Description : Uridine, present only in RNA is a (a) nucleoside (b) nucleotide (c) purine (d) pyrimidine.
Last Answer : a) nucleoside
Description : Pyrimidine and purine nucleoside biosynthesis share a common precursor: (A) PRPP (B) Glycine (C) Fumarate (D) Alanine
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : A nucleoside consists of (A) Nitrogenous base (B) Purine or pyrimidine base + sugar (C) Purine or pyrimidine base + phosphorous (D) Purine + pyrimidine base + sugar + phosphorous
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : The given diagrammatic OH OH HOCH O 2 X representation shows one of the categories of small molecular weight organic compounds in the living tissues. Identify the category shown and the one ... Component (a) Cholesterol Guanine (b) Amino acid NH2 (c) Nucleotide Adenine (d) Nucleoside Uracil
Last Answer : (d) Nucleoside Uracil
Description : In RNA molecule guanine content does not necessarily equal its cytosine content nor does its adenine content necessarily equal its uracil content since it is a (A) Single strand molecule ( ... stranded molecule (C) Double stranded helical molecule (D) Polymer of purine and pyrimidine ribonucleotides
Description : n the DNA molecule, (a) the proportion of adenine in relation to thymine varies with the organism (b) there are two strands which run anti- parallel-one in 5′ → 3′ direction and other in 3′ → ... is not always equal (d) there are two strands which run parallel in the 5′ → 3′ direction.
Last Answer : (b) there are two strands which run anti- parallel-one in 5′ → 3′ direction and other in 3′ → 5′
Description : Genetic code is (A) Collection of codon (B) Collection of amino acids (C) Collection of purine nucleotide (D) Collection of pyrimidine nucleotide
Description : A nucleotide consists of (A) A nitrogenous base like choline (B) Purine + pyrimidine base + sugar + phosphorous (C) Purine or pyrimidine base + sugar (D) Purine or pyrimidine base + phosphorous
Description : A nucleotide is formed of (a) purine, pyrimidine and phosphate (b) purine, sugar and phosphate (c) nitrogen base, sugar and phosphate (d) pyrimidine, sugar and phosphate
Last Answer : (c) nitrogen base, sugar and phosphate
Description : Mammals other than higher primates do not suffer from gout because they (A) Lack xanthine oxidase (B) Lack adenosine deaminase (C) Lack purine nucleoside phosphorylase (D) Possess uricase
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Inherited deficiency of purine nucleoside phosphorylase causes (A) Dwarfism (B) Mental retardation (C) Immunodeficiency (D) Gout
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : The enzyme common to catabolism of all the purines is (A) Adenosine deaminase (B) Purine nucleoside phosphorylase (C) Guanase (D) None of these
Description : A nucleoside is: (a) purine/pyramidine + phosphate (b) purine/pyramidine + sugar (c) Pyramidine + purine + phosphate (d) Purine + sugar + phosphate
Last Answer : Ans. ((b))
Description : What is the difference between a nucleotide and nucleoside? -Biology
Last Answer : answer:
Description : The 3′ - 5′ phosphodiester linkages inside a polynucleotide chain serve to join (a) one DNA strand with the other DNA strand (b) one nucleoside with another nucleoside (c) one nucleotide with another nucleotide (d) one nitrogenous base with pentose sugar.
Last Answer : (c) one nucleotide with another nucleotide
Description : ATP is (a) nucleotide (b) nucleoside (c) nucleic acid (d) vitamin.
Last Answer : (a) nucleotide
Description : The basic unit of nucleic acid is (a) pentose sugar (b) nucleoid (c) nucleoside (d) nucleotide.
Last Answer : d) nucleotide.
Description : Differentiate nucleotide and nucleoside.
Last Answer : Ans: A nucleotide is unit of nucleic acid consisting of a nitrogen base, phosphate and a pentose sugar. A nucleoside is nucleotide without phosphate.
Description : Difference between purine and pyrimidine. -Biology
Description : Assertion: Uric acid is produced by the metabolism of purine and pyrimidine. Reason: Uric acid has high toxicity and is soluble in water.
Last Answer : Assertion: Uric acid is produced by the metabolism of purine and pyrimidine. Reason: Uric acid has ... D. If both Assertion and Reason are false
Description : Which one of the following contributes nitrogen atoms to both purine and pyrimidine rings? (A) Aspartate (B) Carbanoyl phosphate (C) Carbondioxide (D) Tetrahydrofolate
Description : Which one of the following causes frame shift mutation? (A) Transition (B) Transversion (C) Deletion (D) Substitution of purine to pyrimidine
Description : In DNA, genetic information is located in (A) Purine bases (B) Pyrimidine bases (C) Purine and pyrimidine bases (D) sugar
Description : The structural stability of the double helix of DNA is as cribbed largely to (A) Hydrogen bonding between adjacent purine bases (B) Hydrophobic bonding between staked purine and ... Hydrogen bonding between adjacent pyrimidine bases (E) Hydrogen bonding between purine and pyrimidine bases
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 : 5-Phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate is required for the synthesis of (A) Purine nucleotides (B) Pyrimidine nucleotides (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
Description : Ultraviolet light can damage a DNA strand causing (A) Two adjacent purine residue to form a covalently bounded dimer (B) Two adjacent pyrimidine residues to form covalently bonded dimer (C) Disruption of phosphodiesterase linkage (D) Disruption of non-covalent linkage
Description : Gout is a metabolic disorder of catabolism of (A) Pyrimidine (B) Purine (C) Alanine (D) Phenylalanine
Description : Intestinal nucleosidases act on nucleosides and produce (A) Purine base only (B) Phosphate only (C) Sugar only (D) Purine or pyrimidine bases and sugars
Description : All mammalian steroid hormones are formed from (A) Purine (B) Pyrimidine (C) Cholesterol (D) Pyrrole
Description : Thiamine is (A) Water-soluble vitamin (B) Fat soluble vitamin (C) Purine base (D) Pyrimidine base
Description : Thymine is (A) Water soluble vitamin (B) Fat soluble vitamin (C) Purine base (D) Pyrimidine base
Description : Vitamin B12 has a complex ring structure (corrin ring) consisting of four (A) Purine rings (B) Pyrimidine rings (C) Pyrrole rings (D) Pteridine rings
Description : Which of the following contributes nitrogen atoms to both purine and pyrimidine rings? (A) Aspartate (B) Carbamoyl phosphate (C) CO2 (D) Glutamine
Description : True statements about the nucleic acid include: a. contains purine and pyrimidine which are bound together by covalent bonds b. there is always an equal concentration of purine and pyrimidine c. in RNA, ... d. introns is more common than exons on the DNA e. the histones mark the excision site
Last Answer : there is always an equal concentration of purine and pyrimidine
Description : Alkylating agents exert cytotoxic action by inducing: A. Breakage of DNA strand B. Cross linking of DNA strands C. Abnormal pairing of purine and pyrimidine bases D. All of the above
Last Answer : D. All of the above
Description : $ ATP is a type of coenzyme. ! Adenine is a type of pyrimidine.
Last Answer : $ ATP is a type of coenzyme. ! Adenine is a type of pyrimidine. A. If both As and R are correct and R ... , R is wrong D. If both As and R are wrong.
Description : Niacin or nicotinic acid is a monocarboxylic acid derivative of (A) Pyridine (B) Pyrimidine (C) Flavin (D) Adenine
Description : Following nuclestides are called pyrimidine a. adenine b. guanine c. cytosine d. all
Last Answer : cytosine
Last Answer : (A) Pyridine
Description : Which two of the following four bases in DNA are pyrimidine (pron: pie-rim-eh-den) bases? a) cytosine b) thymine c) adenine d) guanine (pron: gwa - neen)
Last Answer : ANSWER: A and B -- CYTOSINE and THYMINE
Description : The first pyrimidine nucleotide to be formed in de novo synthesis pathway is (A) UMP (B) CMP (C) CTP (D) TMP
Description : An enzyme of pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis sensitive to allosteric regulation is (A) Aspartate transcarbamoylase (B) Dihydroorotase (C) Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (D) Orotidylic acid decarboxylase
Description : A substrate for enzymes of pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis is (A) Allopurinol (B) Tetracylin (C) Chloramphenicol (D) Puromycin
Description : The pyrimidine nucleotide acting as the high energy intermediate is (A) ATP (B) UTP (C) UDPG (D) CMP
Description : A pyrimidine nucleotide is (A) GMP (B) AMP (C) CMP (D) IMP
Description : Which of the following nucleotide sequences contains 4 pyrimidine bases? (a) GATCAATGC (b) GCUAGACAA (c) UAGCGGUAA (d) Both (b) and (c)
Last Answer : a) GATCAATGC
Description : The enzyme required for salvage of free purine bases is (A) Adenine phosphoribosyl transferase (B) Hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
Description : Free purine bases which can be salvaged are (A) Adenine and guanine (B) Adenine and hypoxanthine (C) Guanine and hypoxanthine (D) Adenine, guanine and hypoxanthine