At high concentrations, inorganic fluoride inhibits enolase. In an anaerobic system that is metabolizing glucose as a substrate, which of the following compounds would you expect to immediately increase in concentration following the addition of fluoride?
A. 2-phosphoglycerate.
B. Glucose.
C. 3-phosphoglycerate
D. Phosphoenolpyruvate
E. Pyruvate

Explanation:

Glycolysis is the process of breakdown of  glucose into two 3-carbon molecules called pyruvate. The energy released during glycolysis is used to make ATP.

Enolase is the enzyme  which plays very important role in glycolysis. In the 9th step of glycolysis, Enolase converts  2-phosphoglycerate into phosphoenolpyruvate.

This reaction of conversion of  2-phosphoglycerate to phosphoenolpyruvate is a reversible dehydration reaction.

Fluoride inhibits enolase, so when enolase is become non-functional then there is no convertion of 2-phosphoglycerate  to phosphoenolpyruvate, so the concentraion of 2-phosphoglycerate is increases by the addition of fluoride.

the answer would be c

assuming that your periodic table has eighteen columns, you should highlight   the four elements in the third column from the left of the table.

neutral atoms of elements after calcium contain d electrons. the energy of d orbitals of a particular main shell lies between the energy of the s and p orbitals of the next main shell. for example, electrons in the have energy higher than those in the orbital while lower than those of the orbital.

by the aufbau principle, electrons fill orbitals one at a time, starting from those of the lowest energy. the orbital is therefore filled right after orbitals and before orbitals.  

potassium has electron configuration and calcium . the s orbital of a main shell holds a maximum of two electrons. the next element would thus have the electron configuration and satisfy the requirements.

a neutral atom of the element contains three electrons on top of the most recent noble gas element. it should thus be placed in the third column of the periodic table. both scandium and yttrium would satisfy the conditions. an aufbau diagram indicates that the 4f orbital is filled before the 5d. however, it appears that exceptions exists for both lanthanum and actinium. neutral atoms of the two d-block elements also demonstrate the and should be highlighted as well.