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6. Enzyme converting fumarate to malate, adding water in the process

  • aconitase
  • malate dehydrogenase
  • fumarase
  • citrate synthase

7. Through which transporters does glucose enter the cell?

  • GLUT-4
  • GLUT-2
  • GLUT-1
  • GLUT-3

8. Name the key rate limiting enzyme of the Krebs' cycle

  • alpha-ketoglutarate DH
  • pyruvate dehydrogenase
  • isocitrate DH
  • citrate synthase

9. Enzyme converting acyl adenylate to acyl-CoA

  • hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase
  • acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
  • acyl-CoA synthetase
  • enoyl-CoA hydratase

10. Name the multienzyme complex in the mitochondrial matrix converting pyruvate under aerobic conditions

  • isomerase
  • pyruvate kinase
  • pyruvate dehydrogenase
  • mutase

11. Enzyme for cleaving fructose-1,6-bisphosophate into dihydroxyacetone phosphate and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate

  • aldolase
  • glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
  • phosphoglycerokinase
  • mutase

12. Enzyme oxidising and carboxylating isocitrate to alpha-ketoglutarate

  • succinyl CoA synthetase
  • isocitrate dehydrogenase
  • alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase
  • succinate dehydrogenase

13. Enzyme hydrating enoyl-CoA to hydroxyacyl-CoA

  • enoyl-CoA hydratase
  • hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase
  • acyl-CoA synthetase
  • thiolase

14. Enzyme oxidising acyl-CoA to enoyl-CoA

  • acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
  • acyl-CoA synthetase
  • enoyl-CoA hydratase
  • hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase

15. Which enzyme catalyses the phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate?

  • aldolase
  • hexokinase
  • phosphokinase 1 (PFK1)
  • phosphoglucoisomerase

16. The overall equation of glycolysis is: glucose ->

  • 2pyruvate + 2NADH + 2H+ +2ATP
  • pyruvate + NADH + H+ + ATP
  • 2pyruvate+ 2NADH + H+ + 2ATP
  • 2pyruvate + 4NADH + 2H+ + 4ATP

17. Enzyme catalysing the dehydration reaction to generate high energy phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP)

  • phosphoglucoisomerase
  • enolase
  • hexokinase
  • pyruvate kinase

18. Enzyme oxidising succinate to fumarate

  • malate dehydrogenase
  • succinate dehydrogenase
  • fumarase
  • citrate synthase

19. Enzyme for the transfer of a phosphate group from the high energy acyl phosphate of 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate to ATP and 3-phosphoglycerate

  • enolase
  • pyruvate kinase
  • phosphoglycerokinase
  • mutase

20. Enzyme catalysing the thiolysis of ketoacyl-CoA back to acyl-CoA, with the production of acetyl-CoA

  • hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase
  • thiolase
  • enoyl-CoA hydratase
  • acyl-CoA dehydrogenase