UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

CENTRE FOR FOUNDATION STUDIES

FOUNDATION IN SCIENCE
MAY 2016
FHSC1214
FUNDAMENTALS OF CELL BIOLOGY
TUTORIAL 4
ENZYME I

Students Guide for Tutorial:

At university level, the tutor facilitates student learning without spoon-feeding. Therefore,
you are expected to:
Read your textbook, attempt the questions before the tutorial
You may enter the class and sign your attendance after showing your tutor that all

tutorial questions have been completed; even if you dont know how to do, write
something - youre not advised to leave answers blank in the finals.
Write answers on board if you wish to receive tutor feedback
(no answer, no feedback)
Be independent: consult textbooks or dictionaries on your own first before asking the
tutor
All questions are compulsory. 1 mark may reflect 1 answer point.
(No half mark is awarded in the finals marks)

[Source: Final Examination for April 2016]

Q1. (a)
Figure 1 shows the process of ATP hydrolysis.

Figure 1
Answer the following questions based on Figure 1.
(i)

Name THREE (3) components of ATP.

(ii)

Explain the importance of ATP in enzyme-catalysed reactions.

(3 marks)

(4 marks)

(iii)

Explain why ATP is referred as renewable resource.

marks)

(3

[Source: Final Examination for September 2015]

Q2. (a)
Figure 2 generalizes the synthesis of starch in the plant cells.

Figure 2
Based on Figure 2, answer the following questions.
(i)

Identify the type of metabolic reaction.

(ii)

Explain your answer stated in (i).

(iii)

Identify the location in the cell where this reaction happens.

(iv)

Suggest an experiment to identify the presence of starch in the plant

cells under the compound light microscope.
(2 marks)

(1 mark)

(3 marks)

(1 mark)

[Source: Final Examination for April 2015]

Q3. (a)
Figure 3 shows a reaction in glycolysis and Figure 4 shows the structure of
molecule X. Molecule X is needed to drive the reaction shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3
A

B
Molecule X
Figure 4
Based on Figure 3 and Figure 4, answer the following questions.
(i)

Provide specific name for structures A and B.

(ii)

Describe how molecule X can be used to drive the reaction. (5 marks)

(iii)

State TWO (2) structural similarities between molecule X and DNA.

(2 marks)

(2 marks)

[Source: Final Examination September 2014]

Q4. (a)
Suzy has carried out an experiment to investigate the effect of salivary amylase
and concentrated hydrochloric acid (HCl) in the starch solution. Test tube 1
contains starch solution and salivary amylase; incubated at 37C meanwhile
test tube 2 contains starch solution and concentrated HCl; incubated at 95C.
Figure 5 illustrates the results in two graphs of free energy for the chemical
reaction.

Figure 5
Based on Figure 5, answer the following questions.
(i)

Specify the type of chemical reaction involved in this experiment.

(1 mark)

(ii)

State which graph (A or B) represents the mixture in each test tube.

(1 mark)

(iii)

Justify your answer in (a) (ii).

(iv)

Identify the type of metabolic pathway for the following biochemical

reactions.

(2 marks)

(A) C16H22O11 + 16O2 16CO2 + 11H2O + ATP

(1 mark)

(B) 6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy C6H12O6 + 6O2

(1 mark)