13. Fill in the blanks (21 points) (a) In glycolysis, glucose is converted to 2

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13. Fill in the blanks (21 points) (a) In glycolysis, glucose is converted to 2 (b) The major production of ATP during aerobic metabolism occurs when electrons from , with a net yield of ATP, and!2 an are ultimately transferred to (c) In anaerobic metabolism in mammals, pyruvate is oxidized to Lactic Acid with concomitant regeneration of Pyruvate for use in ATP production (d) The storage form of glucose is Glycogen in animals and Starch in plants. (e) The pentose phosphate pathway produces Biburihuose 5 Phosphate as reducing power for biosvnthetic reactions (f) Pyruvate is transported across the outer mitochondrial membrane by a process called Shuttle System (g) The enzyme that catalyzes the commitment step in glycolysis is called (h) Cellulose is a branched bomopolysaccharide of molecules linked via bonds, and gets its strength from the extensive between adjacent monomers and between chains is a metabolic cycle with many similarities to the Citric Acid Cycle that occurs in germinating seeds and in some microorganisms () Which enzyme participates in the citric acid cycle and in the electron transport chain? (k) A consequence of starvation is reduction in muscle mass because muscle proteins are broken down and their carbon skeletons used to make glucose in a process called primarily in the that occurs

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a) pyruvate
2 ATP
2 NADH
b) NADH and FADH2
oxygen
g) Phosphofructokinase 1
h) glucose
beta 1,4 glycosidic bonds
hydrogen bonding
i) glyoxylate cycle
j) Succinate dehydrogenase or succinate-coenzyme Q reductase (SQR) or Complex II
k)gluconeogenesis
majorly liver

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