Description : The most important source of reducing equivalents for FA synthesis on the liver is (A) Glycolysis (B) HMP-Shunt (C) TCA cycle (D) Uronic acid pathway
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Our body can get pentoses from (A) Glycolytic pathway (B) Uromic acid pathway (C) TCA cycle (D) HMP shunt
Last Answer : D
Description : Pentose production is increased in (A) HMP shunt (B) Uromic acid pathway (C) EM pathway (D) TCA cycle
Last Answer : A
Description : The four membered aldose sugar phosphate formed in HMP shunt pathway is (A) Xylulose P (B) Erythrulose P (C) Erythrose P (D) Ribulose P
Last Answer : C
Description : An amphibolic pathway among the following is (A) HMP shunt (B) Glycolysis (C) Citirc acid cycle (D) Gluconeogenesis
Description : What is the purpose of HMP shunt pathway?
Last Answer : It generates NADPH.
Description : What is the hormonal control over HMP shunt pathway?
Last Answer : Insulin stimulates the pathway by activating the key enzyme.
Description : What are the tissues in which HMP shunt pathway is significant?
Last Answer : Liver, adipose tissue, RBC, adrenal cortex, ovary, testis, mammary gland, lens.
Description : Which one of the following statements is incorrect? (A) Insulin increases glucose phosphorylation (B) Insulin increases glycolysis (C) Insulin augments HMP shunt (D) Insulin promotes gluconeogenesis
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Excessive secretion of glucocorticoids raises blood glucose by (A) Decreasing glycogenesis (B) Increasing glycogenolysis (C) Increasing gluconeogenesis (D) Inhibiting HMP shunt
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : The regulatory enzyme in HMP shunt is (A) Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (B) 6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
Description : Which of the following enzyme is not involved in HMP shunt? (A) Glyceraldehyde-3-p dehydrogenase (B) Glucose-6-p-dehydrogenase (C) Transketolase (D) Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase
Description : One molecule of glucose gives ______ molecules of CO2 in one round of HMP shunt. (A) 6 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
Last Answer : B
Description : The following enzyme is required for the hexose monophosphate shunt pathway: (A) Glucose-6-phosphatase (B) Phosphorylase (C) Aldolase (D) Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
Description : The rate of HMP shunt reactions is (A) Increased by Insulin (B) Increased in diabetes mellitus (C) Increased by glucagons (D) Increased in starvation
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : The first pentose formed in HMP shunt is (A) Ribose-5-phosphate (B) Ribulose-5-phosphate (C) Xylose-5-phosphate (D)Xylulose-5-phosphate
Description : The decarboxylation reaction in HMP shunt is catalysed by (A) Gluconolactone hydrolase (B) 6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (C) 6-Phosphogluconate decarboxylase (D) Transaldolase
Description : HMP shunt is present in (A) Erythrocytes (B) Liver (C) Testes (D) All of these
Description : NAD is required as a conenzyme in (A) Citric acid cycle (B) HMP shunt (C) β-Oxidation of fatty acids (D) Both (A) and (C)
Description : NADP is required as a coenzyme in (A) Glycolysis (B) Citric acid cycle (C) HMP shunt (D) Gluconeogenesis
Description : Dehydrogenases involved in HMP shunt are specific for (A) NADP+ (B) NAD+ (C) FAD (D) FMN
Description : Two important byproducts of HMP shunt are (A) NADH and pentose sugars (B) NADPH and pentose sugars (C) Pentose sugars and 4 membered sugars (D) Pentose sugars and sedoheptulose
Description : The heptose ketose sugar formed as a result of chemical reaction in HMP shunt: (A) Sedoheptulose (B) Galactoheptose (C) Glucoheptose (D) Mannoheptose
Description : Mature erythrocytes do not contain (A) Glycolytic enzymes(B) HMP shunt enzymes (C) Pyridine nucleotide(D) ATP
Description : Which is the key enzyme of hexose monophosphate shunt pathway?
Last Answer : Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.
Description : In conversion of lactic acid to glucose, three reactions of glycolytic pathway are circumvented, which of the following enzymes do not participate? (A) Pyruvate carboxylase (B) Phosphoenol pyruvate carboxy kinase (C) Pyruvate kinase (D) Glucose-6-phosphatase
Description : Hemolytic anemia is caused by the deficiency of certain enzymes of the pentose phosphate pathway, the principal enzyme involved is (A) Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (B) Aldolase (C) Fructose 1, 6-bisphosphatase (D) Phosphohexose isomerase
Description : Pentose phosphate pathway is of significance because it generates (A) NADPH for reductive synthesis (B) Regenerates glucose 6-phosphate (C) Generates fructose 6-phosphate (D) Forms glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate
Description : The hexose monophosphate pathway includes the enzyme: (A) Maltase dehydrogenase (B) Hexokinase (C) α-Ketoglutarate dehydrogenase (D) Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
Description : The pathway of glycogen biosynthesis involves a special nucleotide of glucose. In the reaction below, NuDP stands for NuDP Glucose + glycogenn → NuDP + glycogenn+1 (A) ADP (B) GDP (C) UDP (D) CDP
Description : Which of the following is a substrate for aldolase activity in Glycolytic pathway? (A) Glyceraldehyde-3-p (B) Glucose-6-p (C) Fructose-6-p (D) Fructose1, 6-bisphosphate
Description : In conversion of Lactic acid to Glucose, three reactions of Glycolytic pathway are circumvented, which of the following enzymes do not participate? (A) Pyruvate Carboxylase (B) Phosphoenol pyruvate carboxy kinase (C) Pyruvate kinase (D) Glucose-6-phosphatase
Description : Two examples of substrate level phosphorylation in EM pathway of glucose metabolism are in the reactions of (A) 1,3 bisphosphoglycerate and phosphoenol pyruvate (B) Glucose-6 phosphate ... phosphate (C) 3 phosphoglyceraldehyde and phosphoenolpyruvate (D) 1,3 diphosphoglycerate and 2-phosphoglycerate
Description : How many ATP and NADPH will be requried to make one glucose through the calvin pathway?
Last Answer : How many ATP and NADPH will be requried to make one glucose through the calvin pathway?
Description : The three boxes in this diagram represent the three major biosynthetic pathways in aerobic respiration. Arrows represent net reactants or products. PathwayA Pathway B 6 Pathway C 11 2 Glucose 1 5 10 12 7 4 8 3 Arrows numbered 4, 8 and 12 can all be (a) H2O (b) FAD+ or FADH2 (c) NADH (d) ATP.
Last Answer : (d) ATP.
Description : NADP+ is reduced to NADPH in (a) HMP (b) Calvin Cycle (c) glycolysis (d) EMP.
Last Answer : (a) HMP
Description : HMP (Host Monitoring Protocol) is: A. a TCP/IP protocol used todynamically bind ahigh level IP Address to alow-level physical hardware address B. a TCP/IP high level protocol for transferring ... used to monitor computers D. a protocol that handles error andcontrol messages E. None of the above
Last Answer : a protocol used to monitor computers
Description : Which pathway is correct for catabolism of purines to form uric acid? (A) Guanylate→Adenylate→Xanthine→hypoxanthine→Uric acid (B) Guanylate→inosinate→Xanthine→hypoxanthine→Uric acid (C) Adenylate→Inosinate→Xanthine hypoxanthine→Uric acid (D) Adenylate→Inosinate→hypoxanthine Xanthine→Uric acid
Description : Cancer cells may become resistant to amethopterin by (A) Developing mechanisms to destroy amethopterin (B) Amplification of dihydrofolate reducatse gene (C) Mutation in the dihydrofolate reductase ... is no longer inhibited by amethopterin (D) Developing alternate pathway of thymidylate synthesis
Description : The first pyrimidine nucleotide to be formed in de novo synthesis pathway is (A) UMP (B) CMP (C) CTP (D) TMP
Description : In the pathway of de novo synthesis of purine nucleotides, all the following are allosteric enzymes except (A) PRPP glutamyl amido transferase (B) Adenylosuccinate synthetase (C) IMP dehydrogenase (D) Adenylosuccinase
Description : In the synthetic pathway of epinephrine, disulfiram (antabuse) inhibits the enzyme: (A) Tyrosine hydroxylase (B) Dopamine β-hydroxylase (C) DOPA decarboxylase (D) N-methyl transferase
Description : Substrate-linked phosphorylation occurs in (A) Glycolytic pathway(B) Citric acid cycle (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
Description : Which one of the following statements is not characteristic of allosteric enzymes? (A) They frequently catalyze a committed step early in a metabolic pathway (B) They are often composed of subunits (C) They follow Michaelis-Menten kinetics (D) They frequently show cooperativity for substrate binding
Description : The maximum possible chain length of fatty acids formed in the pathway of de novo synthesis is (A) 16 Carbon atoms (B) 18 Carbon atoms (C) 20 Carbon atoms (D) 24 Carbon atoms
Description : Glycerol can enter glycolytic pathway via (A) Dihydroxyacetone phosphate (B) 1, 3-Biphospoglycerate (C) 3-Phosphoglycerate (D) 2-Phosphoglycerate
Description : Glycolytic pathway is located in (A) Mitochondria (B) Cytosol (C) Microsomes (D) Nucleus
Description : An allosteric enzyme is generally inhibited by (A) Initial substrate of the pathway (B) Substrate analogues (C) Product of the reaction catalysed by allosteric enzyme (D) Product of the pathway
Description : The rate limiting reaction in the lipogenic pathway is (A) Acetyl-CoA carboxylase step (B) Ketoacyl synthase step (C) Ketoacyl reductase step (D) Hydratase step
Description : The main source of reducing equivalents (NADPH) for lipogenesis is (A) Pentose phosphate pathway (B) Citric acid cycle (C) Glycolysis (D) Glycogenolysis