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#Question id: 762


Regarding the sugar residues in nucleic acids, which, if any, of the following statements is incorrect?

#SCPH01 Biochemistry
  1. The sugar is always based on a heterocyclic ring that consists of one oxygen atom and four carbon atoms, one of which is connected to a fifth carbon atom, the 5’ carbon atom.

  2. The internal sugar residues in a DNA strand normally have free hydroxyl groups, unlike those in an RNA strand.

  3. Bases are covalently linked to the carbon 1’ atoms of the sugars.

  4. Neighboring sugar residues are linked to each other by a phosphodiester bond that connects the 3’ carbon atom on one sugar to the 5’ carbon atom of its neighbour.

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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?

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#Question id: 455

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

Which of the following is correct for a step in a reaction pathway to serve as a control point

A) irreversible  B) endergonic  C) far from equilibrium

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#Question id: 456

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

Which of the following function is done by compartmentation of enzymes?

A) helps loss by diffusion.

B) keeps separate pools of metabolites in cells.

C) can help control metabolic pathways.