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I need help with this question. The metabolic pathway below is found in a bacterial species. This species converts intermediate products A-C to make product D, which is essential for their survival. You discover a population of this species with a mutation in the gene that codes for Enzyme 2. Which of the following statements about the survival of the mutated population is/are true? Enzyme 1 -> Enzyme 2 -> Enzyme 3 -> Product A -> Product B -> Product C -> Product D

  1. It requires media supplemented with product A to survive.
  2. It requires media supplemented with product B to survive.
  3. It requires media supplemented with product C to survive.
  4. It requires media supplemented with product D to survive.
  5. Choices A and B only are true.
  6. Choices C and D only are true.
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I need help with this question. The metabolic pathway below is found in a bacterial species. This species converts intermediate products A-C to make product D, which is essential for their survival. You discover a population of this species with a mutation in the gene that codes for Enzyme 2. Which of the following statements about the survival of the mutated population is/are true? Enzyme 1 -> Enzyme 2 -> Enzyme 3 -> Product A -> Product B -> Product C -> Product D
TopicAll topics
SubjectBiology
ClassClass 12