Glycolysis Flashcards
The amino acid cysteine is important in adding a second phosphate
to glyceraldehyde phosphate in the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
dehydrogenase reaction.
a. True
b. False
a. True
Which of the following glycolytic enzymes forms a mixed anhydride
from phosphoric acid?
a. hexokinase.
b. phosphofructokinase.
c. glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.
d. phosphoglycerate kinase.
e. pyruvate kinase.
c. glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.
How many steps in glycolysis have ATP as a substrate or
product?
a. zero
b. 1
c. 2
d. 4
e. 6
f. none of these
d. 4
Which of the following terms describes an enzyme that transfers
a phosphate group from ATP to a substrate?
a. kinase
b. isomerase
c. mutase
d. dehydrogenase
a. kinase
The order of compounds in the conversion of glucose to pyruvic
acid is as follows: (PEP = phosphoenolpyruvate)
a. Fructose-bisphosphate, fructose-6-phosphate, 1,3-phosphoglyceric
acid, 3-phosphoglyceric acid, PEP.
b. Fructose-6-phosphate, fructose-bisphosphate, PEP, 1,3-phosphoglyceric
acid, 3-phosphoglyceric acid.
c. Fructose-6-phosphate, fructose-bisphosphate, 1,3-phosphoglyceric
acid, 3-phosphoglyceric acid, PEP.
d. Fructose-6-phosphate, fructose-bisphosphate, 3-phosphoglyceric
acid, 1,3-phosphoglyceric acid, PEP.
e. Fructose-bisphosphate, fructose-6-phosphate, 3-phosphoglyceric
acid, 1,3-phosphoglyceric acid, PEP.
c. Fructose-6-phosphate, fructose-bisphosphate, 1,3-phosphoglyceric
acid, 3-phosphoglyceric acid, PEP.
- Which enzyme is the key regulatory enzyme in glycolysis?
a. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
b. Enolase
c. Phosphofructokinase
d. Aldolase
c. Phosphofructokinase
The equilibrium for isomerization of dihydroxyacetone phosphate
to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate is favored because
a. the standard free energy is negative
b. glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate is being continuously drained off
for the subsequent reaction in the glycolytic pathway
c. the value of the equilibrium constant favors the reaction
d. it is driven by the hydrolysis of ATP
b. glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate is being continuously drained off
for the subsequent reaction in the glycolytic pathway
The step that commits the cell to metabolize glucose is catalyzed
by
a. hexokinase.
b. phosphoglucomutase.
c. aldolase.
d. phosphofructokinase
d. phosphofructokinase
Which of the following enzymes interconverts an aldose and a
ketose?
a. kinase
b. isomerase
c. mutase
d. dehydrogenase
e. phosphorylase
b. isomerase
The nicotinamide-binding region in glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
dehydrogenase is similar to all other NAD binding domains.
a. True
b. False
a. True
Thiamine pyrophosphate is a coenzyme
a. frequently encountered in oxidation-reduction reactions.
b. required for the phosphorylation of ADP.
c. involved in transfers of two-carbon groups.
d. involved in transfers of one-carbon groups.
c. involved in transfers of two-carbon groups.
When humans consume ethanol, the first step in its metabolism
is:
a. conversion to lactate
b. conversion to acetaldehyde
c. conversion to acetone
d. production of fat
b. conversion to acetaldehyde
How many enzymes of glycolysis are control points for the
pathway?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. All the enzymes serve as control points.
c. 3
The isomerization of dihydroxyacetone phosphate to give
glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate
a. is catalyzed by the enzyme triose phosphate isomerase.
b. requires several enzymes.
c. requires coenzyme A.
d. requires thiamine pyrophosphate.
a. is catalyzed by the enzyme triose phosphate isomerase.
Consider the following information:
phosphoenolpyruvate ’ pyruvate ”G°’ = 61.9 kJ/mol
ADP + Pi ’ ATP ”G°’ = +30.5 kJ/mol
How many molecules of ATP might theoretically have been produced
when coupled to the conversion of one molecule phosphoenolpyruvate
to pyruvate?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
b. 2
Which of the following is true about phosphofructokinase?
a. It is made of a single polypeptide chain
b. It is found in the muscle only
c. It is made up of four subunits, potentially of two different types
d. A person who lacks the M subunit does not have the glycolytic
pathway
c. It is made up of four subunits, potentially of two different types
During anaerobic metabolism in yeast, the carbons of glucose
end up in
a. CO2.
b. ethanol.
c. lactic acid.
d. both CO2 and ethanol.
e. all of these
d. both CO2 and ethanol.
The percentage of energy captured as ATP during the conversion of glucose to lactate is closest to
a. 10%.
b. 30%.
c. 50%.
d. 75%.
e. 90%.
b. 30%.
Which of the following enzymes catalyzes a dehydration reaction?
a. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
b. Enolase
c. Phosphofructokinase
d. Aldolase
b. Enolase
Which of the following enzymes relies on thiamine pyrophosphate
as a cofactor?
a. pyruvate decarboxylase
b. pyruvate kinase
c. lactate dehydrogenase
d. enolase
a. pyruvate decarboxylase
Methanol is extremely toxic, but not directly. In the body, it
is converted into formaldehyde; that’s what’s actually the poison.
What kind of enzyme catalyses this conversion?
a. a kinase
b. an isomerase
c. a mutase
d. a dehydrogenase
d. a dehydrogenase
Which enzyme catalyzes the reaction shown?
a. an epimerase
b. an isomerase
c. a mutase
d. a dehydrogenase
b. an isomerase
In glycolysis, ATP is synthesized by
a. substrate-level phosphorylation.
b. oxidative phosphorylation.
c. photophosphorylation.
d. both substrate-level and oxidative phosphorylation.
e. all three of the above methods.
a. substrate-level phosphorylation
What is the relationship between glycolysis and cancer?
a. cancer cells lack a glycolytic pathway
b. cancer cells use a modified version of glycolysis
c. cancer cells exhibit a much higher level of anaerobic glycolysis than normal cells
d. none of these
c. cancer cells exhibit a much higher level of anaerobic glycolysis than normal cells
The equilibrium for the formation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
from dihydroxyacetone phosphate is driven by
a. the negative free energy change for the reaction.
b. having the product of the reaction continuously consumed.
c. coupling to ATP hydrolysis.
d. none of these
b. having the product of the reaction continuously consumed.
During glycolysis, ATP is synthesized from ADP and a phosphate
group transferred from an acid anhydride.
a. True
b. False
a. True