Description : Sulphur-containing amino acid is (A) Glutathione (B) Chondroitin sulphate (C) Homocysteine (D) Tryptophan
Last Answer : Answer : C
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 : CRH is a polypeptide made up of (A) 39 amino acids (B) 41 amino acids (C) 51 amino acids (D) 84 amino acids
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : ACTH is a polypeptide made up of (A) 39 amino acids (B) 41 amino acids (C) 51 amino acids (D) 84 amino acids
Last Answer : Answer : A
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
Description : Secretin is made up of (A) 17 amino acids (B) 27 amino acids (C) 37 amino acids (D) 47 amino acids
Description : Sulphur is made available to the body by the amino acids: (A) Cystine and methionine (B) Taurine and alanine (C) Proline and hydroxyproline (D) Arginine and lysine MINERAL METABOLISM 191
Description : Iodine is required in human body for (A) Formation of thyroxine (B) Formation of Glutathione (C) Formation of potassium iodide (D) Adrenalin
Description : Selenium is a constituent of (A) Glutathione reductase (B) Glutathione peroxidase (C) Catalase (D) Superoxide dismutase
Description : Selenium is a constituent of the enzyme: (A) Glutathione peroxidase (B) Homogentisate oxidase (C) Tyrosine hydroxylase (D) Phenylalanin hydroxylase
Description : Methemoglobin can be reduced to haemoglobin by (A) Removal of hydrogen (B) Vitamin C (C) Glutathione (D) Creatinine
Description : Glutathione is a constituent of (A) Leukotriene A4 (B) Thromboxane A1 (C) Leukotriene C4 (D) None of these
Description : Removal of BSP dye by the liver involves conjugation with (A) Thiosulphate (B) Glutamine (C) Cystein component of glutathione (D) UDP glucuronate
Description : Glutathione is a (A) Dipeptide (B) Tripeptide (C) Polypeptide (D) None of these
Description : In glutathione (a tripeptide) is present apart from Glutamic acid and cysteine: (A) Serine (B) Glycine (C) Leucine (D) Phenyl alanine
Description : A tripeptide functioning as an important reducing agent in the tissues is (A) Bradykinin (B) Kallidin (C) Tyrocidin (D) Glutathione
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : A peptide which acts as potent smooth muscle hypotensive agent is (A) Glutathione (B) Bradykinin (C) Tryocidine (D) Gramicidin-s
Description : Which of the following is a tripeptide? (A) Anserine (B) Oxytocin (C) Glutathione (D) Kallidin
Description : Which of the following is a dipeptide? (A) Anserine (B) Glutathione (C) Glucagon (D) β -Lipoprotein
Description : Reduced glutathione functions in R.B.Cs to (A) Produce NADPH (B) Reduce methemoglobin to hemoglobin (C) Produce NADH (D) Reduce oxidizing agents such as H2O2
Last Answer : D
Description : Dehydrogenation of succinic acid to fumaric acid requires the following hydrogen carrier: (A) NAD+ (B) NADP+ (C) flavoprotein (D) Glutathione
Last Answer : C
Description : The unwanted amino acids abstracted from the tissues are either used up by the tissue or in the liver converted into (A) Ammonia (B) Urea (C) Ammonium salts (D) Uric acid
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 : 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 : Total number of amino acids in human chorionic gonadotropin is (A) 53 (B) 92 (C) 145 (D) 237
Description : The number of amino acids in single chain polypeptide glucagons is (A) 21 (B) 29 (C) 31 (D) 39
Description : Proinsulin has (A) 74 amino acids (B) 86 amino acids (C) 105 amino acids (D) 109 amino acids
Description : The number of amino acids in pre-pro insulin is (A) 51 (B) 86 (C) 109 (D) 132
Description : Insulin is a dimmer. The number of amino acids in the A and B chain respectively is (A) 19 and 28 (B) 21 and 30 (C) 25 and 35 (D) 29 and 38
Description : The number of amino acids in the peptide hormone calcitonin is (A) 16 (B) 24 (C) 32 (D) 40
Description : The number of amino acids in parathormone is (A) 65 (B) 84 (C) 115 (D) 122