Which of the following steps in the breakdown of glucose directly requires the use of oxygen?
A. glycolysis
B. acetyl CoA conversion
C. citric acid cycle
D. electron transport chain
E. None of these require oxygen.
Answer: D
You might also like to view...
The ion that increases its intracellular concentration in order to trigger the release of neurotransmitters is _____.
A. Mg2+ B. K+ C. Ca2+ D. Cl- E. HCO3-
Phage typing is useful in identifying ________.
A. Clostridium B. Salmonella C. Treponema pallidum D. Streptococcus pyogenes E. Mycobacterium leprae
To repress transcription, corepressors bind to ________, and inducers bind to ________ proteins
a. repressor proteins / inducer b. repressor proteins / repressor c. RNA polymerase / inducer d. RNA polymerase / repressor
Glycolysis is an anaerobic process used to catabolize glucose. What does it mean for this process to be anaerobic?
(a) no oxygen is required (b) no oxidation occurs (c) it takes place in the lysosome (d) glucose is broken down by the addition of electrons