Description : How many ATP molecules are required to convert two molecules of pyruvate into glucose?
Last Answer : Six.
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
Last Answer : B
Description : In non shivering thermogenesis (A) Glucose is oxidized to lactate (B) Fatty acids uncouple oxidative phosphorylation (C) Ethanol is formed (D) ATP is burned for heat production
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : How many ATP molecules will be required for conversion of 2-molecules of Lactic acid to Glucose? (A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 6
Last Answer : D
Description : Cori’s cycle transfers (A) Glucose from muscles to liver (B) Lactate from muscles to liver (C) Lactate from liver to muscles (D) Pyruvate from liver to muscles
Description : Ethanol decreases gluconeogenesis by (A) Inhibiting glucose-6-phosphatase (B) Inhibiting PEP carboxykinase (C) Converting NAD+ into NADH and decreasing the availability of pyruvate (D) Converting NAD+ into NADH and decreasing the availability of lactate
Last Answer : C
Description : The ratio that most closely approximates the number of net molecules of ATP formed per mole of glucose utilized under aerobic conditions to the net number formed under anaerobic conditions is (A) 4:1 (B) 13:1 (C) 18:1 (D) 24:1
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : A reaction which may be considered an isomerisation is (A) Glucose 6-Phosphate fructose 6 phosphate (B) 3-Phosphoglycerate 2-phosphoglycerate (C) 2-phosphoglycerate phosphoenolpyruvate (D) Pyruvate Lactate
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Which of the following reactions is unique to gluconeogenesis? (A) Lactate Pyruvate (B) Phosphoenol pyruvate pyruvate (C) Oxaloacetate phosphoenol pyruvate (D) Glucose-6-phosphate Fructose-6-phosphate
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 : The mean intracellular concentration of ATP in mammalian cell is about (A) 1 mM (B) 2 mM (C) 0.1 mM (D) 0.2 mM
Description : The most abundant free nucleotide in mammalian cells is (A) ATP (B) NAD (C) GTP (D) FAD
Description : Isoenzymes of lactate dehydrogenase are useful for the diagnosis of (A) Heart disease (B) Kidney disease (C) Liver disease (D) Both (A) and (C)
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Why lactate is transported from muscle to liver?
Last Answer : Oxygen is limited in muscle, so lactic acid could not be made to pyruvate in muscle. So, it is transported to liver, where it is made to pyruvate and then to glucose.
Description : Glucose cannot be synthesized from (A) Glycerol (B) Lactate (C) Alanine (D) Leucine
Description : Which of the following intermediates of metabolism can be both a precursor and a product of glucose? (A) Lactate (B) Pyruvate (C) Alanine (D) Acetyl-CoA
Description : Which one of the following compounds cannot give rise to the net synthesis of Glucose? (A) Lactate (B) Glycerol (C) α-ketoglutarate (D) Acetyl CoA
Description : Which of the following metabolite integrates glucose and fatty acid metabolism? (A) Acetyl CoA (B) Pyruvate (C) Citrate (D) Lactate
Last Answer : A
Description : Lactate formed in muscles can be utilised through (A) Rapoport-Luebeling cycle (B) Glucose-alanine cycle (C) Cori’s cycle (D) Citric acid cycle
Description : When one glucose molecule is completely oxidised, it changes (a) 36 ADP molecules into 36 ATP molecules (b) 38 ADP molecules into 38 ATP molecules (c) 30 ADP molecules into 30 ATP molecules (d) 32 ADP molecules into 32 ATP molecules.
Last Answer : (b) 38 ADP molecules into 38 ATP molecules
Description : During an early step of respiration, glucose is converted into two identical molecules of: a) CO2 b) ATP c) pyruvic acid(pron: pie-ROO-vik) d) chlorophyll
Last Answer : ANSWER: C -- PYRUVIC ACID
Description : The ultimate respiratory substrate, yielding maximum number of ATP molecules, is (a) glycogen (b) ketogenic amino acid (c) glucose (d) amylose.
Last Answer : (c) glucose
Description : During which stage in the complete oxidation of glucose are the greatest number of ATP molecules formed from ADP? (a) Glycolysis (b) Krebs’ cycle (c) Conversion of pyruvic acid to acetyl CoA (d) Electron transport chain
Last Answer : (d) Electron transport chain
Description : A soluble system for synthesis of fatty acids have been isolated from avian liver, required for the formation of long chain fatty acids by this system is (A) ATP (B) Acetyl CoA (C) NADPH (D) All of these
Description : how many ATP molecules could maximally be generated from one molecule of glucose, if -Biology
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Description : A molecule of glucose on complete oxidation yields howmany ATP molecules in case of aerobic respiration? -Do You Know?
Description : A molecule of glucose on complete oxidation yields howmany ATP molecules in case of aerobic respiration?
Last Answer : 36
Description : Out of 36 ATP molecules produced per glucose molecule during respiration (a) 2 are produced outside glycolysis and 34 during respiratory chain (b) 2 are produced outside mitochondria and 34 inside ... (c) 2 during glycolysis and 34 during Krebs' cycle (d) all are formed inside mitochondria
Last Answer : (b) 2 are produced outside mitochondria and 34 inside mitochondria
Description : Out of 38 ATP molecules produced per glucose, 32 ATP molecules are formed from NADH/FADH2 in (a) respiratory chain (b) Krebs’ cycle (c) oxidative decarboxylation (d) EMP.
Last Answer : (a) respiratory chain
Description : How many ATP molecules are produced by aerobic oxidation of one molecule of glucose? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 38 (d) 34
Last Answer : c) 38
Description : How many ATP molecules could maximally be generated from one molecule of glucose, if the complete oxidation of one mole of glucose to CO2 and H2O yields 686 kcal and the useful chemical energy available in the high energy phosphate bond of one mole of ATP is 12 kcal? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 30 (d) 57
Last Answer : d) 57
Description : The first step for initiation of photosynthesis will be (a) photolysis of water (b) excitement of chlorophyll molecules due to absorption of light (c) ATP formation (d) glucose formation.
Last Answer : (b) excitement of chlorophyll molecules due to absorption of light
Description : In mammalian liver the rate controlling enzyme in porphyrin biosynthesis is (A) ALA synthase (B) ALA hydratase (C) Uroporphyrinogen I synthase (D) Uroporphyrinogen III cosynthase
Description : Chain elongation of fatty acids in mammalian liver occurs in (A) Nucleus (B) Ribosomes (C) Lysosomes (D) Microsomes
Description : Chain elongation of fatty acids occurring in mammalian liver takes place in which of the following subcellular fractions of the cell? (A) Nucleus (B) Ribosomes (C) Lysosomes (D) Microsomes
Description : Oxidative conversion of many amino acids to their corresponding -ketoacids occurs in mammalian: (A) Liver and kidney (B) Adipose tissue (C) Pancreas (D) Intestine
Description : Which one of the following tissues can metabolize glucose, fatty acids and ketone bodies for ATP production? a. Liver b. Muscle c. Brain d. R.B.C
Last Answer : Ans: B
Description : Glucokinase (A) Is widely distributed and occurs in most mammalian tissues (B) Has a high km for glucose and hence is important in the phosphorylation of glucose primarily after ingestion of a carbohydrate rich meal (C) Is widely distributed in Prokaryotes (D) None of these
Description : The number of molecules of ATP produced by the total oxidation of acetyl CoA in TCA cycle is (A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12
Description : The net number of ATP formed per mole of glucose in anaerobic glycolysis is (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 6 (D) 8
Description : Coenzymes derived from the vitamin shown below are required by which of the following enzymes? (A) Lactate dehydrogenase (B) Glutamate dehydrogenase (C) Pyruvate dehydrogenase (D) Malate dehydrogenase
Description : Pyruvate dehydrogenase a multienzyme complex is required for the production of (A) Acetyl-CoA (B) Lactate (C) Phosphoenolpyruvate (D) Enolpyruvate
Description : Insulin is required for the active uptake of glucose by most of the cells except (A) Muscle cells (B) Renal tubular cells (C) Adipocytes (D) Liver cells
Description : Hexokinase (Glucose + ATP → Glucose-6– P + ADP) belongs to the category: (A) Transferases (B) Lysases (C) Oxidoreductases (D) Isomerases
Description : In conversion of glucose to glucose-6- phsophate, the coenzyme is (A) Mg++ (B) ATP (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
Description : In the reaction below, Nu TP stands for NuTP + glucose → Glucose 6–Phosphate + NuDP. (A) ATP (B) CTP (C) GTP (D) UTP
Description : Given that the standard free energy change (∆G°) for the hydrolysis of ATP is -7.3 K cal/mol and that for the hydrolysis of Glucose 6-phosphate is -3.3 Kcal/mol, the ∆G° for the phosphorylation of glucose is Glucose + ATP → ... -10.6 Kcal/mol (B) -7.3 Kcal/mol (C) -4.0 Kcal/mol (D) +4.0 Kcal/mol
Description : In photosynthesis , for synthesis of one mole of glucose number of ATP and `NADPH_(2)` required is
Last Answer : In photosynthesis , for synthesis of one mole of glucose number of ATP and `NADPH_(2)` required is A. 10 and 20 B. 18 and 12 C. 8 and 6 D. 12 and 15
Description : The number of ATP molecules generated for each turn of the citric acid cycle is (A) 8 (B) 12 (C) 24 (D) 38