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  • A. Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenase
  • B. Lactate dehydrogenase
  • C. Glucose 6-Phosphate dehydrogenase
  • D. Beta hydroxy acyl CoA dehydrogenaseOrder DNA Kits

Explanation: Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase uses NADP+ and produces NADPH in the pentose phosphate pathway.

Correct answer: Glucose 6-Phosphate dehydrogenase
  • A. Pyruvate dehydrogenase
  • B. Both A & B
  • C. Succinate dehydrogenase
  • D. Enolase
  • E. Alpha ketoglutarate dehydrogenase

Explanation: Both pyruvate dehydrogenase and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase are multienzyme complexes containing several catalytic components and…

Correct answer: Both A & B
  • A. Pyruvate carboxylase
  • B. Lactate dehydrogenase
  • C. Succinate thiokinase
  • D. Phosphohexose isomerase

Explanation: Biotin is the covalently bound cofactor for carboxylases and carries activated carbon dioxide during carboxylation.

Correct answer: Pyruvate carboxylase
  • A. Apoenzymes
  • B. Coenzymes
  • C. Proenzymes
  • D. Holoenzymes

Explanation: Inactive enzyme precursors are called proenzymes or zymogens and become active after specific proteolytic cleavage.

Correct answer: Proenzymes
  • A. Zymogen
  • B. Coenzyme
  • C. Antienzyme
  • D. Isozyme

Explanation: Lactate dehydrogenase exists as five molecular forms made from different combinations of H and M subunits, so it is an isozyme.

Correct answer: Isozyme
  • A. Holoenzyme
  • B. Coenzyme
  • C. Apoenzyme
  • D. Constitutive enzyme

Explanation: A holoenzyme is the complete, active enzyme formed when the apoenzyme combines with its required cofactor or coenzyme.

Correct answer: Holoenzyme
  • A. Adenylate cyclase
  • B. Polymerase
  • C. ATP synthase
  • D. Tyrosine kinase

Explanation: Adenylate cyclase is a membrane-bound enzyme that converts ATP into cyclic AMP, an important second messenger.

Correct answer: Adenylate cyclase
  • A. Glutamine synthetase
  • B. Cholinesterase
  • C. Fumarase
  • D. Amylase

Explanation: Fumarase is a lyase because it catalyses the reversible addition or removal of groups without hydrolysis or oxidation, converting fumarate…

Correct answer: Fumarase
  • A. Pro enzyme
  • B. HoloenzymeOrder DNA Kits
  • C. Co-enzyme
  • D. Iso enzyme

Explanation: Isoenzymes are different molecular forms of an enzyme that catalyse the same reaction but differ in properties such as structure…

Correct answer: Iso enzyme
  • A. Lowering the activation energy
  • B. Increasing the substrate concentration
  • C. Decreasing the surface tension
  • D. Increasing the activation energy

Explanation: Enzymes accelerate reactions by lowering the activation energy needed to reach the transition state.

Correct answer: Lowering the activation energy
  • A. Transketolase
  • B. Carboxylase
  • C. Oxidase
  • D. Dehydrogenase

Explanation: Biotin carries carbon dioxide in carboxylation reactions, so enzymes such as pyruvate carboxylase and acetyl-CoA carboxylase lose activity…

Correct answer: Carboxylase
  • A. Decrease of km and increase of Vmax
  • B. increase of km and increase of Vmax
  • C. Decrease of km and decrease of Vmax
  • D. Increase of km and Unchanged of Vmax

Explanation: A competitive inhibitor competes at the active site, so a higher substrate concentration is needed to reach half-maximal velocity…

Correct answer: Increase of km and Unchanged of Vmax
  • A. Ferro protoporphyrin
  • B. FAD
  • C. NADP+
  • D. FMN

Explanation: Dehydrogenases commonly use NAD+, NADP+, FAD, or FMN to transfer hydrogen or electrons.

Correct answer: Ferro protoporphyrin
  • A. Cytochrome oxidase
  • B. PeroxidaseOrder DNA Kits
  • C. Hydrolase
  • D. Dehydrogenase

Explanation: Peroxidase uses hydrogen peroxide to oxidize chromogenic substances such as benzidine, producing a characteristic positive colour…

Correct answer: PeroxidaseOrder DNA Kits
  • A. Carbomoyl Phosphate synthetase
  • B. Malonyl CoA carboxylase
  • C. Fatty acid synthetase
  • D. Adenosine phospho ribosyl transferase

Explanation: Fatty acid synthetase is a multifunctional multienzyme complex containing several catalytic activities in one assembly.

Correct answer: Fatty acid synthetase
  • A. Follow Michaelis-Menton Kinetics
  • B. They are multienzyme complex
  • C. Presence of Modulator site
  • D. Give sigmoid shaped curve

Explanation: Allosteric enzymes generally show cooperative, sigmoid kinetics rather than the hyperbolic Michaelis-Menten curve.

Correct answer: Follow Michaelis-Menton Kinetics
  • A. Tocopherol
  • B. Catalase
  • C. Superoxide dismutase
  • D. Urate

Explanation: Catalase is a preventive antioxidant because it removes hydrogen peroxide before it can generate more damaging reactive oxygen species.

Correct answer: Catalase
  • A. 5
  • B. 3
  • C. 11
  • D. 2

Explanation: Lactate dehydrogenase has five isoenzymes, LDH-1 through LDH-5, formed from different combinations of H and M subunits.

Correct answer: 5
  • A. Cyclic AMP
  • B. Adenosine tri phosphate
  • C. Citrate
  • D. Fructose 2,6 bis phosphate

Explanation: Fructose 2,6-bisphosphate is the strongest activator of phosphofructokinase-1 and promotes glycolysis.

Correct answer: Fructose 2,6 bis phosphate
  • A. Phosphatase
  • B. ATPase
  • C. Dismutase
  • D. Aldolase

Explanation: Magnesium commonly stabilises ATP and is required for the activity of many ATPases and phosphate-transfer enzymes.

Correct answer: ATPase

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