AEM 341 Exam 3 quizlet cards (set 1)

How many molecules of ATP can theoretically be made from the complete oxidation of a single glucose molecule by a bacterial cell?

Starting with one molecule of pyruvate, the transition step and the Krebs (TCA) cycle will generate?

If a yeast metabolized one molecule of glucose to ethyl alcohol in the absence of O2, how many net molecules of ATP would be obtained?

The general term used to describe the anabolic and catabolic reactions in a cell is?

Most enzymes are ______, and typically recognize ______ type(s) of substrate.

Propionibacterium makes propionic acid, acetic acid and CO2, in Swiss cheese. These products result from the process of...

How are aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration similar?

What is the biological function of the reaction pyruvic acid (NADH2->NAD+) -> lactic acid

What molecule is being reduced:*\ in the reaction pyruvic acid (NADH2->NAD+) -> lactic acid

The illustration of the reaction pyruvic acid (NADH2->NAD+) -> lactic acid depicts (what process?):

Which antibiotics inhibit synthesis of a vitamin by competing with the normal substrate for the active site of an enzyme involved in the vitamin's synthesis?

The phenomenon of the end product of a pathway inhibiting catalysis of the first step of that pathway is called...

Which of the following can be used as electron acceptors during anaerobic respiration: nitrate, sulfate, or carbon dioxide?

What direction does the proton flow run in during ATP synthesis?

What is the end product of glycolysis?

What is the net gain of ATP per molecule of glucose metabolized anaerobically (so called "closed cycle") via the Embden-Meyerhoff pathway (glycolysis) in prokaryotes?

The synthesis of ATP from ADP and Pi, when coupled with an exergonic chemical reaction but without associating with electronic transport chain is called:

T or F: in addition to being used in the making of ATP, proton motive force is used directly to power the rotation of bacterial flagella

T or F: fermentation and anaerobic respiration involve the use of pyruvate and/or other organic molecules as electron acceptors

T or F: the basic differences between RNA and DNA reside in their sugar and pyrimidine bases; RNA has ribose and uracil whereas DNA has deoxyribose and thymine

T or F: adenine is a pyrimidine

When a DNA molecule is replicated, the daughter molecules contain one strand of parental DNA and one strand of newly synthesized DNA; this is called...

During replication the 2 strands of the DNA molecule are unwound from one another by enzymes called:

The ______ reaction sequentially links adjacent amino acids into the growing polypeptide chain

The site on the DNA to which a repressor protein binds is the

In some circumstances, when two different carbon sources are available, growth occurs first using one carbon source, then after a short lag period, growth resumes using the second carbon source. This process is called

The activity of adenyl cyclase in a CAMP-CAP system of Lac operon is influenced by

The Y-shaped part of the DNA molecule where the actual replication process occurs is called the...

The coding sequence in the DNA of which type of organism:*\ is normally continuous; that is, it is not interrupted by noncoding sequences? (eukaryote v. prokaryote)