When a metabolic disequilibrium is in effect, then only cells continue to function
How do cells avoid reaching metabolic equilibrium?
Only cells that have reached metabolic equilibrium continue to function.
Only cells that avoid reaching metabolic equilibrium continue to function.
Metabolic equilibrium is essential for cell function.
Cells function optimally at metabolic equilibrium.
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Which of these is NOT a metabolic process?
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Digestion
Diffusion of oxygen across a cell membrane
Which process releases energy stored in glucose?
Photosynthesis
Protein synthesis
DNA replication
Cellular respiration
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of metabolic pathways?
Regulation of the pathway
Catalysis by enzymes
Occurring in a non-sequential manner
Often compartmentalized within cells
A researcher isolates an enzyme from a thermophilic bacterium and finds that its activity dramatically decreases when incubated at 25°C compared to its optimal temperature of 70°C. This decrease in activity is MOST likely due to:
Increased substrate affinity at lower temperatures.
Changes in the enzyme's three-dimensional structure affecting the active site.
A decrease in the activation energy of the catalyzed reaction.
An increase in the concentration of competitive inhibitors at lower temperatures.
Which of the following best describes metabolism?
The process of breaking down food into simpler substances.
The process of building complex molecules from simpler ones.
The sum of all chemical reactions occurring within a living organism.
The process of energy production in cells.
Why living state cannot afford to reach equilibrium?
Due to insufficiency of biomolecules
To remain active all the time
To save the energy
None of the above
Metabolic pathways are often regulated through feedback inhibition. This means:
The substrate of a pathway stimulates the first enzyme.
Enzymes are constantly synthesized regardless of product concentration.
The end product of a pathway inhibits an earlier enzyme in the pathway.
Enzymes are degraded rapidly after catalyzing a reaction.
The term metabolism means
The sum of all the enzymatically catalysed chemical reactions constantly taking place in the cells and tissues of the living organisms
Processes that change the small molecules into larger ones
Processes that converts the large molecules into smaller ones
None of the above
Which of the following statements are correct?
I. Acetic acid can form cholesterol
II. Flow of metabolites through metabolic pathway has a definite rate and direction. It is called dynamic state of body constituents
III. Anabolic pathway is endergonic while catabolic pathway is exergonic
IV. All biomolecules have a term over, i.e., they are constantly being changed into some other biomolecules and also made from other biomolecules
The correct options is
All are correct
I and II are correct
Only IV is correct
All are wrong
Which of the following statements is INCORRECT regarding the regulation of metabolic pathways?
Feedback inhibition involves the end-product of a pathway inhibiting an earlier enzyme.
Allosteric regulation exclusively involves the binding of molecules to the active site of an enzyme.
Covalent modification, like phosphorylation, can alter enzyme activity.
Enzyme compartmentalization within organelles can regulate metabolic flux.
