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
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A novel organism is discovered that utilizes a unique metabolic pathway where the standard free energy change (Gยฐ) for the overall reaction is +25 kJ/mol. Which of the following strategies could this organism employ to make this pathway thermodynamically feasible?
Increase the concentration of products.
Decrease the concentration of reactants.
Couple the endergonic reaction to a highly exergonic reaction.
Decrease the temperature of the reaction.
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 metabolic flow is called
Dynamic state of body constituents
Flow of traffic junctions
Turn over flow
Adiabatic flow of reactions
A series of reactions which occur to form a compound (or) degrade a compound put together are called
metabolism
anabolism
catabolism
all
Pick the odd statement out
Removal of from amino acids converts an amino acid into an amine
All the biomolecules have a turnover
Metabolic pathway are termed as transformation reactions
Metabolic pathways always follows a linear route
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.
One of the major feature of metabolic reaction is that they areโฆ
Elementary reactions
Non-linked reactions
Heat evolving reactions
Catalysed reactions
Which of the following is an example of an anabolic process?
Breakdown of glucose into pyruvate
Protein synthesis from amino acids
Hydrolysis of starch into glucose
Oxidation of fatty acids
Which process releases energy stored in glucose?
Photosynthesis
Protein synthesis
DNA replication
Cellular respiration
A product of metabolism is called a
Metabolite
Catabolite
Anabolite
All of these
