Test Questions

1. What chemical compounds are products of aerobic and anaerobic glycolysis?

2. Why do we have anaerobic glycolysis in our body despite it is disadvantageous in energy production?

3. Why lactate is formed from pyruvate in anaerobic conditions? What is the importance of this reaction?

4. What is the energy yield of glucose complete oxidation? Specify substrate level phosphorylation reactions and oxidative phosphorylation reactions in this process.

5. Omnivorous animal is kept on the diet without carbohydrates. The amount of proteins and lipids in the diet is normal. Glucose level in the blood is in the normal range. What process keeps glucose level in the blood?