Lecture 5&6 Flashcards
Sequence of the stages of cellular respiration
Glycolysis - Kreb’s Cycle- Electron Transport Chain
In cellular respiration, carbohydrate is oxidized completely and produces?
Carbon dioxide and water
One glucose molecule yields ________NADH in glycolysis, _______ in the transition stage, ______ and in Kreb’s Cycle
2;2;6
What glycolytic pathway is utilized by Escherichia coli?
Embden- Meyerhof-Parnas
Entner- Doudoroff pathway
Characteristics of an enzyme
-highly specific
-they are usually proteins
-they have an active site
Which of the ff is not a requirement for metabolism to occur
carbon source
oxygen source
energy source
electron source
oxygen source
fermentation type-fermentation product pairing
mixed acid fermentation-vitamins
Mechanism of bacterial DNA replication is?
Bidirectional and semiconservative
Give one characteristic of fermentation
Pyruvate is the common terminal electron acceptor (di ko sure)
Which of the following is not a product of of heterolactic fermentation
Lactic acid
ethanol
acetic acid
carbon dioxide
methane
all of the above
all of the above
Genes code for functional products such as proteins and RNAs. T/F
True
A nucleotide is composed of pentose sugar, a nitrogenous base attached to _________ of the sugar, and a phosphate group linked to the ________________of the sugar
C1’
C5’
Both DNA replication and transcription proceeds in the 5’ to 3’ direction. T/F
True
Repression prevents expression of genes and is mediated by a repressor protein that inhibits transcription. T/F
True
T/F. Mutation could be a caused by a mutagen or could occur spontaneously.
True
A virus genetic material is
either DNA or RNA
Difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells in genetic material
prokaryotic DNA is complexed with associated proteins while that of eukaryotes are with histones (mag provide ug structural support)
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Transformation is ?
transfer of “naked” DNA from one bacterium to another