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What is the overall process through which living systems acquire and utilize the free energy they need to carry out their various functions?
What is the overall process through which living systems acquire and utilize the free energy they need to carry out their various functions?
What are the series of consecutive enzymatic reactions that produce specific products referred to as?
What are the series of consecutive enzymatic reactions that produce specific products referred to as?
Which category of reaction pathways involves breaking down nutrients and cell constituents exergonically to salvage their components and/or to generate free energy?
Which category of reaction pathways involves breaking down nutrients and cell constituents exergonically to salvage their components and/or to generate free energy?
How many enzymes catalyze each reaction in metabolic pathways?
How many enzymes catalyze each reaction in metabolic pathways?
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What kind of group transfer involves the addition of a nucleophile to the electrophilic carbon atom of an acyl compound?
What kind of group transfer involves the addition of a nucleophile to the electrophilic carbon atom of an acyl compound?
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Which type of group transfer yields a trigonal bipyramidal intermediate with apical positions occupied by the leaving group and the attacking group?
Which type of group transfer yields a trigonal bipyramidal intermediate with apical positions occupied by the leaving group and the attacking group?
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In which type of reaction is peptide bond hydrolysis a familiar example?
In which type of reaction is peptide bond hydrolysis a familiar example?
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What is the most commonly transferred group in biochemical reactions according to the text?
What is the most commonly transferred group in biochemical reactions according to the text?
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What type of reaction is the aldose–ketose interconversion?
What type of reaction is the aldose–ketose interconversion?
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Which enzyme catalyzes the aldose–ketose interconversion?
Which enzyme catalyzes the aldose–ketose interconversion?
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What is the result of racemization in a molecule with one chiral center?
What is the result of racemization in a molecule with one chiral center?
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What type of reaction is the conversion of L-methyl malonyl-CoA to succinyl-CoA by methylmalonyl CoA mutase?
What type of reaction is the conversion of L-methyl malonyl-CoA to succinyl-CoA by methylmalonyl CoA mutase?
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What is the ultimate fate of the two bonding electrons lost by the carbon atom in redox reactions?
What is the ultimate fate of the two bonding electrons lost by the carbon atom in redox reactions?
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What is the terminal electron acceptor for the electron pairs removed from metabolites by their oxidation in aerobic organisms?
What is the terminal electron acceptor for the electron pairs removed from metabolites by their oxidation in aerobic organisms?
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What type of reactions result in the formation of a double bond between two previously single-bonded saturated centers?
What type of reactions result in the formation of a double bond between two previously single-bonded saturated centers?
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Which coenzyme can undergo two sequential one-electron transfers or a simultaneous two-electron transfer that bypasses the semiquinone state?
Which coenzyme can undergo two sequential one-electron transfers or a simultaneous two-electron transfer that bypasses the semiquinone state?
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