SECTION A

1. What is PO ratio?
2. What is substrate level phosphorylation?
3. What are anaplerotic reactions?
4. Explain Cori cycle.
5. Write about debrancing enzyme.
6. Define cellular respiration.
7. What are glucogenic amino acids?
8. Explain the action of ATPase?
9. What is the importance of malate shuttle?
10. How is starch degraded?
11. What is the significance of LDH reaction?
12. Explain the mechanism of action of α-KG dehydrogenase.
13. How is lactose synthesised?
14. Explain the action of isocitrate lyase.
15. Explain the action of phosphoenol pyruvate carboxykinase.
16. Muscle glycogen cannot directly contribute to blood glucose. Why?
17. What are the important intermediates of TCA cycle that can be converted into glucose?
18. How is fructose converted to glucose?
19. When does acetyl-CoA enter into ketogenesis?