Question

VII. (10 pts) Match each description below with the appropriate metabolic process(es). Please note that a particular description may be true for more than one pathway. Put the letter for all the pathways that apply for the characteristic.

a. aerobic respiration                 b. oxygenic photosynthesis                   c. fermentation

d. anoxygenic photosynthesis                e. chemolithotrophic metabolism

_________ electron transport chains embedded in membranes are involved

_____d____ requires bacteriochlorophyll

_____c____ NADH reduces pyruvate, producing a waste product that is excreted

_____b____ oxygen is generated as a waste gas

_______d__ cyclic photosynthesis that doesn’t occur in eukaryotes

______e___ begins with the oxidation of an inorganic molecule

______a___ produces a maximum of 36-38 ATPs per glucose molecule consumed

_____a____ substrate level phosphorylation is the only mechanism to produce ATP

_________ proton motive force is formed across a membrane

_________ non-cyclic pathway found in some prokaryotes and eukaryotes

Answer 1

a. Aerobic respiration b. Oxygenic photosynthesis electron transport chains embedded in membranes are involved .

d. Anoxygenic photosynthesis requires bacteriochlorophyll.

c. Fermentation NADH reduces puruvate, producing a waste product that is excreted.

b. Oxygenic photosynthesis oxygen is generated as a waste gas.

d. Anoxygenic photosynthesis cyclic photosynthesis that doesn't occur in eukaryotes.

e. Chemolithotrophic metabolism begins with the oxidation of an inorganic molecule.

a. Aerobic respiration produces a maximum of 36-38 ATPs per glucose molecule consumed.

e. Fermentation substrate level phosphorylation is the only mechanism to produce ATP.

a. Aerobic respiration and b.oxygenic photosynthesis   proton motive force is formed across a membrane.

e. Fermentation   non - cyclic pathway found in some prokaryotes and eukaryotes.