Quiz 4

Question 1

Cancer cells turn on _____(1)_________ phase of the ____(2)__________ in order to produce _________(3)________________ as a precursor of DNA and RNA that are needed in these rapidly diving cells and NOT produce ________(4)__________ which can be sued, among for protection from oxidative stress

Answer 1

(1) : Non-oxidative
(2) : PPP
(3) : Ribose-5-phosphate
(4) : NADPH

Question 2

What are one similarity and one difference with how Gluconeogenesis works with lactate vs pyruvate as the starting metabolite to get to phosphoenolpyruvate? No structures are needed here but you should describe in as much detail as you can with enzyme name(s), locations, etc.

Answer 2

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