Description : All the following statements about primary gout are true except (A) Its inheritance is X-linked recessive (B) It can be due to increased activity of PRPP synthetase (C) It can be ... activity of hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (D) De novo synthesis of purines is increased in it
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : AMP is an allosteric inhibitor of (A) PRPP synthetase (B) Adenylosucciante synthetase (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
Description : GMP is an allosteric inhibitor of all the following except (A) PRPP synthetase (B) PRPP glutamyl amido synthetase (C) IMP dehydrogenase (D) Adenylosuccinate synthetase
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : In the pathway of de novo synthesis of purine nucleotides, all the following are allosteric enzymes except (A) PRPP glutamyl amido transferase (B) Adenylosuccinate synthetase (C) IMP dehydrogenase (D) Adenylosuccinase
Description : An enzyme which acts as allosteric regulator and sensitive to both phosphate concentration and to the purine nucleotides is (A) PRPP synthetase (B) PRPP glutamyl midotransferase (C) HGPR Tase (D) Formyl transferase
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Which of the following statements about an enzyme exhibiting allosteric kinetics with cooperative interaction is false? (A) A plot of V-Vk [s] has a sigmaidal shape (B) An inhibitor may increase the ... Km and Vmax (D) Removal of allosteric inhibitor may result in hyperbolic V-S [s] plot
Description : An allosteric inhibitor of PRPP glutamyl amido transferase is (A) AMP (B) ADP (C) GMP (D) All of these
Description : Cytosolic carbamoyl phosphate synthetase is activated by (A) Glutamine (B) PRPP (C) ATP (D) Aspartate
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Cytosolic carbamoyl phosphate synthetase is inhibited by (A) UTP (B) CTP (C) PRPP (D) TMP
Description : The first reaction unique to purine nucleotide synthesis is catalysed by (A) PRPP synthetase (B) PRPP glutamyl amido transferase (C) Phosphoribosyl glycinamide synthetase (D) Formyl transferase
Description : PRPP synthetase is allosterically inhibited by (A) AMP (B) ADP (C) GMP (D) All of these
Description : All of the following enzymes are unique to purine nucleotide synthesis except (A) PRPP synthetase (B) PRPP glutamyl amido transferase (C) Adenylosuccinate synthetase (D) IMP dehydrogenase
Description : An allosteric inhibitor of adenylosuccinate synthetase is (A) AMP (B) ADP (C) GMP (D) GDP
Description : All of the following are allosteric enzymes except (A) Citrate synthetase (B) a-Ketoglutarate dehdrogenase (C) Succinate thiokinase (D) Succinate dehydrogenase
Description : Cytosolic and mitochondrial carbamoyl phosphate synthetase have the following similarity: (A) Both use ammonia as a substance (B) Both provide carbamoyl phosphate for urea synthesis (C) Both require N-acetylglutamate as an activator (D) Both are allosteric enzymes
Description : Km value of enzyme is substrate concentration at (A) ½ Vmax (B) 2 Vmax (C) ½ Vmax (D) 4 Vmax
Description : The presence of a non competitive inhibitor (A) Leads to both an increase in the Vmax of a reaction and an increase in Km (B) Leads to a decrease in the observed Vmax (C) Leads to a decrease in Km and Vmax (D) Leads to an increase in Km without affecting Vmax
Description : The rate of an enzyme catalyzed reaction was measured using several substrate concentrations that were much lower than Km, the dependence of reaction velocity on substrate concentration can best be ... constant fraction of Vmax (C) Equal to Km (D) Proportional to the substrate concentration
Description : The Michaelis constant, Km is (A) Numerically equal to ½ Vmax (B) Dependent on the enzyme concentration (C) Independent of pH (D) Numerically equal to the substrate concentration that gives half maximal velocity
Description : A competitive inhibitor of an enzyme (A) Increases Km without affecting Vmax (B) Decreases Km without affecting Vmax (C) Increases Vmax without affecting Km (D) Decreases both Vmax and Km
Description : In competitive inhibition which of the following kinetic effect is true ? (A) Decreases both Km and Vmax (B) Increases both Km and Vmax (C) Decreases Km without affecting Vmax (D) Increases Km without affecting Vmax
Description : In competitive inhibition of enzyme action (A) The apparent Km is decreased (B) The apparent Km is increased (C) Vmax is decreased (D) Apparent concentration of enzyme molecules decreased
Description : When [s] is equal to Km, which of the following conditions exist? (A) Half the enzyme molecules are bound to substrate (B) The velocity of the reaction is equal to Vmax (C) The velocity of the reaction is independent of substrate concentration (D) Enzyme is completely saturated with substrate
Description : In non-competitive enzyme action (A) Vmax is increased (B) Apparent km is increased (C) Apparent km is decreased (D) Concentration of active enzyme molecule is reduced
Description : If the substrate concentration is much below the km of the enzyme, the velocity of the reaction is (A) Directly proportional to substrate concentration (B) Not affected by enzyme concentration (C) Nearly equal to Vmax (D) Inversely proportional to substrate concentration
Description : Competitive inhibitors (A) Decrease the Km (B) Decrease the Vmax (C) Increase the Km (D) Increase the Vmax
Description : In Lineweaver-Burk plot, the y-intercept represents (A) Vmax (B) Km (C) Km (D) 1/Km
Description : When the velocity of an enzymatic reaction equals Vmax, substrate concentration is (A) Half of Km (B) Equal to Km (C) Twice the Km (D) Far above the Km
Description : In competitive enzyme activity inhibition (A) Apparent Km is decreased (B) Apparent Km is increased (C) Vmax is increased (D) Vmax is decreased
Description : In enzyme kinetics Km implies (A) The substrate concentration that gives one half Vmax (B) The dissocation constant for the enzyme substrate comples (C) Concentration of enzyme (D) Half of the substrate concentration required to achieve Vmax
Description : In competitive enzyme activity inhibition (A) The structure of inhibitor generally resembles that of the substrate (B) Inhibitor decreases apparent Km (C) Km remains unaffective (E) Inhibitor decreases Vmax without affecting Km
Description : In reversible non-competitive enzyme activity inhibition (A) Vmax is increased (B) Km is increased (C) Km is decreased (D) Concentration of active enzyme is reduced
Description : The kinetic effect of purely competitive inhibitor of an enzyme (A) Increases Km without affecting Vmax (B) Decreases Km without affecting Vmax (C) Increases Vmax without affecting Km (D) Decreases Vmax without affecting Km
Description : From the L ineweaver-Burk p lot of Michaelis-Menten equation, Km and Vmax can be determined when V is the reaction velocity at substrate concentration S, the X-axis experimental data are expressed as (A) 1/V (B) V (C) 1/S (D) S
Description : Which of the following is associated with Hyperuricaemia? 1) is usually due to an excess purine consumption 2) occurs in association with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia 3) in primary gout is inherited in ... with low dose aspirin therapy 5) can be treated with uricosuric drugs even in renal failure
Last Answer : Answers-2 Hyperuricaemia may be due to increased purine intake, urate production or reduced urate clearance, and is most commonly due to the latter. Therefore it can occur in association with enhanced ... . Many of the uricosuric drugs may be detrimental in renal failure and may not be effective.
Description : Complete absence of hypoxanthine guanine phospharibosyl transferase causes (A) Primary gout (B) Immunodeficiency (C) Uric acid stones (D) Lesh-Nyhan syndrome
Description : All of the following statements about primary gout are true except (A) Uric acid stones may be formed in kidneys (B) Arthritis of small joints occurs commonly (C) Urinary excretion of uric acid is decreased (D) It occurs predominantly in males
Description : Inheritance of primary gout is (A) Autosomal recessive (B) Autosomal dominant (C) X-linked recessive (D) X-linked dominant
Description : A common substrate of HGPRTase, APRTase and PRPP glutamyl amidotransferase is (A) Ribose 5 phosphate (B) Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (C) Hypoxanthine (D) Adenosine
Description : Aspartate transcarbamoylase is inhibited by (A) CTP (B) PRPP (C) ATP (D) TMP
Description : The available PRPP is used preferentially for (A) De novo synthesis of purine nucleotides (B) De novo synthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides (C) Salvage of purine bases (D) Salvage of pyrimidine bases
Description : Salvage of purine bases is regulated by (A) Adenosine phosphoribosyl transferase (B) Hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (C) Availability of PRPP (D) None of these
Description : Pyrimidine and purine nucleoside biosynthesis share a common precursor: (A) PRPP (B) Glycine (C) Fumarate (D) Alanine
Description : 6-Mercapto purine inhibits the conversion of (A) IMP→ XMP (B) Ribose 5 phosphate → PRPP (C) PRPP → 5-phospho →β -D-ribosylamine (D) Glycinamide ribosyl 5-phosphate → formylglycinamide ribosyl-5-phosphate
Description : PRPP glutamyl amidotransferase, the first enzyme uniquely committed to purine synthesis is feed back inhibited by (A) AMP (B) IMP (C) XMP (D) CMP
Description : Menke’s disease is due to an abnormality in the metabolism of (A) Iron (B) Manganese (C) Magnesium (D) Copper
Description : A significant feature of Broad Beta disease is (A) Hypocholesterolemia (B) Hypotriacylglycerolemia (C) Absence of Apo-D (D) Abnormality of Apo-E
Description : Ehlers-Danlos syndrome characterized by hypermobile joints and skin abnormalities is due to (A) Abnormality in gene for procollagen (B) Deficiency of lysyl oxidase (C) Deficiency of prolyl hydroxylase (D) Deficiency of lysyl hydroxylase
Description : A 73 year old male presented with an acute attack of gout in his left knee. What is the most likely underlying metabolic cause? 1) decreased renal excretion of uric acid 2) endogenous overproduction of uric acid 3) excessive dietary purine intake 4) lactic acidosis 5) starvation
Last Answer : Answers-1 The aetiology of gout can broadly be divided into cases where there is underexcretion of urate via the kidney (90%) or endogenous overproduction of uric acid (10%) although in practical ... diuretic use. Excessive dietary intake of purines is unlikely to be the main cause in this case.
Description : A competitive inhibitor of an enzyme has which of the following properties? (A) It is frequently a feedback inhibitor (B) It becomes covalently attached to an enzyme (C) It decreases the Vmax (D) It interferes with substrate binding to the enzyme