Which of the following is the most reasonable explanation for why arsenate is detrimental to a cell's ability to produce ATP through glycolysis?

Q: Why does glycolysis require ATP investment on a thermodynamic and molecular level?

A: The process in which glucose is broken down to produce energy is called glycolysis. It  is the…

Q: Which of the following is FALSE about glycolysis?

A: Glycolysis is breakdown of glucose into pyruvate or lactate. Enzymes for glycolysis are located in…

Q: Why is the formation of fructose-1,6-bisphosphate the committed step in glycolysis?

A: Glycolysis is the metabolic pathway that occurs in cytoplasm of the cell and converts or breaks down…

Q: Which of the following is a common intermediate in both carbohydrate and lipid catabolism, leading…

A: Carbohydrates are the primary source of energy for the body. The excess carbohydrates are stored as…

Q: how does iodoacetate inhibit glycolysis? explain.

A: Glycolysis is a process in which one molecule of glucose is converted into two pyruvate molecules.…

Q: Using the glycerol-3-phosphate shuttle, determine how many ATP can be produced from one mole of each…

A: Number of ATP molecule on complete oxidation using the glycerol-3-phosphate as follows-

Q: In this transamination reaction (right), which of the following are the products X and Y?…

A: Transamination reaction always have an amino acid and Alpha keto acid as substrate. The products of…

Q: Which of the following enzymes are required for the shown reaction? a. a-ketoglutarate…

A: The last common mechanism for the oxidation of proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates is the citric…

Q: The recommended daily allowance for the vitamin niacin is 15 mg per day. How would glycolysis be…

A: Vitamin B3 or niacin is the precursor of NAD and NADP synthesis. These two coenzymes play important…

Q: How many ATP may be produced from 1 mole of the following compounds on complete oxidation using the…

A: Number of ATP molecule on complete oxidation using the glycerol-3-phosphate as follows-

Q: Before any oxidation can occur in the citric acid cycle, citrate must be isomerized into isocitrate.…

A: Glucose is broken down to form two molecules of pyruvate along with two ATP and two NADH molecules…

Q: Glycolysis can occur under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Why is glycolysis called an…

A: Glycolysis is considered as a metabolic process, which involves glucose molecule into pyruvate.

Q: Which of the following enzyme components of fatty acid synthase has/have a thiol group? A.…

A: Introduction: Enzymes are the biological catalysts that accelerate the rate of chemical reactions.…

Q: What kind of reaction is catalyzed by each of the following enzymes? a. citrate decarboxylase b.…

A: An enzyme is a substance that acts as a catalyst in living organisms, regulating the rate at which…

Q: In regard of the first step of glycolysis All of the following statements are correct except

A: Answer -  The first step of glucose is the conversion of glucose into glucose-6-phosphate (G-6-P)…

Q: Which of the following enzymes are involved in gluconeogenesis ? a) Pyruvate carboxylase b)…

A: Gluconeogenesis is the pathway of formation of glucose from glucogenic amino acids with the help of…

Q: When 1 mole of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate is converted to 2 moles of pyruvate via the glycolysis…

A: Hexokinase or glucokinase uses ATP and a phosphate molecule to transform glucose to…

Q: In transamination reactions, which of the following is not a donor amino acid–acceptor α-keto acid…

A: Transamination was the process in which amino group  was removed from the  amino acid and transfer…

Q: The hydrolysis of some disaccharides produces glucose molecules that directly enter glycolysis. What…

A: Disaccharides are made up of monosaccharides and in many disaccharides, out of two, the one…

Q: Which of the following sequences represents the correct general sequence of oxidative fatty acid…

A: Beta-oxidation of fatty acid is the catabolic reaction by which fatty acid molecules are broken down…

Q: Which of the following is an amphibolic (can be both anabolic and catabolic) pathway? O B-oxidation…

A: Metabolic pathways include both anabolism and catabolism. Anabolism is the synthesis of energy and…

Q: How many molecules of Pyruvate can form from Glycerol metabolism as a by-product of fatty acid…

A: The major precursors of gluconeogenesis are lactate, glycerol, alanine, ketone bodies like…

Q: Given the question as what os the role of L- carnitine in fatty acid metabolism, what is the correct…

A: The beta-oxidation of the fatty acids involves three stages. Activation of fatty acids- occurs in…

Q: What enzyme will be used if only the non-oxidative portion of the pentose phosphate pathway is…

A: An alternative pathway for glucose oxidation is the pentose phosphate pathway(PPP) or…

Q: Pyruvate is an important intermediate in carbohydrate metabolism. Which of the following is true…

A: Glycolysis is the enzymatic breakdown of a carbohydrate such as glucose by way of phosphate…

Q: Hexokinase is found in almost all animal cells, except the liver and pancreas, while glucokinase is…

A: Hexokinase is the enzyme that has the ability to transfer an inorganic phosphate from the ATP to the…

Q: Which intermediates of glycolysis are used to generate ATP by substrate-level phosphorylation? a.…

A: Substrate level phosphorylation is the process where an enzyme transfers the phosphate group from a…

Q: What would be the consequences of a [Mg2+] deficiency for the reactions of glycolysis?

A: Magnesium is used in glycolysis during the transfer of a phosphate group to a molecule within the…

Q: Draw the amino acid product that results from a transamination reaction involving pyruvate and…

A: Transamination reaction involves transfer of the amino group to a keto acid to form new amino acids.…

Q: What are four possible metabolic fates of glucose-6- phosphate?

A: The metabolic pathway can be defined as the combination of chemical reactions occurring in a…

Q: Which of the following enzymes are inhibited by ATP? (choose all the correct answers) citrate…

A: ATP has pleiotropic effects may activate or inhibit the enzymes. ATP inhibits the enzyme by…

Q: Pyruvate has three different fates. What are the three different molecules pyruvate is converted…

A: Pyruvate is majorly released from the process of glycolysis, which is a three-carbon compound.

Q: When some of the carbons of glutamate are converted to glycogen, what is the order of the following…

A: Glutamine act as a regulator for carbohydrate metabolism where it stimulates the hepatic and renal…

Q: Which of the ten reactions in glycolysis are oxidations?

A: Glycolysis is a process by which glucose is metabolized in the body. Glucose is converted to…

Q: 3-Phosphoglycerate is a metabolite in glycolysis. Which glycolytic enzyme generates this metabolite?

A: In biochemistry, glycolysis is defined as the aerobic type of metabolic pathway which converts or…

Q: Glucose binds to glycogen phosphorylase and competitively inhibits the enzyme. What is the…

A: Glucose belongs to the category of carbohydrates and is a monosaccharide. Plants and some algae…

Q: Which of the following is true about the process of oxidative phosphorylation?

A: Mitochondria, also known as the powerhouse of the cell is the site of oxidative phosphorylation or…

Q: what is one physiological consequence that might occur if gluconeogenesis was the exact opposite of…

A: Gluconeogenesis is a process by which glucose molecules are produced from non-carbohydrate…

Q: Which of the following enzyme sequences correctly orders the enzymes that catalyze the first phase…

A: Glycolysis is breakdown of glucose into pyruvate(aerobic oxidation) or lactate(anaerobic oxidation).…

Q: If glycerol enters glycolysis as dihydroxyacetone phosphate, what other steps are required to form…

A: Glycolysis is the process to convert glucose to pyruvate. Glucose is a six-carbon compound whereas…

Q: All of the following compounds have sufficiently high group transfer potentials to lead to the…

A: Group transfer potential : It is quantitative measurement of the strength of attachment of the group…

Q: Why is it important that gluconeogenesis is not the exact reversal of glycolysis?

A: Introduction: Glycolysis is the process in which glucose is oxidized to two molecules of pyruvate…

Q: Which of the following is a correct ranking of molecules with respect to their energy value in…

A: Cellular respiration is a bunch of metabolic responses and cycles that happen in the cells of living…

Q: Which steps of glycolysis are irreversible? What bearing does this observation have on the reactions…

A: Glycolysis is a catabolic process that involves the breakdown of glucose into pyruvate whereas…

Q: During glycolysis, fructose 1,6-biphosphate splits into two compounds: ______________ after reacting…

A: The process of glycolysis is defined as the multistep pathway that aims at the production of…

Q: At what point in glycolysis are all the reactions considered doubled?

A: Glycolysis is the breakdown of glucose.  Glycolysis is important for energy production.  The 6…

Q: The heart cannot convert lactate back to glucose, as the liver does, but instead uses it as a fuel.…

A: Aerobic respiration splits into three main phases, including glycolysis, Krebs cycle, and ETS…

Q: Which of the following is NOT TRUE about cholesterol biosynthesis?

A: Cholesterol is a form of lipid and is insoluble in water and soluble in organic solvents like…