) pyruvate kinase
  • (4) phosphofructokinase
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    Which of the following statements is true?
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  • (1) All allosteric proteins are oligomeric
  • (2) All proteins that show cooperative binding are oligomeric
  • (3) all proteins that show non-cooperative binding are monomeric
  • (4) none of these statements are true.
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    Under conditions of high [ATP], phosphofructokinase shows which of the following behaviour?
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  • (1) Non-cooperative
  • (2) Negative cooperativity
  • (3) Positive cooperativity
  • (4) Childish.
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