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
Last Answer : 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 : 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 following is an enzyme required for glycolysis: (A) Pyruvate kinase (B) Pyruvate carboxylase (C) Glucose-6-phosphatase (D) Glycerokinase
Last Answer : A
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 : Fructose-2, 6-biphosphate is formed by the action of (A) Phosphofructokinase-1 (B) Phosphofructokinase-2 (C) Fructose biphosphate isomerase (D) Fructose-1, 6-biphosphatase
Description : The following is an enzyme required for glycolysis: (A) Pyruvate kinase (B) Pyruvate carboxylase (C) Glucose-6-phosphatose (D) Glycerokinase
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 : 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
Description : One of the causes of hemolytic jaundice is (A) G-6 phosphatase deficiency (B) Increased conjugated bilirubin (C) Glucokinase deficiency (D) Phosphoglucomutase deficiency
Last Answer : Answer : A
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
Description : Glucocorticoids increase all of the following except (A) Gluconeogenesis (B) Lipolysis in extremities (C) Synthesis of elcosanoida (D) Hepatic glycogenesis
Description : Acetyl CoA formed from pyruvate can be used for the synthesis of all the following except (A) Glucose (B) Fatty acids (C) Cholesterol (D) Steroid hormones
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 : 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
Description : Fatty acids can not be converted into carbohydrates in the body, as the following reaction is not possible: (A) Conversion of glucose-6-phosphate into glucose (B) Fructose 1, 6 diphosphate to ... phosphate (C) Transformation of acetyl CoA to pyruvate (D) Formation of acetyl CoA from fatty acids
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 : Fatty acids cannot be converted into carbohydrates in the body as the following reaction is not possible. (A) Conversion of glucose-6-phosphate into glucose (B) Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate to fructose- ... (C) Transformation of acetyl CoA to pyruvate (D) Formation of acetyl CoA from fatty acids
Description : A gluconeogenic enzyme among the following is (A) Phosphofructokinase (B) Pyruvate kinase (C) Phosphoenol pyruvate carboxykinase (D) Glucokinase
Description : Secretion of glucocorticoida is regulated by all the following except (A) Hypothalamus (B) Anterior pituitary (C) Feedback control by blood glucose (D) Feedback control by glucocorticoids
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 : All the following statements about acetyl CoA carboxylase are true except (A) It is required for de novo synthesis of fatty acids (B) It is required for mitochondrial elongation of fatty acids ( ... for microsomal elongation of fatty acids (D) Insulin converts its inactive form into its active form
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 : Glucose-6-phosphate is an allosteric inhibitor of (A) Glucokinase (B) Hexokinase (C) Phosphohexose isomerase (D) None of these
Description : The enzymes involved in Phosphorylation of glucose to glucose 6- phosphate are (A) Hexokinase (B) Glucokinase (C) Phosphofructokinase (D) Both (A) and (B)
Last Answer : D
Description : Conversion of glucose to glucose-6- phosphate in human liver is by (A) Hexokinase only (B) Glucokinase only (C) Hexokinase and glucokinase (D) Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
Description : The synthesis of glucose from pyruvate by gluconeogenesis (A) Requires the participation of biotin (B) Occurs exclusively in the cytosol (C) Is inhibited by elevated level of insulin (D) Requires oxidation/reduction of FAD
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 : 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
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 : 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 : An enzyme involved in gluconeogenesis is (A) Pyruvate kinase (B) Pyruvate carboxylase (C) Hexokinase (D) Phosphohexose isomerase
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
Last Answer : Answer : D
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 : 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 : Which one of the following is a rate limiting enzyme of gluconeogenesis? (A) Hexokinase (B) Phsophofructokinase (C) Pyruvate carboxylase (D) Pyruvate kinase
Description : Pyruvate carboxylase is regulated by (A) Induction (B) Repression (C) Allosteric regulation(D) All of these
Description : Pyruvate carboxylase reaction (pyruvate to oxaloacetate) needs which co-enzyme?
Last Answer : Biotin and ATP.
Description : What is pyruvate carboxylase?
Last Answer : The enzyme catalysing the reaction, pyruvate to oxaloacetate.
Description : Insulin decreases the synthesis of (A) Hexokinase (B) Glucokinase (C) PEP carboxykinase (D) Glycogen synthetase
Description : Synthesis of the following enzymes is increased during starvation. (A) Digestive enzymes (B) Gluconeogenic enzymes (C) Urea cycle enzymes (D) Glucokinase
Description : All of the following are required for synthesis of alanine except (A) Pyruvate (B) α-ketoglutarate (C) Glutamate (D) Pyridoxal phosphate
Description : Insulin increases the activity of (A) Pyruvate kinase (B) Phosphorylase (C) Triacylglycerol kinase (D) Fructose 2, 6-bisphosphatase
Description : Phosphofructokinase is allosterically inhibited by (A) Fructose-1, 6-biphosphate (B) Lactate (C) Pyruvate (D) Citrate
Description : During fasting, glucose is phosphorylated mainly by (A) Hexokinase (B) Glucokinase (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these