Question 1

What is oxidative phosphorylation?

Accepted Answer

Oxidative phosphorylation is the process

Question 2

_____________ reactions rearrange particular atoms within a molecule while conserving the empirical formula.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _____________ reactions rearrange particular atoms within a...

Question 3

What is an activated carrier? Provide two examples.

Accepted Answer

Activated carriers are molecules that ar

Question 4

The reduced form of flavin adenine dinucleotide is

Accepted Answer

A)  FADH. 
B)  FAD. 
C)  FADH++. 
D)  FADH2. 
E)  None of the answers is correct. 
A)  FADH. 
B)  FAD. 
C)  FADH++. 
D)  FADH2. 
E)  None of the answers is correct.

Question 5

What general factors contribute to the high phosphoryl-group transfer of ATP?

Accepted Answer

Resonance stabilizat

Question 6

Draw the resonance structures of orthophosphate, and explain why these structures are not significant in ATP.

Accepted Answer

The answer would be as observed in Figur

Question 7

A thermodynamically unfavorable reaction can be driven by a thermodynamically favorable reaction to which it is ________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A thermodynamically unfavorable reaction can be driven...

Question 8

What type of pathway can be either anabolic or catabolic depending on the energy conditions of the cell?

Accepted Answer

A)  amphipathic 
B)  amphiprotic 
C)  amphibolic 
D)  amphoteric 
E)  None of the answers is correct. 
A)  amphipathic 
B)  amphiprotic 
C)  amphibolic 
D)  amphoteric 
E)  None of the answers is correct.

Question 9

What type of organism obtains chemical energy from oxidation of complex carbon molecules?

Accepted Answer

A)  chemotrophs 
B)  phototrophs 
C)  heterotrophs 
D)  autotrophs 
E)  None of the answers is correct. 
A)  chemotrophs 
B)  phototrophs 
C)  heterotrophs 
D)  autotrophs 
E)  None of the answers is correct.

Question 10

Compare ATP to acetyl CoA.

Accepted Answer

Both are activated carriers: acetyl CoA

Exam 15: Metabolism: Basic Concepts and Design

What is oxidative phosphorylation?

_____________ reactions rearrange particular atoms within a molecule while conserving the empirical formula.

What is an activated carrier? Provide two examples.

The reduced form of flavin adenine dinucleotide is

What general factors contribute to the high phosphoryl-group transfer of ATP?

Draw the resonance structures of orthophosphate, and explain why these structures are not significant in ATP.

A thermodynamically unfavorable reaction can be driven by a thermodynamically favorable reaction to which it is ________________.

What type of pathway can be either anabolic or catabolic depending on the energy conditions of the cell?

What type of organism obtains chemical energy from oxidation of complex carbon molecules?

Compare ATP to acetyl CoA.

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