Question

True or False?

1. CO₂ gets created in glycolysis.
2. Prions take over cell machinery to replicate themselves.
3. Innate immunity can prevent acid-sensitive bacteria from making it to the gut.

Answer 1

ANSWER 1 - Statement is false

as the glycolysis includes 10 steps , in conversion of the glucose to pyruvate and in this process only ATP and NADH is produce , hence no co2 is produced

SEE THE RXN  

C6H12O6 + 2 ADP + 2 Pi + 2 NAD → 2 C3H4O6 + 2 ATP + 2 H+ + 2 NADH

ANSWER 2 - Statement is false

Prions dnt take over cell machinery to replicate themselves , these are replicated by itself . there are two models given on it way of the propagation mechnanism -

1. Heterodimer model of prion propagation

2. Fibril model of prion propagation.

ANSWER 3 - Statement is true

this is because a study on the C. ELEGENS indicated that as a innate immune response the gut ph is regulated and kept acidic and prevent it from the pathogen . while the individual with the less acidic gut were more susceptible to the gut associated disease .