Description : The following is an enzyme required for glycolysis: (A) Pyruvate kinase (B) Pyruvate carboxylase (C) Glucose-6-phosphatase (D) Glycerokinase
Last Answer : A
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
Last Answer : Answer : B
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
Last Answer : C
Description : The 4 rate limiting enzymes of gluconeogenesis are (A) Glucokinase, Pyruvate carboxylae phosphoenol pyruvate carboxykinase and glucose-6-phosphatase (B) Pyruvate carboxylase, phosphoenol ... fructokinase, pyruvate carboxylase, phosphoenol pyruvate carboxykinase and fructose 1, 6 diphosphatase
Last Answer : B
Description : An enzyme involved in gluconeogenesis is (A) Pyruvate kinase (B) Pyruvate carboxylase (C) Hexokinase (D) Phosphohexose isomerase
Description : Which one of the following is a rate limiting enzyme of gluconeogenesis? (A) Hexokinase (B) Phsophofructokinase (C) Pyruvate carboxylase (D) Pyruvate kinase
Description : The “Primaquin sensitivity types of haemolytic anaemia has been found to relate to reduced R.B.C activity of which enzyme? (A) Pyruvate kinase deficiency (B) Glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency (C) Glucose-6-p dehydrogenase deficiency (D) Hexokinase deficiency
Description : In gluconeogensis, an allosteric activator required in the synthesis of oxaloacetate from bicarbonate and pyruvate, which is catalysed by the enzyme pyruvate carboxylase is (A) Acetyl CoA (B) Succinate (C) Isocitrate (D) Citrate
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Enzymes leading to the high energy phosphorylation of substrates during glycolysis include which of the following? (A) Phosphoglycerate kinase (B) Enolase (C) Pyruvate Kinase (D) Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : The glycolysis is regulated by (A) Hexokinase (B) Phosphofructokinase (C) Pyruvate kinase (D) All of these
Last Answer : D
Description : Glucocorticoids increase the synthesis of all of the following except (A) Glucokinase (B) Glucose-6-phosphatase (C) Fructose-1, 6-biphosphatase (D) Pyruvate carboxylase
Description : Which one of the following statements concerning glucose metabolism is correct? (A) The conversion of Glucose to lactate occurs only in the R.B.C (B) Glucose enters most cells by a mechanism in ... ) An elevated level of insulin leads to a decreased level of fructose 2, 6-bisphosphate in hepatocyte
Description : Which one of the following would be expected in pyruvate kinase deficiency? (A) Increased levels of lactate in the R.B.C (B) Hemolytic anemia (C) Decreased ratio of ADP to ATP in R.B.C (D) Increased phosphorylation of Glucose to Glucose-6-phosphate
Description : Jamaican vomiting sickness is due to inactivation of the enzyme (A) Pyruvate carboxylase (B) Acyl-Co-A synthetase (C) Acyl-Co-A dehydrogense (D) Thiolase
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Carboxylation of acetyl-CoA to malonylCoA requires the enzyme: (A) Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (B) Pyruvate carboxylase (C) Acetyl transacylase (D) Acyl CoA-synthetase
Description : The enzyme pyruvate carboxylase is present in (A) Cytosol (B) Mitochondria (C) Nucleus (D) Golgi bodies
Description : Which of the following compound is a positive allosteric modifier of the enzyme pyruvate carboxylase? (A) Biotin (B) Acetyl CoA (C) Oxaloacetate (D) ATP
Description : Pyruvate carboxylase reaction (pyruvate to oxaloacetate) needs which co-enzyme?
Last Answer : Biotin and ATP.
Description : A gluconeogenic enzyme among the following is (A) Phosphofructokinase (B) Pyruvate kinase (C) Phosphoenol pyruvate carboxykinase (D) Glucokinase
Description : Insulin has no effect on the activity of the enzyme: (A) Glycogen synthetase (B) Fructokinase (C) Pyruvate kinase (D) Pyruvate dehydrogenase
Description : Dietary deficiency of thiamin inhibits the activity of the enzyme: (A) Pyruvate kinase (B) Pyruvate dehydrogenase (C) Phosphofructokinase (D) Enolase
Description : In glycolytic pathway, iodacetate inhibits the activity of the enzyme: (A) Phosphotriose isomerase (B) Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (C) Pyruvate kinase (D) Phosphofructokinase
Description : The enzyme of the glycolic pathway, sensitive to inhibiton by fluoride ions is (A) Hexokinase (B) Aldolase (C) Enolase (D) Pyruvate kinase
Description : In plants, enzyme responsible for the synthesis of the malic acid is : (A) Rubisco (B) PEP carboxylase (C)Kinase (D) Urease
Last Answer : (A) Rubisco
Description : In sugarcane plant 14CO2 is fixed to malic acid, in which the enzyme that fixes CO2 is (a) ribulose biphosphate carboxylase (b) phosphoenol pyruvic acid carboxylase (c) ribulose phosphate kinase (d) fructose phosphatase.
Last Answer : (b) phosphoenol pyruvic acid carboxylase
Description : The following are true about the oxidation of glucose: a. glycolysis produces 3% of the energy ultimately obtained from glucose b. the first stage of glycolysis involves phosphorylation of glucose to 1,6-fructose biphosphate. c. glucose enters the Kreb's cycle as pyruvate d. all above
Last Answer : all above
Description : Hyperglycemic effect of glucocorticoids is due to (A) Inactivation of protein phosphatase (B) Inactivation of fructose 1,6-biphosphatase (C) Stimulation of synthesis of pyruvate carboxylase (D) Stimulation of synthesis of eltroxykinase
Description : Insulin decreases the activity of (A) cAMP dependent protein kinase (B) HMG CoA-reductas (C) Phosphodiesterase (D) Acetyl CoA-carboxylase
Description : A regulator of the enzyme glucogen synthase is (A) Citric Acid (B) Pyruvate (C) Glucose-6-PO4 (D) GTP
Description : . End product of glycolysis is (A) ATP (B) Pyruvate (C) PEP (D) Glucose
Last Answer : (B) Pyruvate
Description : Glucose is to photosynthesis as pyruvate is to _____. a. Oxidative Phosphorylation b. Glycolysis c. Fermentation d. Citric Acid Cycle
Last Answer : a. Oxidative Phosphorylation
Description : Which one of the following is NOT produced during glycolysis? a. ATP b. NADH c. Pyruvate d. Glucose
Last Answer : c. Pyruvate
Last Answer : d. Glucose
Description : Insulin increases the activity of (A) Pyruvate kinase (B) Phosphorylase (C) Triacylglycerol kinase (D) Fructose 2, 6-bisphosphatase
Description : The main product of glycolysis under aerobic conditions is a. Pyruvate b. Lactate c. None of these d. Both a and b Ans: A 2. The protein moiety of an enzyme is known as a. Holo enzyme b. Apo enzyme c. Co enzyme d. Enzyme
Last Answer : Ans: B
Description : Mitochondrial pyruvate carboxylase contains (A) Zinc (B) Zinc (C) Manganese (D) Magnesium
Description : Biotin is a coenzyme for (A) Pyruvate dehydrogenase (B) Pyruvate carboxylase (C) PEP carboxykinase (D) Glutamate pyruvate transminase
Description : The principal action of insulin in adipose tissue is to inhibit the activity of the (A) Hormone sensitive lipoprotein lipase (B) Glycerol phosphate acyltransferase (C) Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (D) Pyruvate dehydrogenase
Description : Fully activated pyruvate carboxylase depends upon the presence of (A) Malate and Niacin (B) Acetyl CoA and biotin (C) Acetyl CoA and thiamine pyrophosphate (D) Oxaloacetate and biotin
Description : Biotin is a coenzyme for (A) Pyruvate carboxylase (B) Acetyl CoA carboxylase (C) Propionyl CoA carboxylase (D) All of these
Description : In presence of the following cofactor, pyruvate carboxylase converts pyruvate to oxaloacetate: (A) ATP, Protein and CO2 (B) CO2 and ATP (C) CO2 (D) Protein
Description : The following metabolic abnormalities occur in Diabetes mellitus except (A) Increased plasma FFA (B) Increased pyruvate carboxylase activate (C) Decreased lipogenesis (D) Decreased gluconeogenesis
Description : Pyruvate carboxylase is regulated by (A) Induction (B) Repression (C) Allosteric regulation(D) All of these
Description : What is pyruvate carboxylase?
Last Answer : The enzyme catalysing the reaction, pyruvate to oxaloacetate.
Description : Which of the following is not an enzyme involved in glycolysis? (A) Euolase (B) Aldolose (C) Hexokinase (D) Glucose oxidase
Description : An enzyme required for the synthesis of ketone bodies as well as cholesterol is (A) Acetyl CoA carboxylase (B) HMG CoA synthetase (C) HMG CoA reductase (D) HMG CoA lyase
Description : Which of the following enzymes incorporates inorganic phosphate into the substrate? (A) Phosphoglycerate kinase (B) Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (C) Pyruvate kinase (D) Enolase
Description : In the glycolytic pathway, enolpyruvate is converted to ketopyruvate by (A) Pyruvate kinase (B) Phosphoenolpyruvate (C) Pyruvate dehydrogenase (D) Spontaneously
Description : Which of the following enzymes in Glycolytic pathway is inhibited by fluoride? (A) Glyceraldehyde-3-p dehydrogenase (B) Phosphoglycerate kinase (C) Pyruvate kinase (D) Enolase
Description : ATP is ‘wasted’ in Rapoport-Lueberring cycle in RBCs as otherwise it will inhibit (A) Phosphoglucomutase (B) Phosphohexo isomerase (C) Phosphofructo kinase (D) Phosphoenol pyruvate carboxy kinase