Chapter 12 Metabolism and Bioenergetics

Question 1

Metabolism

Question 2

Catabolism

Question 3

Anabolism

Question 4

Digestion of Proteins

Answer 4

Chemical reaction:
Enzymes involved:

Question 5

Carbohydrates

Answer 5

Chemical reaction:
Enzymes involved:

Question 6

Triglycerides

Answer 6

Chemical reaction:
Enzymes involved:

Question 7

Fates of digestion products

Question 8

Storage form of glucose and reaction needed to remove it from storage

Question 9

Storage of triglycerides and how the products of digestion of triglycerides are transported

Question 10

Metabolite and precursor in metabolic pathways

Question 11

Precursors of metabolism

Question 12

Relationship between the reduction state of a compound and the amount of energy
released

Question 13

Coenzymes (cofactors) used as acceptors of electrons

Question 14

How these cofactors are recycled

Question 15

Characteristics of metabolic pathways

Question 16

Types of substances humans cannot make and why these substances are called essential

Question 17

Role of vitamins in metabolism and characteristics of thiamine and niacin

Question 18

Characteristics of free energy changes in metabolic reactions

Question 19

Relationship between equilibrium constant and standard free energy

Question 20

Meaning of standard free energy change

Question 21

Biochemical standard state conditions

Question 22

How the actual free energy change is calculated

Question 23

Components of ATP

Question 24

What is a “coupled process”

Question 25

Features of the ATP cycle

Question 26

Factors that explain the favorable hydrolysis of ATP

Question 27

Meaning of “high” and “low” energy phosphorylated compounds

Question 28

Why does ATP have an intermediate position in the table?

Question 29

The phosphocreatine hydrolysis reaction

Question 30

The thioesters hydrolysis reaction

Question 31

Which steps are regulated in a metabolic pathway