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 main source of reducing equivalents (NADPH) for lipogenesis is (A) Pentose phosphate pathway (B) Citric acid cycle (C) Glycolysis (D) Glycogenolysis
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : An amphibolic pathway among the following is (A) HMP shunt (B) Glycolysis (C) Citirc acid cycle (D) Gluconeogenesis
Last Answer : C
Description : Reverse of Glycolysis is _________________. a. Glycogenolysis. b. Citric Acid Cycle. c. Gluconeogenesis. d. Uronic Acid Pathway
Last Answer : c. Gluconeogenesis.
Description : NADP is required as a coenzyme in (A) Glycolysis (B) Citric acid cycle (C) HMP shunt (D) Gluconeogenesis
Last Answer : Answer : C
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 : The four membered aldose sugar phosphate formed in HMP shunt pathway is (A) Xylulose P (B) Erythrulose P (C) Erythrose P (D) Ribulose P
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 : HMP shunt pathway use how much glucose?
Last Answer : About 10% of glucose molecules per day are entering in this pathway.
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 : HMP shunt is present in (A) Erythrocytes (B) Liver (C) Testes (D) All of these
Description : For conjugation with many enogenous and exogenous substances before elimination in urine, the uronic acid pathway provides (A) Active glucuronate (B) Gulonate (C) Xylulose (D) Xylitol
Description : In lower animals, uronic acid pathway is used for what purpose?
Last Answer : For synthesis of ascorbic acid (vitamin C).
Description : What is the purpose of uronic acid pathway?
Last Answer : It is used for conjugation of bilirubin, steroids, synthesis of gluco-saminoglycans.
Description : Most of the metabolic pathways are either anabolic or catabolic. Which of the following pathways is considered as “amphibolic” in nature? (A) Glycogenesis (B) Glycolytic pathway (C) Lipolysis (D) TCA cycle
Description : Most major metabolic pathways are considered mainly either anabolic or catabolic. Which of the following pathway is most correctly considered to be amphibolic? (A) Citric acid cycle (B) Gluconeogenesis (C) Lipolysis (D) Glycolysis
Description : NADP+ is reduced to NADPH in (a) HMP (b) Calvin Cycle (c) glycolysis (d) EMP.
Last Answer : (a) HMP
Description : Which of these statements is incorrect? (a) Enzymes of TCA cycle are present in mitochondrial matrix. (b) Glycolysis occurs in cytosol. (c) Glycolysis operates as long as it is supplied ... that can pick up hydrogen atoms. (d) Oxidative phosphorylation takes place in outer mitochondrial membrane
Last Answer : (d) Oxidative phosphorylation takes place in outer mitochondrial membrane
Description : Which of these statements is incorrect ? (1) Enzymes of TCA cycle are present in mitochondrial matrix. (2) Glycolysis occurs in cytosol. (3) Glycolysis operates as long as it is supplied ... that can pick up hydrogen atoms. (4) Oxidative phosphorylation takes place in outer mitochondrial membrane.
Last Answer : (4) Oxidative phosphorylation takes place in outer mitochondrial membrane.
Description : TCA also known as a. Kreb’s Cycle b. Glycolysis c. Acetolysis d. None of the above
Last Answer : a. Kreb’s Cycle
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
Last Answer : B
Description : In humans, NH3 is detoxified in liver as (A) Creatinine (B) Uric acid (C) Urea (D) Uronic acid
Description : In anaerobic glycolysis, energy yield from each molecule of glucose is (A) 2 ATP equivalents (B) 8 ATP equivalents (C) 30 ATP equivalents(D) 38 ATP equivalents
Description : Excessive secretion of glucocorticoids raises blood glucose by (A) Decreasing glycogenesis (B) Increasing glycogenolysis (C) Increasing gluconeogenesis (D) Inhibiting HMP shunt
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
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 : The first pentose formed in HMP shunt is (A) Ribose-5-phosphate (B) Ribulose-5-phosphate (C) Xylose-5-phosphate (D)Xylulose-5-phosphate
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : The decarboxylation reaction in HMP shunt is catalysed by (A) Gluconolactone hydrolase (B) 6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (C) 6-Phosphogluconate decarboxylase (D) Transaldolase
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 : Dehydrogenases involved in HMP shunt are specific for (A) NADP+ (B) NAD+ (C) FAD (D) FMN
Description : One molecule of glucose gives ______ molecules of CO2 in one round of HMP shunt. (A) 6 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
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 : How many high-energy phosphate bond equivalents are required for amino acid activation in protein synthesis? (A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Four
Description : Out of 24 mols of ATP formed in TCA cycle, 2 molecules of ATP can be formed at “substrate level” by which of the following reaction ? (A) Citric acid→ Isocitric acid (B) Isocitrate→ Oxaloacetate (C) Succinic acid→ Fumarate (D) Succinylcat→ Succinic acid
Description : Before pyruvic acid enters the TCA cycle it must be converted to (A) Acetyl CoA (B) Lactate (C) α-ketoglutarate (D) Citrate
Description : Transfer of reducing equivalents from succinate dehydrogenase to coenzyme Q is specifically inhibited by (A) Carboxin (B) Oligomycin (C) Piericidin A (D) Rotenone
Description : If the reducing equivalents enter from NAD in the respiratory chain, the phsphate/oxygen (P:O) is (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 MINERAL METABOLISM 183
Description : If the reducing equivalents enter from FAD in the respiratory chain, the phosphate.oxygen ration (P:O) is (A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 4
Description : Reducing equivalents from succinate enter the mitochondrial respiratory chain at (A) NAD (B) Coenzyme Q (C) FAD (D) Cyt c
Description : Reducing equivalents from pyruvate enter the mitochondrial respiratory chain at (A) FMN (B) NAD (C) Coenzyme Q (D) Cyt b
Description : All the enzymes of glycolysis pathway are found in (A) Extramitochondrial soluble fraction of the cell (B) Mitochondria (C) Nucleus (D) Endoplasmic reticulum
Description : Why the bacterium Treponemapallidum is difficult to culture? A-.Because it requires a great deal of water to reproduce B- .Because it is unable to use carbohydrates as an energy source ... TCA cycle and oxidative phosphorylation D- Because it requires extremely low temperature at which water freezes
Last Answer : Because it lacks the genes needed for TCA cycle and oxidative phosphorylation
Description : The glycosaminoglycan which does not contain uronic acid is (A) Hyaluronic acid (B) Heparin (C) Chondroitin sulphate (D) Dermatan sulphate
Description : The glycosaminoglycan which does not contain uronic acid is (A) Dermatan sulphate (B) Chondroitin sulphate (C) Keratan sulphate (D) Heparan sulphate
Description : Which heteropolysaccharide does not contain uronic acid?
Last Answer : Keratan sulfate.
Description : cAMP is so called because it is formed during (A) TCA cycle (B) Urea cycle (C) Rhodopsin cycle (D) It has a cyclic structure