Biochemistry and Metabolism

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MCAT Biology › Biochemistry and Metabolism

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Acetyl-CoA is a react in the citric acid cycle, while and are products. If twelve molecules of are produced over a period of time, how many molecules are produced during this period?

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Acetyl-CoA is a react in the citric acid cycle, while and are products. If twelve molecules of are produced over a period of time, how many molecules are produced during this period?

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What is the purpose of the formation of lactic acid during anaerobic respiration?

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The process of glycolysis is used by all cells of the body to turn glucose into ATP for cellular energy. When stores of glucose are low, however, the body can break down a form of stored glucose in the liver to increase glucose reserves. The supply of glycogen is limited, and eventually the body must break down free fatty acids (FFAs) through a process called beta-oxidation.

Which organ in the body cannot perform beta-oxidation, thus requiring the use of ketone bodies when stores of glucose are depleted?

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What is the purpose of the formation of lactic acid during anaerobic respiration?

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The process of glycolysis is used by all cells of the body to turn glucose into ATP for cellular energy. When stores of glucose are low, however, the body can break down a form of stored glucose in the liver to increase glucose reserves. The supply of glycogen is limited, and eventually the body must break down free fatty acids (FFAs) through a process called beta-oxidation.

Which organ in the body cannot perform beta-oxidation, thus requiring the use of ketone bodies when stores of glucose are depleted?

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Most scientists subscribe to the theory of endosymbiosis to explain the presence of mitochondria in eukaryotic cells. According to the theory of endosymbiosis, early pre-eukaryotic cells phagocytosed free living prokaryotes, but failed to digest them. As a result, these prokaryotes remained in residence in the pre-eukaryotes, and continued to generate energy. The host cells were able to use this energy to gain a selective advantage over their competitors, and eventually the energy-producing prokaryotes became mitochondria.

In many ways, mitochondria are different from other cellular organelles, and these differences puzzled scientists for many years. The theory of endosymbiosis concisely explains a number of these observations about mitochondria. Perhaps most of all, the theory explains why aerobic metabolism is entirely limited to this one organelle, while other kinds of metabolism are more distributed in the cellular cytosol.

The primary purpose of the electron transport chain of mitochondria described in the passage is __________.

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During cellular respiration, where is NADH produced?

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If the Krebs cycle is overstimulated, the body will produce too much of which of the following molecules?

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Within the Krebs cycle, L-malate and NAD+ come together to form oxaloacetate, NADH, and H+. What type of chemical reaction is responsible for this step in the cycle?

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