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#Question id: 54


About 25 of the 92 natural elements are known to be essential to life. Which 4 of these 25 elements make up approximately 96% of living matter?

#SCPH01 Biochemistry
  1. carbon, sodium, hydrogen, nitrogen

  2. carbon, oxygen, phosphorus, hydrogen

  3. oxygen, hydrogen, calcium, nitrogen

  4. carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen

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#Question id: 450

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

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: 450

#SCPH06 I Botany

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

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

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

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

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:

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#Question id: 453

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

Which statement does not explain why many biochemical processes are carried out via multi-step pathways rather than by single-step reactions (or only a few steps)

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#Question id: 454

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

Which statement is false about most metabolic pathways?