Amphibolic Pathway

Q. Glycerol enters the respiratory pathway after being converted to:

1. Fructose-1, 6-bisphosphate
2. Acetyl CoA
3. Pyruvic acid
4. 3-phosphoglyceraldehyde

Q. What is an amphibolic pathway?

1. A pathway that is both catabolic and anabolic in nature.
2. Electron transport chain
3. An example is Kreb's cycle
4. A pathway that produces substrates that can be used to build biomolecules and/or produce ATP.

Q. Which of these is not an amphibolic pathway?

1. Krebs cycle
2. Glycolysis
3. Electron transport system
4. All metabolic pathways

Q. Aerobic respiratory pathway is appropriately termed:

1. Anabolic
2. Catabolic
3. Parabolic
4. Amphibolic

Q.

An intermediate compound common to both fatty acid and carbohydrate oxidation is

1. pyruvate

2. acetyl Co-A

3. fructose-1, 6-biphosphate

4. glucose

Q. Match them up!

1. ETC
2. Kreb's cycle
3. Gluconeogenesis

Q. Which among the following is NOT an amphibolic pathway?

1. TCA cycle
2. EMP pathway
3. Calvin cycle
4. Glycolysis

Q.

What is the main objective of beta oxidation process?

1. Converts proteins to amino acids
2. Breaks starch into glucose
3. It produces fatty acids
4. Degrades fatty acids to acetyl CoA

Q. The process of formation of complex molecules from simple molecules is known as

1. amphibolic pathway
2. catabolism
3. none of the above
4. anabolism

Q. The process of breakdown of complex molecules is known as

1. catabolism
2. anabolism
3. amphibolic pathway
4. all the above