BIO CHEM 1 Flashcards
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Which of the following statements about the regulation of a metabolic pathway is correct?
Most metabolic pathways are not regulated.
Regulation of metabolic pathways always involves changing the amount of enzymes.
Metabolic regulation always depends on control by hormones.
Most metabolic pathways are regulated.
Most metabolic pathways are regulated
Which of the following correctly exhibits an example of metabolic control?
In cases where the direction of a metabolic pathway has to be reversed the pathway is controlled at an irreversible step.
Regulatory changes in a pathway always occur slowly over periods of several hours or more.
Enzymes which are controlled are always those which catalyse the first reaction of the pathway.
Most enzyme control mechanisms are irreversible.
In cases where the direction of a metabolic pathway has to be reversed the pathway is controlled at an irreversible step.
Which of the following statements about the control of enzyme activity by phosphorylation is correct?
Phosphorylation of an enzyme is not a reversible process since it is a covalent modification.
Phosphorylation of an enzyme occurs by protein phosphatases.
Phosphorylation of an enzyme is an intracellular process and cannot occur in response to external signals.
Phosphorylation of an enzyme results in a conformational change.
Phosphorylation of an enzyme results in a conformational change.
Which of the following statements about the integration of fat and carbohydrate metabolism control is correct?
High insulin/glucagon ratio inhibits lipogenesis in liver.
High insulin/glucagon ratio activates lipolysis in muscle
Low insulin/glucagon ratio activates lipolysis in adipocytes.
Insulin-dependent glucose transporters are recruited to their functional membrane site when insulin levels are low.
Low insulin/glucagon ratio activates lipolysis in adipocytes.
Which type of metabolic fuel is utilised for generating glucose under conditions of severe starvation?
Glycogen.
Fats.
Starch.
Amino acids.
Amino acids.
Liver glycogen is used in fasting to provide glucose for use by other tissues including the brain. Muscle glycogen is not. What is the explanation for this?
Muscle does not have a debranching enzyme.
Muscle cannot degrade glycogen further than glucose-1-phosphate.
Muscle lacks glucose-6-phosphatase.
The liver provides all the glucose necessary for metabolism and there is no need for muscle to do the same.
Muscle lacks glucose-6-phosphatase.
Which is true of brain metabolism in starvation?
The brain can only use glucose as fuel.
Up to a quarter of the energy requirement of the brain can come from fatty acids.
Up to half the energy requirement of the brain can be met by ketone bodies.
The brain can use glucogenic amino acids for energy.
The brain can use glucogenic amino acids for energy.
Which of the following statements about the control of enzyme activity by phosphorylation is correct?
Enzyme control by phosphorylation is irreversible.
Phosphorylation of enzymes is carried out by phosphoprotein phosphatases.
Phosphorylation of enzymes only occurs at specific tyrosine residues.
Phosphorylation of an enzyme results in a conformational change.
Phosphorylation of an enzyme results in a conformational change.
Which of the following statements about the control of muscle glycogen phosphorylase is correct?
Muscle glycogen phosphorylase is allosterically activated by cAMP.
Muscle glycogen phosphorylase is allosterically activated by ATP.
Muscle glycogen phosphorylase normally exists in the a form.
Muscle glycogen phosphorylase is activated by phosphorylation by an active phosphorylase kinase.
Muscle glycogen phosphorylase is activated by phosphorylation by an active phosphorylase kinase
Which of the following statements about the control of glycogen synthase are correct? Please select all that apply.
Glycogen synthase kinase 3 is inactivated by a protein phosphatase.
Glycogen synthase kinase 3 is activated in the presence of insulin.
PKA and glycogen synthase kinase 3 phosphorylate glycogen synthase at different sites.
The phosphorylation by glycogen synthase kinase 3 is inhibited by insulin.
Insulin activates protein kinase B which phosphorylates glycogen synthase.
THESE 3 ARE CORRECT
PKA and glycogen synthase kinase 3 phosphorylate glycogen synthase at different sites.
The phosphorylation by glycogen synthase kinase 3 is inhibited by insulin.
Insulin activates protein kinase B which phosphorylates glycogen synthase.
Regulated metabolic pathways are:
irreversible. committed after the first step. usually regulated at the first step. compartmentalized in eukaryotes. All of the above are correct.
All of the above are correct.
- Each reaction in a metabolic pathway is:
controlled by the end product. catalyzed by a specific enzyme. irreversible. reversible. linked to at least two other pathways.
catalyzed by a specific enzyme.
The hormones, glucagon and epinephrine, stimulate glycogen breakdown to G-6-P
directly, by binding to glycogen phosphorylase.
indirectly, by first stimulating adenylate cyclase to make cAMP.
only in the liver.
only in muscle cells.
using ATP as the phosphoryl donor.
indirectly, by first stimulating adenylate cyclase to make cAMP.
Activation of the ___ kinase results in the activation of ___ kinase and thereby the phosphorylation of both glycogen phosphorylase and glycogen synthase.
pyruvate, phosphorylase
phosphorylase, cAMP-dependent protein
cAMP-dependent protein, phosphorylase
cAMP-dependent protein, pyruvate
None of the above.
cAMP-dependent protein, phosphorylase
When it functions as a “second messenger”, cAMP
acts outside the cell to influence cellular processes.
acts “second in importance” to AMP.
activates all cytosolic protein kinases.
activates the cAMP-dependent protein kinase.
binds to calmodulin causing it to bind Ca2+.
activates the cAMP-dependent protein kinase.
The major free energy sources for anabolic pathways are:
ATP and NADPH. ATP and NADP+. ADP and NADPH. ADP and NADP+. AMP or NADPH.
ATP and NADPH.
Which of the following compounds is responsible for coordinated regulation of glucose and glycogen metabolism?
NADH NAD+ acetyl-CoA fructose 2,6 bis-phosphate fructose 1,6 bis-phosphate
fructose 2,6 bis-phosphate
Opposing degradative and biosynthetic pathways:
use the same enzymes for many steps.
use different enzymes for steps that require large energy changes.
are coordinately regulated at the steps that use different enzymes.
are used in both directions in most organisms.
all of the above
all of the above
Which out of the following statements is true about regulation of metabolic pathway?
Most of the metabolic pathways are regulated
Most of the metabolic pathways are not regulated
Regulation of metabolic pathways always involves changing the amount of enzymes
Metabolic regulation always depends on control by hormones
Most of the metabolic pathways are regulated
The rate of breakdown of metabolites is termed as:
Metabolic state
Metabolism
Steady state
Homeostasis
Steady state
Diminished delivery of oxygen to tissues is termed as:
Hypoxia
Ischemia
Homeostasis
Metabolism
Hypoxia
Diminished flow of blood to tissues is termed as:
Hypoxia
Ischemia
Homeostasis
Metabolism
Ischemia
Which of the following statements is true about the control of muscle glycogen phosphorylase?
It is activated by phosphorylation by an active phosphorylase kinase
t is allosterically activated by ATP
It is allosterically activated by cAMP
Normally it exists in active form
It is activated by phosphorylation by an active phosphorylase kinase
Which of the following is not a factor determining the activity of an enzyme? Association with regulatory protein Sequestration Allosteric regulation Nucleotides
Nucleotides