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What is the cofactor that serves to hold a carboxylate group for attack by the substrate in a carboxylase enzyme?
What is the cofactor that serves to hold a carboxylate group for attack by the substrate in a carboxylase enzyme?
- Niacin
- Biotin (correct)
- Thiamine
- Riboflavin
What does the pentose phosphate pathway produce that can be used in biosynthesis or detoxification?
What does the pentose phosphate pathway produce that can be used in biosynthesis or detoxification?
- NADH
- ATP
- NADPH (correct)
- FADH2
Which mechanism explains how ATP synthase catalyzes the synthesis of ATP?
Which mechanism explains how ATP synthase catalyzes the synthesis of ATP?
- Competitive inhibition
- Allosteric regulation
- Covalent modification
- Binding change (correct)
What is the committed step of cholesterol synthesis in humans catalyzed by?
What is the committed step of cholesterol synthesis in humans catalyzed by?
What type of regulation allows one pathway to be turned on when its metabolically opposing pathway is simultaneously turned off?
What type of regulation allows one pathway to be turned on when its metabolically opposing pathway is simultaneously turned off?
What is the cofactor that serves to hold a carboxylate group for attack by the substrate in a carboxylase enzyme?
What is the cofactor that serves to hold a carboxylate group for attack by the substrate in a carboxylase enzyme?
What does the pentose phosphate pathway produce that can be used in biosynthesis or detoxification?
What does the pentose phosphate pathway produce that can be used in biosynthesis or detoxification?
Which mechanism explains how ATP synthase catalyzes the synthesis of ATP?
Which mechanism explains how ATP synthase catalyzes the synthesis of ATP?
What type of regulation allows one pathway to be turned on when its metabolically opposing pathway is simultaneously turned off?
What type of regulation allows one pathway to be turned on when its metabolically opposing pathway is simultaneously turned off?
What is the committed step of cholesterol synthesis in humans catalyzed by?
What is the committed step of cholesterol synthesis in humans catalyzed by?
