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Ribose is the initial substrate for the synthesis of AMP and GMP (purine nucleotides and the precursors of ATP and GTP respectively). The following diagram is a simplified overview of this overall metabolic pathway. The numbers refer to enzymatically-catalyzed steps in the pathway. a) Which enzyme is most likely to […]

While studying the Michaelis – Menton kinetics of enzymes in the TCA cycle, the synthetic hydrocarbon malonate was shown to act as a competitive inhibitor of one of the enzymes. At first, the identity of the inhibited enzyme was unknown but further tests revealed that this inhibited TCA enzyme was […]

Calculating Food Energy and PercentKcalories For questions 1-3 below calculate the macro nutrient energy values, total energy, and percentage kcalories for each macro nutrient for each of the following food items with theinformation given from their given food labels (you may check yourwork by clicking on the links item in […]

Q1. Explaining why the procedure of mitosis and meiosis are both important to a living organism. When would an organism require undergoing the process of mitosis and meiosis? What would occur if meiosis did not occur? Q2. Write down an essay discussing common household items (chemicals) that you would expect […]