BIOCHEM2-CH11
Assign the definition to the term. 1) autotroph A) organism deriving metabolic energy in the absence of oxygen 2) heterotroph B) synthesizes glucose and all their other organic compounds from inorganic carbon, supplied by carbon dioxide 3) aerobic C) coupling of energy generation to the oxidation of nutrients by oxygen 4) anaerobic D) synthesizes their organic metabolites only from other organic compounds, which must be consumed
1B; 2D; 3C; 4A
Substrate-level phosphorylation is a term given to product formation resulting in ________.
ADP Phosphorylation
Levels of ATP and ADP are partly maintained in cells by ________.
Adenylate kinase
ATP can be used to activate a substrate by ________.
Both phosphorylation and adding a nucleotidyl group
The ultimate product of complete oxidation of carbohydrates is ________.
Carbon dioxide
Which of the following cannot be used as a metabolic control mechanism?
DNA repair
Reactions in metabolic pathways that are subject to regulation are those that are displaced far from ________.
Equilibrium
The flow of material through a metabolic pathway is called the ________
Flux
The degradation of which class of biochemical does NOT significantly contribute to the release of energy to cells?
Nucleic acids
Name the type of reaction that involves reversible electron transfer between a donor and an acceptor.
Oxidation-reduction
Thioesters are similar to oxygen esters of carboxylic acids EXCEPT that ________.
They are less stable because S is present instead of O in the linkage
What important high energy functional group is shown in molecule shown?
Thioester
Metabolic pathways that involve the degradation of large molecules to smaller ones are classified as ________
catabolic