Chapter 10 Quiz

ATP has a high phosphate transfer potential because it readily donates a phosphoryl group to other molecules. Compare ATP's phosphate transfer potential to other molecules by choosing the correct statement below.

ATP has a higher phosphate transfer potential than glucose 6-phosphate and lower than phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP).

ATP has a lower phosphate transfer potential than glucose 6-phosphate and higher than phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP).

ATP has a lower phosphate transfer potential than glucose 6-phosphate and phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP).

ATP has a higher phosphate transfer potential than glucose 6-phosphate and phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP).

ATP has the same phosphate transfer potential as glucose 6-phosphate and phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP).

Which of the following is not a metabolic characteristic common to all organisms?

Metabolic pathways are highly regulated.

Microbes evolved to provide humans with chemical energy in the form of ATP.

Metabolic reactions obey the laws of thermodynamics.

Redox reactions play a critical role in the conservation of energy.

Metabolic pathways are catalyzed by enzymes.

Metabolic pathways can be regulated in three major ways. Select the correct methods of metabolic pathway regulation from the choices below.

Localization of all metabolic avtivity in the cytoplasm

Regulation of protein expression

Post-translational regulation of enzyme activity

Separate distribution of enzymes and metabolites in the cell

DNA gene deletion before transcription

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