#Question id: 466
#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering
When a reduction half-reaction is ________ (negative, positive), electrons flow to the more readily reduced substance which is ________ (negative, positive) in value.
#Question id: 467
#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering
The standard potential for electron transfer can be related to the standard free-energy change for redox reactions by using
#Question id: 469
#Section 2: General Biology
The anaerobic conversion of 1 mol of glucose to 2 mol of lactate by fermentation is accompanied by a net gain of:
#Question id: 532
#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering
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 to the right?
#Question id: 533
#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering
Glucose, labeled with 14C in different carbon atoms, is added to a crude extract of a tissue rich in the enzymes of the pentose phosphate pathway. The most rapid production of 14CO2 will occur when the glucose is labeled in:
#Question id: 535
#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering
In some diabetic patients, glucose increases disproportionately and is unresponsive to an insulin challenge; under these conditions, how would oneʹs liver normally respond?
A) phosphorylating glucose for entry into the glycolytic pathway
B) saturating glucokinase with glucose
C) phosphorylating glucose for entry into the glycogen synthesis pathways