Unit Two Assignment
Carbohydrate Metabolism
1. Name the pathway for glucose
synthesis by non-carbohydrate precursors?
a) Glycogenesis
b) Glycolysis
c) Gluconeogenesis
d) Glycogenolysis
2. What is the site for
gluconeogenesis?
a) Liver
b) Blood
c) Muscles
d) Brain
3. Which of the following is not the precursor of gluconeogenesis?
a) Glycolytic products
b) Citric acid cycle intermediates
c) Glucogenic amino acid
d) Lysine or leucine
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4. Name the enzyme which is
responsible for the conversion of pyruvate to phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP)?
a) Pyruvate carboxylase
b) Pyruvate carboxykinase
c) Glucose 6-phosphatase
d) Phosphofructokinase
5. Gluconeogenesis is also carried out in muscle and brain.
a) True
b) False
6. Which of the following are major
sites for glycogen storage?
a) Adipose tissue
b) Bones
c) Muscle and liver
d) Kidney and liver
7. Which of the following is the
precursor of glycogen?
a) Glycerol 3-phosphate
b) Malate
c) UDP-glucose
d) Leucine and lysine
8. The priming function in glycogen
synthesis is carried out by_________
a) Lysine
b) Arginine
c) Glycogenin
d) Glutamate
9. Name the enzyme which is used for
branching of glycogen?
a) Branching enzyme
b) Hexokinase
c) Phosphoglucomutase
d) Glycogen synthase
10. Which of the following hormone maintain blood glucose level by activation
of gluconeogenesis?
a) Nor-epinephrine
b) Glucagon
c) Insulin
d) Epinephrine
11. Name the hormone which is
secreted in an emergency or in stress condition?
a) Epinephrine
b) Glucagon
c) Insulin
d) Melanin
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13. Which of the following hormones decreases blood glucose and increases the uptake of glucose in various tissues like skeletal muscle, adipose tissues?
(a) Insulin
(b) Cortisol
(a) Glucagon
(d) Epinephrine
14. What is the net gain of ATP during the conversion of glucose to pyruvate?
(a) 2 ATP
(b) 4 ATP
(c) 6 ATP
(d) 1 ATP +1 GTP