Nitrogen Acquisition And Amino Acid Metabolism - Biochemistry | Biology+

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Biochemistry

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Set 1: The Facts of Life: Chemistry Is the Logic of Biological Phenomena

Set 2: Water: the Medium of Life

Set 3: Thermodynamics of Biological Systems

Set 4: Amino Acids

Set 5: Proteins: Their Primary Structure and Biological Functions

Set 6: Proteins: Secondary, tertiary, and Quaternary Structure

Set 7: Carbohydrates and the Glycoconjugates of Cell Surfaces

Set 9: Lipid Biosynthesis

Set 10: Membranes and Membrane Transport

Set 11: The Reception and Transmission of Extracellular Information

Set 12: Enzymes Kinetics and Specificity

Set 13: Mechanisms of Enzyme Action

Set 14: Enzyme Regulation

Set 15: Molecular Motors

Set 16: Nutrition and the Organization of Metabolism

Set 17: Glycolysis

Set 18: The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle

Set 19: Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation

Set 20: Photosynthesis

Set 21: Gluconeogenesis, glycogen Metabolism, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway

Set 22: Fatty Acid Catabolism

Set 23: Nitrogen Acquisition and Amino Acid Metabolism

Set 24: Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Set 25: Structure of Nucleic Acids

Set 26: Synthesis and Degradation of Nucleotides

Set 27: Recombinant Dna: Cloning and Creation of Chimeric Genes

Set 28: DNA Metabolism: Replication, recombination, and Repair

Set 29: Transcription and the Regulation of Gene Expression

Set 30: Protein Synthesis

Set 31: Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression

Set 32: Completing the Protein Life Cycle: Folding, processing, and Degradation

Set 33: Metabolic Integration and Organ Specialization

Set 23 Nitrogen Acquisition And Amino Acid Metabolism

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Set 23 Nitrogen Acquisition And Amino Acid Metabolism

(Multiple Choice)

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Which of the following explains why animals totally dependent on plants and microorganisms for nitrogen fixation and nitrate assimilation?

A)They lack the enzyme aminotransferase.
B)They lack the enzymes to reduce N₂ and NO₃- to NH₄⁺.
C)They lack carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase I.
D)They lack glutamate dehydrogenase.

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

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Which of the following describes the role ATP plays in the nitrogenase complex?

A)breaks the N₂ triple bond
B)provides electrons
C)phosphorylates the enzyme
D)transfers electrons from ferredoxin

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

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Which of the following describes the role of N-acetylglutamate in the incorporation of ammonium into metabolic intermediates?

A)coenzyme for glutamine synthetase (GS)
B)competitive inhibitor for glutamine synthetase (GS)
C)allosteric activator for carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase I (CPS-I)
D)substrate for the amination of the g-glutamyl-phosphate

Answer