General Organic and Biochemistry 2024 Quiz With Correct Answers

General Organic and Biochemistry 2024 Quiz With Correct Answers What are the two modes of metabolism? - Correct Answer Catabolic reactions Anabolic reactions Catabolic - Correct Answer breaks things down anabolic - Correct Answer builds things up using ATP What is ATP? - Correct Answer adenosine triphosphate How is ATP related to the structure of nucleic acids? - Correct Answer It has a nitrogenous base (adenosine), a sugar and three phosphate molecule bonded to it Why is ATP called energy? - Correct Answer The three phosphate bonds are considered very high energy bonds Why is NAD+ or FAD included in a reaction? - Correct Answer They are electron carriers (coenzymes for oxidation reactions) how are biological energy sources broken down? - Correct Answer polysaccharides are broken down in the mouth, and the liver; proteins by the stomach enzyme pepsin and the small intestine to transfer amino acids to the bloodstream; fats by the bile in the intestines and delivered by chylomicron because they are not water soluble. What is the overall purpose of glycolysis? - Correct Answer splitting glucose to produce 2 pyruvate How is energy invested in glycolysis? - Correct Answer steps 1-5 of glycolysis