NBME BIOCHEMISTRY SHELF EXAM | MOST RECENT
EXAM 2026-2027 ACTUAL COMPLETE REAL EXAM
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What is significant about glucokinase? - ANSWER -K_m is
above fasting concentration, V_max is very high
What promotes lactate buildup? - ANSWER -^ NADH/NAD+
Where does lactate build up? - ANSWER -eyes, testes, RBC's
What is the rate-limiting step of glycolysis? - ANSWER -PFK,
allosterically activated by F2,6BP
Def in pyr kinase leads to... - ANSWER -2,3BPG, G6P elevation
due to ^ PEP
What steroid can be used to treat beta-blocker overdose? -
ANSWER -glucagon
Which form of aldolase is liver-specific? - ANSWER -B
triose phosphate isomerase - ANSWER -G3P <-> DHAP; DHAP -
component of glycerol phosphate shuttle
, What TCA step makes GTP? - ANSWER -succinate thiokinase
What TCA step makes FADH? - ANSWER -succinate
dehydrogenase
What is the only membrane-bound enzyme in TCA? - ANSWER -
succinate dehydrogenase
What characterizes succinate? - ANSWER -dicarboxylic acid
pyruvate carboxylase - ANSWER -pyr -> OAA; requires biotin
Rotenone - ANSWER -inhibits complex I of ETC
antimycin - ANSWER -ib complex II, succinate dehydrogenase
Which ETC complex contains heme? - ANSWER -cytochrome
oxidase
What neurotransmitter stimulates release of epinephrine from
adrenal medulla? - ANSWER -acetylcholine
What is a metabolite if epinephrine that suggests epi-secreting
carcinoma? What is another assoc symptom? - ANSWER -
metanephrine; assoc with HBP
What does acetazolamide (carbonic anhydrase ib) treat? -
ANSWER -glaucoma, epilepsy, altitude sickness, congestive
heart failure
EXAM 2026-2027 ACTUAL COMPLETE REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED
SUCCESS!! NEWEST EXAM | JUST RELEASED!!
STUDY GUIDE EXAM
What is significant about glucokinase? - ANSWER -K_m is
above fasting concentration, V_max is very high
What promotes lactate buildup? - ANSWER -^ NADH/NAD+
Where does lactate build up? - ANSWER -eyes, testes, RBC's
What is the rate-limiting step of glycolysis? - ANSWER -PFK,
allosterically activated by F2,6BP
Def in pyr kinase leads to... - ANSWER -2,3BPG, G6P elevation
due to ^ PEP
What steroid can be used to treat beta-blocker overdose? -
ANSWER -glucagon
Which form of aldolase is liver-specific? - ANSWER -B
triose phosphate isomerase - ANSWER -G3P <-> DHAP; DHAP -
component of glycerol phosphate shuttle
, What TCA step makes GTP? - ANSWER -succinate thiokinase
What TCA step makes FADH? - ANSWER -succinate
dehydrogenase
What is the only membrane-bound enzyme in TCA? - ANSWER -
succinate dehydrogenase
What characterizes succinate? - ANSWER -dicarboxylic acid
pyruvate carboxylase - ANSWER -pyr -> OAA; requires biotin
Rotenone - ANSWER -inhibits complex I of ETC
antimycin - ANSWER -ib complex II, succinate dehydrogenase
Which ETC complex contains heme? - ANSWER -cytochrome
oxidase
What neurotransmitter stimulates release of epinephrine from
adrenal medulla? - ANSWER -acetylcholine
What is a metabolite if epinephrine that suggests epi-secreting
carcinoma? What is another assoc symptom? - ANSWER -
metanephrine; assoc with HBP
What does acetazolamide (carbonic anhydrase ib) treat? -
ANSWER -glaucoma, epilepsy, altitude sickness, congestive
heart failure
