SouravAugust 20, 2024

Identify the enzyme that catalyzes the following reaction: α-Ketoglutarate + NADH + NH4+ + H+ → Glutamate + NAD+ + H2O (A) Glutamate synthetase (B) Glutamate oxoglutarate aminotransferase (C) Glutamate dehydrogenase (D) α-ketoglutarate deaminase

Identify the enzyme that catalyzes the following reaction:
α-Ketoglutarate + NADH + NH4+ + H+ → Glutamate + NAD+ + H2O
(A) Glutamate synthetase
(B) Glutamate oxoglutarate aminotransferase
(C) Glutamate dehydrogenase
(D) α-ketoglutarate deaminase

SouravAugust 20, 2024

Answer

Answer: (C) Glutamate dehydrogenase
This reaction is catalyzed by glutamate dehydrogenase, which facilitates the conversion of α-ketoglutarate to glutamate with the reduction of NADH to NAD+. The other enzymes listed do not catalyze this specific reaction.

Is this note helpful?

Leave a Comment Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Quiz Leaderboard

1st

Sourav

Score: 90%

Questions: 20

2nd

Priyanka

Score: 90%

Questions: 10

3rd

Vesnce

Score: 45%

Questions: 20

4th

Hector

Score: 40%

Questions: 10

Click "Create Mock Test" to start a quiz.
Select categories and the number of questions, then click "Submit" to begin.
After completing the quiz, enter your name and email, then click "Submit" to view your score.
Your score is shown as a percentage (e.g., 5 correct out of 10 is 50%).
The leaderboard displays your name, score percentage, and total questions answered.

Click here to Create Mock Test