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Advanced Biochemistry Exam 1 Material.
Questions And Answers (Guaranteed A+)
Catabolism vs Anabolism - answer✔Catabolism: Degradative pathways, energy yielding,
oxidative
Anabolism: Biosynthetic pathways, energy requiring, reductive
What is reaction coupling? - answer✔coupling of a non spontaneous process with a
spontaneous process to drive the nonspontaneous reaction in the forward direction.
What is important about inorganic pyrophosphatase? - answer✔It is present in every cell in our
body and works fast. It breaks inorganic pyrophosphate into to inorganic phosphates. Reaction
is irreversible and drives overall reaction forward (via reaction coupling)
Why is NADPH important? - answer✔It's the reductive power for biosynthesis.
What is the group carried by ATP? - answer✔Phosphoryl
What is the group carried by NADH and NADPH and what vitamin are NADH/NADPH a precursor
for? - answer✔Electrons and Nicotinate (niacin)
What is the group carried by FADH2 and what vitamin is FADH2 a precursor for? -
answer✔Electrons and Riboflavin (or vitamin B2)
What is the group carried by FMNH2 and what vitamin is FMNH2 a precursor for? -
answer✔Electrons and Riboflavin (or vitamin B2)
What is the group carried by Coenzyme A and what vitamin is a Acetyl CoA a precursor for? -
answer✔Acyl and Pantothenate
What group is carried by Lipoamide? - answer✔acyl
What group is carried by Thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) and what vitamin is TPP a precursor
for? - answer✔Adlehyde and thiamine (or vitamin B1)
What group is carried by biotin and what vitamin is biotin a precursor for? - answer✔CO2 and
biotin
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Advanced Biochemistry Exam 1 Material.
Questions And Answers (Guaranteed A+)
Catabolism vs Anabolism - answer✔Catabolism: Degradative pathways, energy yielding,
oxidative
Anabolism: Biosynthetic pathways, energy requiring, reductive
What is reaction coupling? - answer✔coupling of a non spontaneous process with a
spontaneous process to drive the nonspontaneous reaction in the forward direction.
What is important about inorganic pyrophosphatase? - answer✔It is present in every cell in our
body and works fast. It breaks inorganic pyrophosphate into to inorganic phosphates. Reaction
is irreversible and drives overall reaction forward (via reaction coupling)
Why is NADPH important? - answer✔It's the reductive power for biosynthesis.
What is the group carried by ATP? - answer✔Phosphoryl
What is the group carried by NADH and NADPH and what vitamin are NADH/NADPH a precursor
for? - answer✔Electrons and Nicotinate (niacin)
What is the group carried by FADH2 and what vitamin is FADH2 a precursor for? -
answer✔Electrons and Riboflavin (or vitamin B2)
What is the group carried by FMNH2 and what vitamin is FMNH2 a precursor for? -
answer✔Electrons and Riboflavin (or vitamin B2)
What is the group carried by Coenzyme A and what vitamin is a Acetyl CoA a precursor for? -
answer✔Acyl and Pantothenate
What group is carried by Lipoamide? - answer✔acyl
What group is carried by Thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) and what vitamin is TPP a precursor
for? - answer✔Adlehyde and thiamine (or vitamin B1)
What group is carried by biotin and what vitamin is biotin a precursor for? - answer✔CO2 and
biotin
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