Exam 14: Metabolism

Provide the overall equation for the net result of glycolysis.

ATP is used up in glycolysis and produced in glucogenesis.

Gluconeogenesis is a form of ___.

Which is the structure for ATP?

Acetyl-CoA produced as a result of glycolysis enters the ___ metabolic pathway.

Is glycolysis catabolism or anabolism?

Which of the following is produced when the amino acid aspartate undergoes transamination reaction shown here?

Sometimes the reduction of oxygen to water is incomplete, resulting in

___ is defined as the reactions that break down large molecules into small ones and release energy in the form of ATP.

One way that insulin reduces blood sugar is by

The brown fat cells found in newborn babies have a greater number of mitochondria than other fat cells and are capable of much faster metabolism of triglycerides than the fat cells found in adults.

Where in a cell do the formation of acetyl-CoA and the citric acid cycle occur?

Which of the choices below present products of the citric acid cycle?

Complete the following table:

In a cell, fatty acid biosynthesis occurs in ___.

In a coupled reaction of a metabolic pathway, a spontaneous reaction provides the energy needed by a nonspontaneous one.

The overall net result of glycolysis is the conversion of one glucose to two pyruvates, 3 NADH, 4 ATP and energy.

Catabolism reactions are those that produce more complex molecules from the simpler molecules along with a release of energy.

The digestion of lactose to galactose and glucose occurs in the ___.

The amount of energy obtained from hydrolysis of ATP is