Exercises : Carbohydrate Metabolism

How many total molecules of ATP are synthesized from ADP via glycolysis of a single molecule of
glucose?
Choose 1 answer:

a. 36
b. 2
c. 4
d. 38

What carbohydrates are reactants in glycolysis?

Choose 1 answer:
a. Neither glucose or sucrose directly participate in glycolysis
b. Glucose only
c. Sucrose only
c

d. Glucose and sucrose

In which organisms does glycolysis occur?

Choose 1 answer:
a. Neither aerobic or anaerobic organisms
b. Aerobic organisms only
c. Anaerobic organisms only
d. Both aerobic and anaerobic organisms

Which statement concerning the glycolytic and gluconeogenic pathways is correct?

Choose 1 answer:
a. Gluconeogenesis is catabolic and glycolysis is anabolic
b. Both are anabolic
c. Gluconeogenesis is anabolic and glycolysis is catabolic
d. Both are catabolic

What body conditions favor gluconeogenesis over glycolysis?

Choose 1 answer:
a. High blood sugar
b. Starvation
c. Increasing cellular levels of AMP
d. Low cellular levels of pyruvate

In the redox reaction: pyruvate + NADH + H+ ⇋ lactate + NAD+, which reactant is oxidized, and which is
reduced?
Choose 1 answer:
a. NADH is reduced and pyruvate is oxidized
b. Lactate is reduced and pyruvate is oxidized
c. Lactate is reduced and NAD+ is oxidized
d. Pyruvate is reduced and NADH is oxidized

What important reducing agent is an important product of the pentose phosphate pathway?
Choose 1 answer:
 a. NADH
b. NADPH
c. NADP+
d. NAD+

What is the best description for the energetics of glycolysis?

Choose 1 answer:
a. Overall under typical cellular conditions, glycolysis has a positive free-energy change, though
there are steps of both positive and negative free-energy change
b. Each step of glycolysis has a negative free-energy change
c. Each step of glycolysis has a positive free-energy change
d. Overall under typical cellular conditions, glycolysis has a negative free-energy change, though
there are steps of both positive and negative free-energy change

The in vitro conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate― glucose + P_iPiP, start subscript, i, end
subscript ⇋ G-6-P + H_2OH2OH, start subscript, 2, end subscript, O― is highly endergonic, though in
the setting of glycolysis proceeds in a spontaneous and irreversible fashion. How is this achieved?
Choose 1 answer:
a. High concentrations of H2O shift equilibrium to favor G-6-P formation
b. Endergonic reactions are always spontaneous and irreversible
c. Through coupled ATP hydrolysis reactions
d. Through coupled ADP condensation reactions

Which glycolytic reaction cannot be directly reversed in gluconeogenesis?

a. 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate → 3-phosphoglycerate
b. Glucose-6-phosphate → fructose-6-phosphate
c. Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate → 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate
d. Glucose → glucose-6-phosphate