NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER SCREENING 2008

  • question_answer
    A competitive inhibitor of succinic dehydrogenase is

    A) malonate  

    B)       oxaloacetate

    C) \[\text{-}\]ketoglutarate    

    D) malate

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Succinic dehydrogenase oxidised the succinate to fumarate. In eukaryotes succinate dehydrogenase is tightly bound to the inner mitochondrial membrane, in prokaryotes to the plasma membrane. Electrons pass from succinate through the FAD and iron-sulphur centres before entering the chain of electron carriers in the mitochondrial inner membrane Malonate, an analogue of succinate is a strong competitive    inhibitor    of    succinate dehydrogenase and therefore, blocks the activity of citric acid cycle. to, Krebs cycle the reversible hydration of fumarate to malate is catalysed by fumarase enzyme. In the last reaction of Krebs cycle NAD-linked L-malate   dehydrogenase   catalyses   the oxidation of L-malate to oxaloacetate. The isocitrate dehydrogenase in Krebs cycle catalyses   oxidative   decarboxylation   of isocitrate to form \[\alpha \]-ketoglutarate, which in next step through oxidative decarboxylation converted to succinyl Co-A.


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