AIIMS May 2011 – MCQ 54

Acetyl CoA cannot be converted back DIRECTLY to?
A. Glucose
B. Ketone bodies
C. Fatty acids
D. Cholesterol

Please contribute to the discussion by posting the answer with references and pointing out the errors in the question!

4 Comments

pradeep May 8, 2011

cholesteral
vishal May 9, 2011

no. Ans is a.glucose,coz conversion of pyruvate to acetyl co a is irreversible step,so it can nt b converted back 2 glucose.
dhanveer May 9, 2011

Its glucose definitely…cos acetyl coA is open to enter any other pathways mentioned in the options..
aruna May 15, 2011

glucose is the ans repeated qs 4m may 2010 aiims

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