Question

Which of the following has a spiral metabolic pathway?

(a) Glycolysis

(b) Citric acid cycle

(c) Glyoxylate cycle

(d) Fatty acid biosynthesis

I got this question by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

Question is taken from Metabolism topic in portion Bioenergetics and Metabolism of Life Sciences

Answer 1

Correct answer is (d) Fatty acid biosynthesis

Easiest explanation: Metabolism involves the generation of energy and synthesis of biological molecules. It can follow several paths like a spiral pathway for fatty acid synthesis, the linear pathway for glycolysis, and cyclic pathway for the citric acid cycle.