Card 181
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What term refers to the physical location of a gene on a strand of DNA?
Answer
Locus, plural is loci.
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Card 182
Question
What does mRNA stand for in biochemistry?
Answer
Messenger RNA
Card 183
Question
What is the sum of all chemical reactions in an organism?
Answer
Metabolism
Card 184
Question
What “omics” approach focuses on the complete set of small-molecule metabolites in a food system?
Answer
Metabolomics.
Card 185
Question
What compound is considered the universal methyl group donor in metabolic processes?
Answer
Methionine
Card 186
Question
What is the equation named after German and Canadian scientist used in catalysis?
Answer
Michaelis Menten equation
Card 187
Question
Minute hair-like projections on the apical surface of enterocytes that increase surface area for absorption of nutrients?
Answer
Microvilli/Brush Border
Card 188
Question
In enzymology, what is turnover number?
Answer
Moles of substate converted to product by an enzyme molecule (activation site) in a given time period
Card 189
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As compared to an aerobic cell, does an anaerobic cell have to consume much larger, much smaller, or the same quantities of glucose per unit of time to accomplish the same amount of cellular work?
Answer
Much larger amounts of glucose
Card 190
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What are the coenzyme forms of niacin?
Answer
NAD, NADP
Card 191
Question
In anaerobic organisms, pyruvate is used to regenerate what?
Answer
NAD+
Card 192
Question
What two compounds buildup during vigorous exericse?
Answer
NADH, Lactate
Card 193
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The principal products of the pentose phosphate pathway include which two compounds?
Answer
NADPH (reducing agent), ribose 5-phosphate.
Card 194
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What does NAD stand for?
Answer
Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
Card 195
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What does the acronym NADP stand for?
Answer
Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate
Card 196
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In mammals, what is the process by which eggs or ova are produced?
Answer
Oogenesis
Card 197
Question
The production of ethanol and lactate from glucose using phosphoketolase and lactate dehydrogenase enzymes is called the PPP pathway. What does PPP stand for?
Answer
Pentose Phosphate Pathway
Card 198
Question
What essential amino acid is a precursor for Tyrosine?
Answer
Phenylalanine
Card 199
Question
Which amino acids absorb light under UV range?
Answer
Phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan (all with aromatic groups)
Card 200
Question
PEP-PTS is a transport system that plays a vital role in fermentation by lactic acid bacteria. What does PEP-PTS stand for?
Answer
Phosphoenolpyruvate-Phosphotransferase System
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