Biochem: glycolysis

Glucose is a reducing sugar.

• True

• False

What is the storage molecule for glucose in animals?

• cellulose

• Glycogen

• amylose

• amylopectin

What are the four major pathways of utilizing glucose?

• oxidation through glycolysis

• glycogen

• extracellular matrix and cell wall polysaccharides

• oxidation via pentose phosphate pathway

What is the fate of glucose in glycolysis?

• cell wall polysaccharides

• ribose 5-phosphate

• storage

• pyruvate

what is the fate of glucose after oxidation through pentose phosphate pathway?

• storage

• ribose 5-phosphate

• structural polymers

• pyruvate

what is the fate of the storage of glucose?

• glycogen

• ribose 5-phosphate

• pyruvate

• structural polymers

Where does glycolysis occur?

• ribosome

• mitochondrial matrix

• cytoplasm

• cell membrane

What is the final molecule of glycolysis?

• pyruvate

• ribose 5 phosphate

• polymers

• maltose

In glycolysis, the product of one reaction is the substrate of the subsequent reaction.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

products get used up which drives the reaction forward

How do red blood cells (that do not have mitochondria) get energy?

• TCA cycle

• pentose phosphate pathway

• cellular respiration

• glycolysis