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1. Under cellular conditions, which enzyme in glycolysis has the capacity to cat

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Question

1. Under cellular conditions, which enzyme in glycolysis has the capacity to catalyze a near equilibrium substrate phosphorylation requiring ADP as a substrate and also has the capacity to catalyze a near equilibrium reaction in gluconeogenesis requiring ATP as a substrate?

A.

Pyruvate Kinase

B.

PEP Carboxy Kinase

C.

Pyruvate Carboxylase

D.

Phosphoglycerate Kinase

E.

Phosphoglycerate Mutase

2.   UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase works by this mechanism:

A.

It adds a phosphate group to glucose from UDP.

B.

It adds a UMP molecule to glucose-1-phosphate by eliminating pyrophosphate.

C.

It adds a pyrophosphate group to glucose, using UTP.

D.

The phosphate group on glucose-1-phosphate becomes part of the pyrophosphate in UDP.

E.

More than one of these reactions occurs.

3. The glycogen-branching enzyme catalyzes the synthesis of branches along a growing glycogen polymer. The hydrolysis of of (?1 -> 4) linkages in glycogen has a ?G°' = -15 kJ/mol. The hydrolysis of (?1 -> 6) linkages in glycogen has a ?G°' = -7 kJ/mol. What is the net ?G°' value for the glycogen-branching enzyme?

A.    -8 kJ/mol

B. 8 kJ/mol

C.    -7 kJ/mol

D.    7 kJ/mol

E.     none of the above.

____     1    4. Which of the following is true of glycogen synthase?

A.    The enzyme has measurable activity only in liver.

B.    It catalyzes addition of glucose residues to the free end of a glycogen chain by formation of (?1 -> 4) bonds.

C.    It uses UMP-glucose-6-phosphate as donor of glucose units

D.    It catalyzes addition of glucose residues at branch points by formation of (?1 -> 6) bonds as well as (?1 -> 4) bonds.

E.     Answers B and C are correct.

5.   The following reactions all occur during oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate, except:

A.

Removal of CO2.

B.

Formation of a high energy thioester.

C.

Addition of Coenzyme A to an acetyl group derived from pyruvate.

D.

Reduction of NAD+

E.

All of these reactions take place during oxidative decarboxylation.

A.

Pyruvate Kinase

B.

PEP Carboxy Kinase

C.

Pyruvate Carboxylase

D.

Phosphoglycerate Kinase

E.

Phosphoglycerate Mutase

Explanation / Answer

1. (D) Under the cellular condition, phosphoglycerate kinase is the enzyme in glycolysis which has the capacity to catalyze a near equilibrium substrate phosphorylation requiring ADP as a substrate and also has the capacity to catalyze a near equilibrium reaction in gluconeogenesis requiring ATP as a substrate.

2. (B) UDP-glucose pyrophosphate works by adding a UMP molecule to glucose-1-phosphate by eliminating pyrophosphate.

4. (B) The true glycogen synthase is the one which catalyzes the addition of glucose residues to the free end of a glycogen chain by formation of (alpha1 -> 4) bonds.

5. (E) All of these reactions that is the removal of CO2, the formation of a high energy thioester, the addition of coenzyme A to an acyl group and reduction of NAD+, take place during oxidative decarboxylation.