General Info (Enzyme types and Metabolic Process Locations)

Question 1

What metabolic processes take place in the mitochondria?

Answer 1

Fatty Acid Oxidation 
Acetyl-CoA Production
TCA Cycle
Oxidative Phosphorylation
Ketogenesis

Question 2

What metabolic processes take place in the cytoplasm?

Answer 2

Glycolysis
Fatty Acid Synthesis
HMP Shunt
Protein Synthesis (rER)
Steroid Synthesis (sER)
Cholesterol Synthesis

Question 3

What metabolic processes take place in both the mitochondria and the cytoplasm?

Answer 3

Heme Synthesis
Urea Cycle
Gluconeogensis
(HUGs take two)

Question 4

What is the common function of a kinase and one specific example of a kinase?

Answer 4

Uses ATP to add high-energy phosphate group onto substrate

Phosphofructokinase

Question 5

What is the common function of a phosphorylase and one specific example?

Answer 5

Adds inorganic phosphate onto substrate without using ATP

Glycogen phosphorylase

Question 6

What is the common function of a phosphatase and one specific example?

Answer 6

Removes phosphate group from substrate

Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase

Question 7

What is the common function of a dehydrogenase and one specific example?

Answer 7

Catalyzes oxidation-reduction reactions

Pyruvate dehydrogenase

Question 8

What is the common function of a hydroxylase and one specific example?

Answer 8

Adds hydroxyl group onto substrate

Tyrosine hyroxylase

Question 9

What is the common function of a carboxylase and one specific example?

Answer 9

Transfers CO2 groups with the help of biotin

Pyruvate Carboxylase

Question 10

What is the common function of a mutase and one specific example?

Answer 10

Relocates a functional group within a molecule

Methylmalonyl-CoA Mutase