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Biology 638 – Biochemistry II
Exam-2
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Assume that 16 glucose molecules enter into a liver cell and are attached to a liner glycogen
one by one. Later, this glycogen is broken-down to produce 32 glucose molecules. How
many ATP molecules are utilized in the glycogen synthesis and breakdown? Select the
closest one.
a. 0
b. 8
c. 16
d. 32
e. 64
2. Glucose transporters on _____ are regulated by insulin signal.
a. liver cells
b. brush-border cells
c. erythrocytes
d. muscle cells
e None of the above
3. Glycogen debranching and branching are different pathways because _____.
a. glycogen phosphorylase cannot cleave glucose units in the limit branch
b. the reverse process of the branching is an endergonic.
c. the debranching process is exergonic but the branching process is endergonic
d. the debranching process produces G1P whereas the branching process requires UDPglucose
e. None of the above
4. Peter Mitchell’s chemiosmotic hypothesis was largely supported by uncoupling agents,
because these uncoupling agents disrupt between _______ processes in mitochondrion.
a. H2O oxidation and ADP phosphorylation
b. O2 reduction and ADP phosphorylation
c. NADH oxidation and O2 reduction
d. proton flow and rotation of the αβ subunits of ATP synthase
e. None of the above
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The figure to the right is the citric acid cycle pathway. Using the figure, answer the following
two questions.
5. Which process produces the third CO2 in the
citric acid cycle?
a. E3
b. E4
c. E5
d. E6
e. E7
6. What is M6?
a. Oxaloacetate
b. Succinyl-CoA
c. Succinate
d. Fumarate
e. None of the above
Pyruvate
E0
M0
M8
E1
Citrate
E2
E8
M2
M7
E3
E7
M3
M6
E4
E6
M5
E5
M4
7. Assume that glucose is completely oxidized through glycolysis and the citric acid cycle in a
mammalian cell. The produced NADH and FADH2 are used to produce ATP from ADP and
Pi by oxidative phosphorylation. The energy efficiency of the oxidative phosphorylation
process is 60%. _____ mol of ATP is produced from one mol of glucose oxidation to CO2.
Don’t forget to add ATP and GTP produced in glycolysis and the citric acid cycle. Assume
that Farady constant F is 100,000 J·V-1·mol-1 and the standard reduction potentials are:
½O2 + 2H+ + 2e- ↔ H2O
(E°’ = 0.8V)
(E°’ = -0.3V)
NAD+ + H+ + 2e ↔ NADH
+
FAD + 2H + 2e ↔ FADH2
(E°’ = -0.1 V)
ATP + H2O ↔ ADP + Pi
(ΔG°’ = -30 kJ/mol)
Select the closest one.
a. 40
b. 45
c. 50
d. 55
e. 60
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8. Assume that an experiment of the oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria was carried out
in a biocell. Oligomycin B was added in the reaction chamber until the O2 consumption is
stopped. Which agent can restart the O2 consumption?
a. β-Hydroxybutylate
b. Succinate
c. NADH
d. 2,4-dinitrophenol
e. None of the above
For question 9 – 25, select that statement that contains the most significant mistake(s). If none
of (a, b, c, d) does not contain significant mistake(s) (i.e. all statements are correct) and e. is
“None of the above”, then select “e. None of the above.”
9. The followings are some descriptions of glycogen metabolism.
a. In general, glucagon and epinephrine stimulate catabolism, while insulin stimulates
anabolism.
b. If the phosphorylation site Ser-14 of glycogen phosphorylase is mutated to Ala, this
mutated enzyme will be inactive because there is no phosphorylation site.
c. Glucagon stimulates glycogen breakdown in liver cells.
d. One of the subunits of phosphorylase kinase is calmodulin.
e. Phosphorylation of regulatory subunits (α and β) and Ca2+ binding to δ subunit activate
the catalytic γ-subunit of phosphorylase kinase.
10. The followings are some descriptions of glycogen metabolism.
a. Phosphorylation of glycogen synthase is translated to inactivation of glycogen synthesis.
b. Phosphorylation of phosphoprotein phosphatase inhibitor-1 is translated to inactivation of
glycogen synthesis.
c. Phosphorylation of G-subunit of phosphoprotein phosphatase-1 by protein kinase A is
translated to activation of glycogen synthesis.
d. High glucose concentration in liver cells is translated to activation of glycogen synthesis.
e. High AMP concentration in muscle cells is translated to activation of glycogen
breakdown.
11. Assume that PFK-2/FBPase-2 in heart muscle is suddenly changed to the liver isozyme when
this person is sleeping. _____.
a. This person would awake without any serious health problem
b. This person would not be able to run
c. This person would have slightly low blood glucose level
d. This person would have low F2,6P level in heart muscle
e. None of the above
12. If glucokinase in liver is suddenly changed to hexokinase, ______.
a. the glucagon concentration in blood would be increased
b. the glucose concentration in blood would be decreased
c. the glycogen breakdown in liver would be increased
d. the G6P concentration in liver would be increased
e. None of the above
13. The followings are some characteristics of glycogen phosphorylase.
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a.
b.
c.
d.
A role of PLP in the glycogen phosphorylase reaction is proton donor.
A role of PLP in the glycogen phosphorylase reaction is proton acceptor.
PLP in glycogen phosphorylase is a co-factor enzyme but not a prosthetic group.
In the glycogen phosphorylase reaction, the cleaved glucose is stabilized by having a
half-chair conformation.
e. None of the above.
14. The followings are some characteristics of glycogen metabolism.
a. α-Adrenoreceptors and β-adrenoreceptors are strongly related to glycogen metabolism,
but growth factor receptors are not.
b. Phosphoglucomutase has a phosphorylated Ser in the active site.
c. In glycogen synthesis, a glucose is attached to the non-reducing end of glycogen.
d. In the glycogen debranching process, free glucose is produced.
e. None of the above
15. The followings are some descriptions about pyruvate dehydrogenase multiple enzyme
complex. Pyruvate dehydrogenase multiple enzyme complex ____.
a. is inhibited by arsenite
b. has a TPP coenzyme
c. has a FAD coenzyme
d. in mammalian cells is regulated by product feed-back and covalent modification
e. None of the above
16. The followings are some descriptions about characteristic features of enzymes in citric acid
cycles.
a. Fluoroacetate is a very toxic compound because it inhibits citrate to isocitrate
isomerization.
b. Aconitase contains a covalently bound [4Fe-4S] iron-sulfur cluster.
c. In the succinyl-CoA synthetase reaction, the thioester bond (S~C) energy is transferred to
a high energy phosphoanhydride bond (P~O).
d. FAD in succinate dehydrogenase is a prosthetic group but not coenzyme.
e. None of the above
17. The followings are some descriptions about oxidation of acetyl-CoA in the citric acid cycle.
a. Oxidation of acetyl group in the citric acid cycle produces 8 pairs of electrons.
b. Animal cells can produce fat from acetyl-CoA.
c. Animal cells cannot produce glucose from acetyl-CoA.
d. A C1 labeled acetyl-CoA and a natural oxaloacetate produce a non-labeled oxaloacetate
in one round of the citric acid cycle oxidation.
e. If the substrate of the citric acid were acetate instead of acetyl-CoA, malate to
oxaloacetate conversion would not occur.
18. The followings are some descriptions about the functions of Complex I, II, III, and IV.
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a. Complex II (Succinate-Coenzyme Q reductase) is succinate dehydrogenase complex and
pumps protons from matrix to cytosol.
b. Complex IV (Cytochrome c oxidase) catalyzes reduction of molecular oxygen.
c. Cytochrome c is a peripheral membrane protein and carries one electron between
Complex III and IV.
d. Coenzyme Q is an electron carrier molecule between Complex I and Complex III.
e. None of the above
19. The followings are electron some carriers. ____ carries two electrons at one time.
a. CoQ
b. 2Fe-2S
c. FMNH2
d. NADH
e. None of them
20. The followings are some descriptions of ATP and NAD+.
a. When ATP mass action ratio is increased, the ATP production is increased.
b. When the [NADH]/[NAD+] ratio is increased, the ATP production is increased.
c. A high level of citrate in mitochondrion suppresses glycolysis in cytosol.
d. A diagnostic criterion for myocardial infarction is the presence in the blood of H-type
lactate dehydrogenase.
e. The γ-subunit of ATP synthase has a slightly bent long helix structure.
21. The followings are some descriptions of enzymes in the citric acid cycle.
a. In a reaction, A + B → C, the enzyme name is "C synthetase" if an ATP hydrolysis
energy is used for the synthesis.
b. Excess of acetyl-CoA is converted to citrate by ATP-citrate lyase, and this conversion
produces an NADH.
c. The oxidation of alkane (-C-C-) to alkene (-C=C-) is sufficient to reduce FAD to FADH2.
d. When the oxaloacetate concentration is very low, oxaloacetate is synthesized from
pyruvate and CO2.
e. None of the above
22. The followings are some descriptions about regulation of the citric acid cycle.
a. The citric acid cycle is regulated by NADH concentration
b. The citric acid cycle is regulated by Ca2+ concentration
c. The citric acid cycle is regulated by ATP concentration
d. All dehydrogenase enzymes in the citric acid cycle are regulation sites of the citric acid
cycle.
e. None of the above
23. The followings are some descriptions about the electron transport experiment.
inhibit(s) the electron transport in the mitochondrion inner membrane.
a. Rotenone
b. Antimycin A
c. Lack of vitamin C
d. Lack of ADP
e. None of the above
____
24. The followings are some descriptions about transportation of small molecules between
cytosol and matrix of mitochondrion.
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b.
c.
d.
e.
ATP and ADP are transported via ATP-ADP symport
Pyruvate can pass along with H+ through the special transport.
NADH is transported by malate-aspartate shuttle in mammalian cells.
Efflux of Ca2+ is transported by a Na+-Ca2+ antiport.
Pi is transported via Pi-H+ symport driven by ΔpH.
25. The followings are some descriptions about cytochromes.
a. Cytochrome c looses its red color after a chloroform extraction.
b. Cytochrome b566 has the α band at 566 nm.
c. Two His residues coordinate to heme a.
d. Complex I does not contain any cytochrome.
e. None of the above
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