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#Question id: 5820


A new chemical pesticide developed for agricultural use was subjected to the Ames test. The rate of mutation seen in samples treated with the pesticide and liver extract was approximately half that of the samples treated with the liver extract alone; in samples treated with only pesticide, the mutation rate was about the same as that of untreated samples. Which of the following statements could you make about this pesticide?

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology
  1. The pesticide is modified by liver enzymes.

  2. The pesticide is unlikely to be a mutagen.

  3. The pesticide may be protective against spontaneous mutation.

  4. All of the above.

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#Question id: 538

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Which of the following statements are correct about cells that form ATP mainly by glycolysis are

A) anaerobic yeasts.

B) lactic acid bacteria.

C) kidney medulla cells.

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#Question id: 539

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Which of the following mutases catalyze the formation of a 2,3-BPG intermediate?

A) muscle phosphoglycerate mutases

B) plant phosphoglycerate mutases

C) yeast phosphoglycerate mutases

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#Question id: 540

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

During strenuous exercise, the NADH formed in the glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase reaction in skeletal muscle must be reoxidized to NAD+ if glycolysis is to continue.  The most important reaction involved in the reoxidation of NADH is:

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#Question id: 541

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

The overall △G for glycolysis is -72 kJ/mol in erythrocytes. Which statement below is true?

A) The value of △G0ʹ is also -72 kJ/mol since the cytosol pH is close to 7.

B) The free energy of glycolysis is found as the sum of the standard free energy changes for

the individual pathway reactions.

C) The negative sign of △G shows that this pathway will proceed toward product (pyruvate) under normal cellular conditions.

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#Question id: 542

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Hamsters love to run on exercise wheels. Prolonged running at a high rate of speed requires ATP. Could a hamster with a defective gene for the enzyme lactate dehydrogenase meet the extra ATP demand for prolonged, fast wheel-running by maintaining a high rate of glycolysis? Why or why not?

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#Question id: 543

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

If glucose labeled with 14C at C-1 (the aldehyde carbon) were metabolized in the liver, the first radioactive pyruvate formed would be labeled in: