The following questions were on the exam today:
- What are PCR primers? What is their function?
- Define glycolysis and name some of its characteristics.
- Compare reversible and irreversible enzyme inhibition.
- What is translation, which components are needed and where does it occur in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
- Draw D-glycerinaldehyde in a Fischer-projection and explain why it is D-compound!
- What are the basic units of terpenes? How many basic units build a diterpene?
- How does a catalyst influence the reaction rate and what happens to the catalyst? Draw a simple reaction coordinate diagram without and with a catalyst!
- Give a defined example of a sulfur-containing amino acid! (Draw in Fischer-projection)
All in all, these were all questions from the sample questions