#Question id: 10334
#Environmental Science
N2 combines with hydrogen to form ammonia under elevated temperature (about 200°C) and high pressure (about 200 atmospheres) and in the presence of a metal catalyst (usually iron). The extreme conditions are required to overcome the high activation energy of the reaction. This nitrogen fixation reaction, called
#Question id: 10342
#Environmental Science
Nitrate reductase is an important enzyme for nitrate assimilation. Given below some regulation of nitrate reductase activity through phosphorylation and dephosphorylation.
a) Light, and other environmental factors stimulate a protein phosphatase that dephosphorylates a key serine residue in the hinge 1 region of nitrate reductase and thereby activates the enzyme
b) In Dark, and Mg2+ stimulate a protein kinase that phosphorylates the same serine residues, which then interact with a 14-3-3 inhibitor protein, and thereby inactivate nitrate reductase
c) In Light, and Mg2+ stimulate a protein kinase that phosphorylates the serine residues, and thereby activate nitrate reductase
d) In Dark, and other environmental factors stimulate a protein phosphatase that dephosphorylates a key serine residue in the hinge 1 region of nitrate reductase and thereby inactivates the enzyme
Which of the following statements about regulation of nitrate reductase is correct?
#Question id: 10341
#Environmental Science
The accumulation of nitrate that results from diminished nitrate reductase activity, this symptoms is caused by
#Question id: 10340
#Environmental Science
There several charecteristics of nitrate reductase, which of the following properties of nitrate reductase is incorrect?
#Question id: 10349
#Environmental Science
Elevated plastid levels of glutamine stimulate the activity of glutamate synthase (also known as glutamine:2- oxoglutarate aminotransferase, or GOGAT). Given below some of the statements about GOGAT, which one of the following is incorrect?
#Question id: 10350
#Environmental Science
Ammonium can be assimilated via an alternative pathway rather than primary pathway which involves the sequential actions of glutamine synthetase(GS) and glutamate synthase(GOGAT), these alternative pathway catalyzes by enzyme known as,