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#Question id: 12209


At birth, a large, well-nourished baby is found to have a plasma glucose concentration of 17 mg/Dl (normal is 80 to 100 mg/dL) and a plasma insulin concentration twice the normal value. What is the explanation for these findings?

#Biochemistry
  1. Neonate suffered from in utero malnutrition
  2. Mother was malnourished during pregnancy
  3. Mother is diabetic, with poorly controlled hyperglycemia
  4. Mother is obese
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#Question id: 447

#Life Sciences

In glycolysis, fructose 1,6-bisphosphate is converted to two products with a standard free-energy change (DG'°) of 23.8 kJ/mol.  Under what conditions encountered in a normal cell will the free-energy change (DG) be negative, enabling the reaction to proceed spontaneously to the right?

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#Question id: 448

#Biochemistry

During glycolysis, glucose 1-phosphate is converted to fructose 6-phosphate in two successive reactions: Glucose 1-phosphate -> glucose 6-phosphate DG'° = –7.1 kJ/mol Glucose 6-phosphate -> fructose 6-phosphate DG'° = +1.7 kJ/mol DG'° for the overall reaction is:

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#Question id: 449

#Biochemistry

The standard free-energy changes for the reactions below are given. Phosphocreatine -> creatine + Pi DG'° = –43.0 kJ/mol ATP ->  ADP + Pi DG'° = –30.5 kJ/mol What is the overall DG'° for the following reaction? Phosphocreatine + ADP -> creatine + ATP

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#Question id: 450

#Biochemistry

The DG'° values for the two reactions shown below are given.

Oxaloacetate + acetyl-CoA + H2O -> citrate + CoASH DG'° = –32.2 kJ/mol

Oxaloacetate + acetate    ->   citrate DG'° = –1.9 kJ/mol

What is the DG'° for the hydrolysis of acetyl-CoA?

Acetyl-CoA + H2O -> acetate + CoASH + H+

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#Question id: 451

#Biochemistry

The standard reduction potentials (E'°) for the following half reactions are given.

Fumarate + 2H+ + 2e– -> succinate E'° = +0.031 V

FAD + 2H+ + 2e– -> FADH2 E'° = –0.219 V

If you mixed succinate, fumarate, FAD, and FADH2 together, all at l M concentrations and in the presence of succinate dehydrogenase, which of the following would happen initially?

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#Question id: 452

#Biochemistry

E'° of the NAD+/NADH half reaction is –0.32 V.  The E'° of the oxaloacetate/malate half reaction is –0.175 V.  When the concentrations of NAD+, NADH, oxaloacetate, and malate are all 10–5 M, the “spontaneous” reaction is: