A 45-year-old man adds lots of high-fiber wheat and bran foods to his diet to reduce his cholesterol. He loses 30 lb on the new diet, but has undesirable side effects such as stomach cramps, flatulence, and diarrhea. His gastroenterologist diagnoses a syndrome called gluten-enteropathy or celiac sprue. Which of the following is decreased in this man?

#Question id: 10250

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Glycolysis involves a series of reactions catalyzed by enzymes located in,

#Question id: 10251

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Initial phase of glycolysis, substrates from different sources are channeled into triose phosphate. For each molecule of sucrose that is metabolized, four molecules of triose phosphate are formed. This process how much requires ATP input?

#Question id: 10252

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

When molecular oxygen is unavailable—for example, in plant roots in flooded soils—glycolysis can be the main source of energy for cells, How?

#Question id: 10256

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Both sucrose synthase and invertases can degrade sucrose for glycolysis, what will happen if one of the enzymes is absent or mutant?

#Question id: 10273

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

The existence of different pathways that serve a similar function and can replace each other without a clear loss in function is called,

#Question id: 10274

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

In plastids, a partial glycolysis occurs that produces metabolites for plastidial biosynthetic reactions, which of the following is not synthesized in the plastid?