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#Question id: 11579


In response to stress, the adrenal gland promotes the synthesis of glucose from noncarbohydrate substrates via the action of the steroid hormone ________.

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. estradiol
  2. cortisol
  3. thyroxine
  4. adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
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#Question id: 637

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Effect of temperature on enzymatic catalysis is analysed by the rate v of a chemical reaction varies with temperature according to the Arrhenius Equation which explains the sensitivity of enzyme reactions to temperature. A plot to determination of the activation energy Ea involves

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#Question id: 638

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Match the following class of enzymes with them

Enzyme

Class of enzyme

A. Hexokinase

1

B. Phosphoglucoisomerase

2

C. Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase

3

D. Phosphoglycerate mutase

4

E. Enolase

5

F. Aldolase

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#Question id: 639

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Match the coenzymes in column I enzymes to class of enzymes in column II

A. Phosphofructokinase

1. Redox reaction

B. Enolase

2. Phosphoryl shift

C. Phosphoglycerate mutase

3. Dehydration

D. Glyceraldehyde 3 Phosphate dehydrogenase

4. Phosphoryl transfer

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#Question id: 640

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

The data in the table above were collected for an enzyme-catalyzed reaction. The Km for this enzyme is approximately

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#Question id: 641

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Which of the following does NOT describe a mechanism that cells use to regulate enzyme activities?

A. Cells control enzyme activity by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation.

B. Cells control enzyme activity by the binding of small molecules.

C. Cells control the rates of diffusion of substrates to enzymes.

D. Cells control the rates of enzyme degradation.

E. Cells control the rates of enzyme synthesis.

F. Cells control the targeting of enzymes to specific organelles. 

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#Question id: 642

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

The graphs P, Q and R show the variation of rate constant (k) with temperature. The reactions represented by P, Q and R, respectively, are