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Draw a labelled diagram of interrelation between respiratory substrates.

Important Questions on Respiration in Plants

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Which of the following is known as ‘Currency of Energy’
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Which one of the following metabolic conversion requires oxygen?
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Write the difference between Aerobic and Anaerobic respiration.
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The number of substrate-level phosphorylation in one turn of citric acid cycle is:
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What is the role of NAD+ in cellular respiration?
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Assertion (A): Anaerobic respiration yields less energy utilizing oxygen.

Reason (R): In anaerobic respiration, energy is released due to the incomplete breakdown of organic molecules.

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Identify the reactions where energy is produced:

I. Malic acid+NAD+ Malatedehydrogenase oxaloacetic acid+NADH

II. Citric acid Aconitase cis-aconitic acid+H2O

III. Succinic acid+FAD  Succinic dehydrogenase  Fumaric acid+FADH2

IV.  Succinyl CoA+ADP+Pi ThiokinaseSuccinic Succinic acid+ATP+CoA

V. Oxalosuccinic acid decarboxylaseOxalosuccinic  α-Ketoglutaric acid+CO2

The correct combination is:

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When tripalmitin is used as respiratory substrate. The process consumes 145 molecules of oxygen and releases 102 molecules of CO2, then RQ would be
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The respiratory quotient of the reaction given below is :

2C51H98O6+145O2102CO2+90H2O+ energy

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Respiratory Quotient (RQ) value of tripalmitin is
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Choose the correct statements regarding entry of substrates into respiratory pathway.
A) The amino acids will be formed by protease activity on proteins.
B) Carbohydrates will be converted into glucose for entry.
C) Amino acids will enter as pyruvate or acetyl COA.
D) Fatty acids will be entered as PGAL.
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Which of the following biomolecules is common to respiration mediated breakdown of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins?
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In the oxidative decarboxylation reaction of citric acid cycle, following products are observed when α -ketoglutaric acid is oxidized.
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Preceding reactions of oxidation I, II, III and IV in Krebs cycle
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In the TCA cycle, conversion of Succinyl - CoA to succinic acid is catalysed by
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In which of the following cellular compartment (s) do respiratory reactions occur?
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Respiratory quotient is maximum when respiratory substrate is 
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Explain the mechanism of anaerobic respiration.