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Biochem 4

Total questions: 76

Worksheet time: 9hrs 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fatty acid oxidation involves what 4 steps

a)

Oxidation

b)

Hydrolysis

c)

Oxidation

d)

Thiolysis

e)

Phosphorylation

2.

In B oxidation, The carboxyl group at C1 is activated by

a)

Thiolation

b)

Phosphorylation

c)

addition of acetly coA

d)

addition of a carbonyl group

3.

Fatty Acid oxidation takes place in the mitochondrial matrix

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Cartinine acyl transferase 1 is activated by

a)

low blood glucose

b)

high glucagon

c)

PKA AMPK

d)

high carbohydrate

e)

after a high fat diet

5.

Carnitine acyl transferase 1 is inhibited by

a)

High carbohydrates

b)

High glucose

c)

Malonyl-CoA

d)

Acetyl Co-A carboxylase

e)

high insulin

6.

What inhibits B- hydroxy acyl CoA dehydrogenase

a)

High NADH/NAD+ ratio

b)

Low NADH/NAD+

7.

What inhibits thiolase

a)

high acetyl-CoA

b)

low acetyl CoA

8.

Select the steps of B oxidation in peroxisomes

a)

dehydrogenation

b)

addition of water to resulting double bond

c)

oxidation of B-hydroxyacyl-CoA to a ketone

d)

thiolytic cleavage by coenzyme A

9.

In perixosomes, the oxidase the introduces the double bond passes electrons to O2 producing H2O2 which is then cleaved to H2O and O2.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What molecule generates the active form of fatty acids before B oxidation

a)

Coenzyme A

b)

Biotin

c)

Carnitine

d)

Hexokinase

11.

What is used to transport fatty acids to the mitochondrial matrix for B oxidation

a)

Coenzyme A

b)

Biotin

c)

Carnitine

d)

Hexokinase

12.

Used as a cofactor for B oxidation of odd numbered fatty acids

a)

Coenzyme A

b)

Biotin

c)

Carnitine

d)

Hexokinase

13.

Vitamin B12 is used in

a)

Amino acid metabolism

b)

Fatty Acid Oxidation

c)

Heme Synthesis

d)

Methionine metabolism

e)

Gluconeogenesis

14.

Fatty Acid synthesis takes place in the

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Cytoplasm

15.

Fatty Acids are made from

a)

Carbohydrates

b)

Carnitine

c)

Acetyl-CoA

d)

Lipids

16.

Fatty Acid Synthesis is activated by

a)

ATP

b)

ADP

c)

Citrate

d)

AMP

17.

What inhibits isocitrate dehydrogenase in TCA cycle

a)

ATP

b)

AMP

c)

ADP

d)

Citrate

18.

Where is acetyl coA made

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Mitochondrial matrix

19.

Used as a co factor in fatty acid synthesis

a)

Vitamin B12

b)

Biotin

c)

Glutamate

d)

Cysteine

20.

The conversion of Acetyl-CoA to Malonyl Coa in fatty acid synthesis by Acetyl CoA carboxylase:

a)

is the committing step in fatty acid biosynthesis

b)

is irreversible

c)

requires ATP and Biotin

d)

Requires HCO3

e)

Is not highly regulated

21.

The first product of fatty aid synthesis is a saturated fatty acid that must undergo oxidation reactions to introduce double bonds to make unsaturated fatty acids.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Nitrogenous molecules are not stored, and organisms use them

economically and they are often salvaged and reused.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Select all that are situations where amino acids could be used for energy

a)

Amino acids released during normal protein turnover are not

needed for new protein synthesis

b)

Ingested amino acids exceed the body’s needs for protein

synthesis.

c)

Carbohydrates are either unavailable or not properly utilized

due to starvation or uncontrolled diabetes mellitus

d)

There is an excess of blood glucose and amino acids increase uptake of glucose into cells

24.

Most amino acids are metabolized in the liver

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Select all that are fates of excess amino groups

a)

excreted directly

b)

stored in muscle tissue

c)

converted to urea or uric acid for excretion

26.

Certain amino acids are easily converted to citric acid intermediates. What are they?

a)

glutamate and glutamine to a-ketoglutarate

b)

alanine to pyruvate

c)

aspartate to oxaloacetate

d)

methionine to malate

27.

Amino acid oxidation involves

a)

Transamination

b)

Oxidative Deamination

c)

Urea Cycle

d)

GLycolysis

28.

Deamination is catalyzed by

a)

carntinine

b)

biotin

c)

CAT

d)

pyridoxal-phosphate dependent enzymes

29.

Transfer of amino group between amino acids to

an α-keto acid.

a)

transesterfication

b)

transamination

c)

hydrolysis

d)

oxidative deamination

30.

Process where glutamate is oxidized and ammonium (NH4+) and α-ketoglutarate function as the main keto acid to accept amino groups from other amino acids

a)

transesterfication

b)

transamination

c)

hydrolysis

d)

oxidative deamination

31.

catalyzed by aminotransferases and is reversible. Converts an amino acid into glutamate

a)

transamination

b)

oxidative deamination

32.

catalyzed by glutamate dehydrogenase and is reversible. Oxidizes glutamate to an a-keto acid and NH4

a)

transamination

b)

oxidative deamination

33.

Glutamate dehydrogenase uses

a)

NAD+

b)

NADP+

c)

FADH2

d)

FAD+

34.

Which is a cofactor for aminotransferase activity

a)

Pyridoxal Phosphate

b)

Vitamin B12

c)

Vitamin B6

d)

Biotin

35.

Select all that are pyridoxal phosphate dependent reactions

a)

transamination

b)

racemization

c)

decarboxylation

d)

oxidative deamination

36.

Glutamate dehydrogenase (catalyzes oxidative deamination of glutamate) is activated by

a)

ADP

b)

AMP

c)

Citrate

d)

a-ketoglutarate

37.

Glutamate dehydrogenase (catalyzes oxidative deamination of glutamate) is inhibited by

a)

ADP

b)

GTP

c)

Citrate

d)

a-ketoglutarate

e)

GDP

38.

Oxidative deamination produces

a)

ammonia

b)

ammonium

c)

a-ketoglutarate

39.

a ketoglutarate produced in oxidative deamination of glutamate can be used in:

a)

TCA cycle for glucose synthesis

b)

Transamination reaction. Helps amino transferase by acting as amino group

acceptor in deamination of other amino acids

c)

oxidative dephosphorylation

d)

fatty acid oxidation

40.

High activities of alanine and aspartate aminotransferases reflect high

levels of hepatic transamination of amino acids in the liver

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Deamination of threonine is catalyzed by

a)

ammonia-lyase

b)

threonine deaminase

c)

threonine dehydratase

42.

Free ammonia produced in tissues is combined with glutamate to yield glutamine

by the action of

a)

glutamine synthetase

b)

glutamine dehydrogenase

c)

glutamine decarboxylase

43.

Glutamine transport is a form of ___ transport between tissues

a)

NH3

b)

NH4+

c)

CO2

d)

O2

44.

What reactions would be affected by vitamin B6 (pyridoxal phosphate) deficiency

a)

transamination

b)

racemization

c)

decarboxylation

45.

.Glutamine is distributed through the

bloodstream to the liver, where NH4+

is liberated in the mitochondria by the enzyme (a)   producing

glutamate and NH4+

46.

.NH3 from all tissues is transported to

____ and used in ____synthesis.

a)

liver, urea

b)

blood, amino acid

c)

blood, fatty acid

d)

mitochondria, amino acid

47.

Ammonia is transported as

____ between ____

and the _____

a)

alanine, muscle, liver

b)

alanine, mitochondrial matrix, cytoplasm

c)

glutamine, muscle, liver

d)

glutamine, blood, liver

48.

Alanine serves as a

carrier of (a)   and of

the carbon skeleton of

pyruvate from skeletal

muscle to liver

49.

The urea cycle takes place in

a)

cytoplasm

b)

liver

c)

muscle

d)

kidneys

e)

mitochondrial matrix

50.

Which part of the urea cycle produces urea

a)

NH4+ ----> carbonyl phosphate

b)

citrulline---> arginosuccinate

c)

arginosuccinate-->arginine

d)

Arginine--> ornithine

51.

which amino acids carry ammonia from tissues to the liver

a)

Glutamine

b)

Arginine

c)

Alanine

d)

methionine

52.

During amino acid deamination reactions, the final a-amino group acceptor is a-ketoglutarate forming ____(A). A can then gain another NH4 group to produce ____ (B), a carrier form of NH4. In the liver, B is deaminated to A. All amino groups pooled in A are then removed by _____, and enter the urea cycle. This reaction generates a-ketoglutarate.

a)

glutamate, glutamine, glutamate dehydrogenase

b)

glutamine, glutamate, glutamate dehydrogenase

c)

glutamine, glutamate, aspartate aminotransferase

53.

transamination reactions involve exchange of amino groups between any amino group and a

(a)  

54.

B6 is a cofactor in transamination reactions. The cofactor binds the active sites of an enzyme through lysine side chains. During catalysis, the side chain amino group of lysine is replaced by the a-amino group of amino acids.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

What types of reactions would be affected by B6 deficiency

a)

Amino acid oxidation

b)

amino acid biosynthesis

c)

Fatty acid oxidation

d)

Fatty acid synthesis

e)

biosynthesis of glycine from serine

56.

Polyphyrins make up the heme of hemoglobin and are made from

a)

glycine

b)

succiyl-coA

c)

methionine

d)

alanine

57.

Glutathione is made from

a)

glutamate

b)

cysteine

c)

glycine

d)

alanine

58.

S-S single bonds are almost twice as strong as ____single bonds. 

a)

O-O

b)

C-O

c)

S-O

d)

P-O

59.

What gets rid of H2O2 in the Reactive Oxygen Species production pathway

a)

catalase

b)

NADH oxidase

c)

myelo peroxidase

60.

GSH is uses glutathione peroxidase to

a)

clear peroxide radicals

b)

oxidize NADPH

61.

GSSG is uses glutathione reductase to

a)

clear peroxide radicals

b)

oxidize NADPH

62.

Glutathione reductase is a family of proteins that transfer electrons from NADPH to FAD and to a redox-active disulfide bond in the active site, which then reduces the substrate ____to ____

a)

GSSG, GSH

b)

GSH, GSSG

63.

Cysteine is the rate limiting substrate for ____ synthesis

a)

GSSG

b)

GSH

64.

Fatty Acid Synthesis requires

a)

Acyl carrier protein

b)

NADPH

c)

ADP

d)

CoA

65.

How to muscle cells get energy from ketones

a)

they convert them to acetyl coA which is then used in TCA cycle

b)

ketone bodies are used in gluconeogenesis

c)

the create acidosis which increases ATP

d)

they stimulate glycolysis

66.

Glucagon stimulates

a)

gluconeogenesis

b)

fatty acid oxidation

c)

fatty acid synthesis

d)

keto acid synthesis

e)

lipase activity

67.

B oxidation of odd numbered fatty acids yields

a)

acetyl CoA

b)

propinyl coA

68.

What happens to propionyl CoA

a)

it is used in glycolysis

b)

it is converted to succinyl coA

c)

it us used in the TCA cycle

d)

it is converted to urea

69.

Two carbon units in acetyl coA produced in the matrix from pathways is exporten into the cytoplasm to make fatty acids by

a)

Glutamate

b)

citrate

c)

Oxaloacetate

d)

a-ketoglutarate

70.

Glutathione is made of

a)

Glutamate

b)

cysteine

c)

glycine

d)

threonine

71.

Fatty acid synthesis to produce palmitate requires ___ ATP and ____ NADPH

a)

7, 14

b)

14, 7

c)

18, 9

d)
  1. 9, 18

72.

This last enzyme in FA synthesis hydrolyzes palmitate and allows it to leave ACP

(a)  

73.

The NADPH needed for FA synthesis comes from

a)

pentose phosphate pathway

b)

glycolysis

c)

malate and malic enzyme

d)

citrate

74.

Fatty Acid synthesis requires ___ ATP to start while Fatty acid oxidation requires ___ ATP to start

a)

1,2

b)

2,1

c)

2,4

d)

4,2

75.

coenzyme A in the cytosol is used for FA synthesis

a)

True

b)

False

76.

Select all enzymes required for B oxidation of saturated fatty acids

a)

Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase

b)

Enoyl-CoA hydratase

c)

hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase

d)

Ketoacyl-CoA thiolase

e)

acetyl-coA isomerase