Biochemistry Quiz: Carbohydrates to Lipids

What is the building block of carbohydrates?

Which organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell?

Which protein type acts as a gateway for ions in the cell membrane?

What type of bond forms in carbohydrate synthesis?

What is the functional group of a ketose carbohydrate?

Which organelle modifies proteins and lipids?

What is the structural model of the cell membrane called?

Which organelle contains hydrolytic enzymes?

What is the function of peroxisomes?

What is the site of ribosome assembly?

What is another term for polyhydroxyaldehyde?

Which of the following is a reducing sugar?

Which test differentiates monosaccharides from disaccharides?

Which carbohydrate is a homopolysaccharide?

Which polysaccharide is a glucosan?

What is an example of an anabolic process?

What is the intermediate reaction of catabolism and anabolism?

What hormone regulates glycogenolysis?

How many ATP molecules are produced in glycolysis?

What is the final electron acceptor in the electron transport chain?

Which enzyme is responsible for ATP synthesis in the electron transport chain?

Which enzyme removes water in glycolysis?

Which enzyme interconverts aldose and ketose?

What is the product of anaerobic glycolysis?

Which complex in the electron transport chain does NOT pump protons?

What is the building block of lipids?

Which lipid is a major component of the cell membrane?

Which test detects ketoses?

What is the primary energy currency of the cell?

Which process produces the most ATP?

In what part of the cell does the citric acid cycle occur?

Which enzyme is critical for gluconeogenesis?

Which coenzyme is involved in redox reactions?

What is the building block of proteins?

Which bond links amino acids together?

Which amino acid is the precursor for serotonin?

What is the final product of amino acid deamination?

Which amino acid is ketogenic and not glucogenic?

Which nucleic acid carries the genetic blueprint?

What type of bond connects nucleotides in a DNA strand?

Which base is found in RNA but not in DNA?

Which enzyme unwinds DNA during replication?

What is the complementary DNA strand for 5'-ATCGGAT-3'?

Which fatty acid undergoes β-oxidation in the mitochondria?

Where does the β-oxidation of very long-chain fatty acids primarily occur?

How many carbons are in capric acid?

In β-oxidation, how many acetyl-CoA molecules are produced from capric acid (10 carbons)?

How many NADH molecules are produced during β-oxidation of capric acid?

How many ATPs does one mole of NADH produce in β-oxidation?

How many ATP molecules are produced from one mole of FADH2?

What is the net ATP yield from capric acid after activation costs are deducted?

How many acetyl-CoA molecules are generated from palmitic acid (16 carbons)?

What total ATP yield is obtained from the complete β-oxidation of palmitic acid, excluding activation?

Which process can convert glycerol into glucose?

Which test is used to detect cholesterol?

How many kcal does 1 gram of fat yield?

What is the primary structural protein in the human body?

Which immunoglobulin is responsible for allergic reactions?

Which amino acid is achiral?

What bond links amino acids in proteins?

What is the pl (isoelectric point) of an amino acid?

Which protein transports oxygen in the blood?

Which amino acids contain sulfur?

Which type of protein is soluble in water and coagulated by heat?

What is the other name for the Pentose Phosphate Pathway?

What is the primary goal of the pentose phosphate pathway?

Which complex in ETC is inhibited by cyanide?

Which type of isomerism involves mirror images?

What functional group is found in an aldose sugar?

What is the primary energy currency of the cell?

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