Description : Xanthoproteic test is positive in proteins containing (A) Sulphur amino acids (B) α-Amino acids (C) Aromatic amino acids (D) Aliphatic amino acids
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Side chains of all following amino acids contain aromatic rings except (A) Phenyl alanine (B) Alanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Side chains of all amino acids contain aromatic rings except (A) Pheynl alanine (B) Alanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Maple syrup urine diseases is an inborn error of metabolism of (A) Sulphur-containing amino acids (B) Aromatic amino acids (C) Branched chain amino acids (D) Dicarboxylic amino acids
Description : Aromatic amino acids can be detected by (A) Sakaguchi reaction (B) Millon-Nasse reaction (C) Hopkins-Cole reaction (D) Xanthoproteic reaction
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : The enzyme trypsin is specific for peptide bonds of (A) Basic amino acids (B) Acidic amino acids (C) Aromatic amino acids (D) Next to small amino acid residues
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning metabolic derangements in sepsis and the systemic inflammatory response syndrome which may follow progressive shock? a. Alterations in glucose ... The serum aromatic amino acids fall rapidly as they are actively used in oxidative metabolism
Last Answer : Answer: b, c A broad spectrum of metabolic abnormalities become apparent in sepsis and the systemic inflammatory response syndrome following shock. Disruption of the normal cycles of carbohydrate, ... acetyl coenzyme A. This results in reduced serum level of leucine, isoleucine and valine
Description : Altering the amino acid profile in total parenteral nutrition solutions can be of benefit in certain conditions. Which of the following conditions are associated with a benefit by supplementation with the ... c. Short gut syndrome and glutamine d. Chronic renal failure and essential amino acids
Last Answer : Answer: a, c In a number of conditions, altering the amino acid profile of the total parenteral nutrition solution can be of benefit. TPN with amino acids of high biologic value ... Glutamine-enriched TPN partially attenuates villous atrophy and may be useful in treatment of short gut syndrome
Description : A modified amino acid solution with increased equimolar branched-chain amino acids and decreased aromatic amino acids has been proposed for patients with hepatic insufficiency. Which of the following ... D. In some studies of surgical patients, improvements in mortality have been reported.
Last Answer : Answer: D DISCUSSION: The use of modified amino acid solutions is based on the false neurotransmitter hypothesis of the cause of hepatic coma. According to this hypothesis, the imbalance ... in a group of patients with cirrhosis, decreasing morbidity and showing a trend toward decreased mortality
Description : Which of the following amino acids has an aromatic R group? (a) Serine (b) Cysteine (c) Asparagine (d) Tyrosine
Last Answer : Tyrosine
Description : What are the names for the end amino acids of proteins.
Last Answer : The end where there is a free alpha amino group is called the amino terminal (N-terminal) end. The other end of the polypeptide chain is called the carboxy terminal end (C-terminal) where there is a free alpha carboxyl group.
Description : An enzyme involved in catabolism of catecholamines is (A) Dopa decarboxylase (B) Aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (C) Monoamine oxidase (D) Catechol oxidas
Description : The biosynthesis of both Catecholamine and serotonin require (A) Tyrosine hydroxylase (B) N-methyl transferase (C) Aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (D) Tryptophan pyrrolase
Description : Edman’s reaction can be used to (A) Determine the number of tyrosine residues in a protein (B) Determine the number of aromatic amino acid residues in a protein (C) Determine the amino acid sequence of a protein (D) Hydrolyse the peptide bonds in a protein
Description : An aromatic amino acid is (A) Lysine (B) Tyrosine (C) Taurine (D) Arginine
Last Answer : (B) Tyrosine
Description : Which of one ring in the structure of the following is aromatic? (A) Androgens (B) Estrogens (C) Cholesterol (D) Bile acids
Description : All α-amino acids give positive (A) Million’s test (B) Biurete test (C) Xanthproteic test (D) Ninhydrine test
Description : Will amino acids give a positive biuret test?
Last Answer : No. This needs a minimum of two peptide bonds.
Description : Give examples of derived amino acids.
Last Answer : Hydroxy proline, hydroxy lysine, ornithine, cit- rulline, homocysteine.
Description : Give examples of amino acids with hydropho- bic side chains.
Last Answer : Valine, leucine, isoleucine.
Description : The figure shows a hypothetical tetrapeptide portion of a protein with parts labelled A-D. Which one of the following options is correct? - HN - CH - CO - NH - CH - CO - NH - CH - CO - ... -terminal amino acid and D is N-terminal amino acid. (d) A is a sulphur containing amino acid methionine.
Last Answer : (a) D is the acidic amino acid-glutamic acid.
Description : Which of the following statements is false about aniline? (a) It is a primary aromatic amine. (b) It is a weak base which forms salts with acids. (c) It liberates nitrogen on treatment with ice-cold nitrous acid. (d) It can be prepared by the reduction of nitrobenzene with tin and HCl
Last Answer : It liberates nitrogen on treatment with ice-cold nitrous acid
Description : Soap is (a) a mixture of salts of fatty acids (b) a salt of glycerol (c) a mixture of ethers (d) a mixture of aromatic ethers
Last Answer : a mixture of salts of fatty acids
Description : Fatty acids are (a) Unsaturated dicarboxylic acids (b) Long-chain alkanoic acids (c) Aromatic carboxylic acids (d) Aromatic dicarboxylic acids
Last Answer : Long-chain alkanoic acids
Description : Calcium absorption is inferred by (A) Fatty acids (B) Amino acids (C) Vitamin D (D) Vitamin B12
Description : Degeneracy of the genetic code denotes the existence of (A) Base triplets that do not code for any amino acids (B) Codons consisting of only two bases (C) Codons that include one or more of the unusual bases (D) Multiple codons for a single amino acid
Description : Which of the following gives a positive Ninhydrin test? (A) Reducing sugar (B) Triglycerides (C) α-amino acids (D) Phospholipids
Description : Selectins are proteins that can recognise specific (A) Carbohydrates (B) Lipids (C) Amino acids (D) Nucleotides
Description : Glycoproteins are marked for destruction by removal of their (A) Oligosaccharide prosthetic group (B) Sialic acid residues (C) Mannose residues (D) N-terminal amino acids
Description : All the following statements about recognition of a codon on mRNA by an anticodon on tRNA are correct except (A) The recognition of the third base of the codon is not very precise (B) ... degeneracy of the genetic code (D) Wobble results in incorporation of incorrect amino acids in the protein
Description : All of the following statements about nonsense codons are true except (A) They do not code for amino acids (B) They act as chain termination signals (C) They are identical in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (D) They have no complementary anticodons
Description : Genetic code is said to be degenerate because (A) It can undergo mutations (B) A large proportion of DNA is non-coding (C) One codon can code for more than one amino acids (D) More than one codons can code for the same amino acids
Description : Introns in genes (A) Encode the amino acids which are removed during post-translational modification (B) Encode signal sequences which are removed before secretion of the proteins (C) Are the non-coding sequences which are not translated (D) Are the sequences that intervene between two genes
Description : Transfer RNA transfers (A) Information from DNA to ribosomes (B) Information from mRNA to cytosol (C) Amino acids from cytosol to ribosomes (D) Proteins from ribosomes to cytosol
Description : In the process of activation of amino acids for protein synthesis, the number of high energy phosphate bond equivalent utilised is (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4
Description : The enzyme amino acyl tRNA synthetase is involved in (A) Dissociation of discharged tRNA from 80S ribosome (B) Charging of tRNA with specific amino acids (C) Termination of protein synthesis (D) Nucleophilic attack on esterified carboxyl group of peptidyl tRNA
Description : Degeneracy of genetic code implies that (A) Codons do not code for specific amino acid (B) Multiple codons must decode the same amino acids (C) No anticodon on tRNA molecule (D) Specific codon decodes many amino acids
Description : Genetic code is (A) Collection of codon (B) Collection of amino acids (C) Collection of purine nucleotide (D) Collection of pyrimidine nucleotide
Description : Which of the following amino acids produce a vasoconstrictor on decarboxylation? (A) Histidine (B) Tyrosine (C) Threonine (D) Arginine
Description : __________ hormone is a single chain polypeptide having 32 amino acids with molecular weight of 3,600. (A) Testosteron (B) Thyroxine (C) Calcitonine (D) Vasopressin
Description : The sequence of amino acids in human growth hormone and the synthesis were done by (A) Sanger (B) Krebs (C) Chah Holi (D) Molisch
Description : Whcih of the following hormone is a peptide of less than ten amino acids? (A) Insulin (B) Growth hormone (C) Oxytocin (D) Parathyroid hormone 228 MCQs IN BIOCHEMISTRY
Description : Biological activity of gastrin is present in the (A) Four N-terminal amino acids (B) Four C-terminal amino acids (C) Five N-terminal amino acids (D) Five C-terminal amino acids
Description : Gastrin is a polypeptide made up of (A) Five amino acids (B) Twelve amino acids (C) Seventeen amino acids (D) Twenty amino acids
Description : Amino acid residues which are essential for the biological activity of PTH are (A) N-terminal 34 amino acids (B) N-terminal 50 amino acids (C) C-terminal 34 amino acids (D) C-terminal 50 amino acids
Description : Hormonal activity of ACTH is completely lost on removal of (A) 5 C-terminal amino acids (B) 10 C-terminal amino acids (C) 15 C-terminal amino acids (D) None of these
Description : CRH is a polypeptide made up of (A) 39 amino acids (B) 41 amino acids (C) 51 amino acids (D) 84 amino acids
Description : ACTH is a polypeptide made up of (A) 39 amino acids (B) 41 amino acids (C) 51 amino acids (D) 84 amino acids
Description : All the following statements about proopiomelanocortin are true except (A) It is made up of 285 amino acids (B) It is synthesised in pars intermedia and anterior lobe of pituitary gland ... ) It is the precursor of corticotropin like intermediate lobe peptide and endorphins 218 MCQs IN BIOCHEMISTRY