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Arsenate Poisoning. Arsenate (
(a) In what sense might arsenate be called an uncoupler of substrate-level phosphorylation?
(b) Why is arsenate such a toxic substance for an organism that depends critically on glycolysis to meet its energy needs?
(c) Can you think of other reactions that are likely to be uncoupled by arsenate in the same way as the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase reaction?
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