Description : The useful reagent for detection of amino acids is (A) Molisch reagent (B) Dichlorophenol Indophenol (C) Ninhydrin (D) Biuret
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Group that reacts in the Biuret test: (A) Peptide (B) Amino group (C) Carboxylic group (D) Aldehyde group
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : All α-amino acids give positive (A) Million’s test (B) Biurete test (C) Xanthproteic test (D) Ninhydrine test
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Which of the following gives a positive Ninhydrin test? (A) Reducing sugar (B) Triglycerides (C) α-amino acids (D) Phospholipids
Description : Xanthoproteic test is positive in proteins containing (A) Sulphur amino acids (B) α-Amino acids (C) Aromatic amino acids (D) Aliphatic amino acids
Description : What samples gives a positive test with biuret test?
Last Answer : Biuret test is for peptide bonds.
Description : The amino acids in which the R groups have a net positive charge at pH 7.0 are (A) Lysine, Arginine, Histidine (B) Lysine, Aspargine (C) Histidine, Aspargine (D) Glutamine, Arginine
Description : The true statement about solutions of amino acids at physiological pH is (A) All amino acids contain both positive and negative charges (B) All amino acids contain positively charged side chains ... amino acids contain only positive charge (D) All amino acids contain negatively charged side chains
Description : At neutral pH, a mixture of amino acids in solution would be predominantly: (A) Dipolar ions (B) Nonpolar molecules (C) Positive and monovalent (D) Hydrophobic
Description : The true statement about solutions of amino acids at physiological pH is (A) All amino acids contain both positive and negative charges (B) All amino acids contain positively charged side chains ... amino acids contain only positive Charge (D) All amino acids contain negatively charged side chains
Last Answer : (A) All amino acids contain both positive and negative charges
Last Answer : (A) Dipolar ions
Description : Biuret test is specific for (A) Two peptide linkage (B) Phenolic group (C) Imidazole ring (D) None of these
Description : Indole group of tryptophan responses positively to (A) Glyoxylic acid (B) Schiff’s reagent (C) Biuret test (D) Resorcinol test
Description : What are the Reaction of amino acid using ninhydrin and biuret reagent?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : N-terminal amino acids of a polypeptide are estimated by (A) Edmann reaction (B) Sanger’s reagent (C) Formaldehyde test (D) Ninhydrine reaction
Description : Give examples of derived amino acids.
Last Answer : Hydroxy proline, hydroxy lysine, ornithine, cit- rulline, homocysteine.
Description : Give the names of aromatic amino acids.
Last Answer : Phenylalanine and tyrosine.
Description : Give examples of amino acids with hydropho- bic side chains.
Last Answer : Valine, leucine, isoleucine.
Description : A protein solution on warming with concentrated HNO3 may turn yellow. This test is called : (a) Xanthoproteic test (b) Ninhydrin test (c) Biuret test (d) Million's test
Last Answer : Xanthoproteic test
Description : Which of the following tests is not used for testing proteins? (a) Ninhydrin test (b) Biuret test (c) Xanthoproteic test (d) Tollens' test
Last Answer : Tollens' test
Description : A protein reacts with biuret reagent which indicates 2 or more (A) Blood clotting (B) Peptide bond (C) Disulphide bonds (D) Hydrophobic bonds
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Proteins react with biuret reagent which is suggestive of 2 or more (A) Hydrogen bonds (B) Peptide bonds (C) Disulphide bonds (D) Hydrophobic bonds
Description : Biuret reaction is specific for (A) –CONH-linkages (B) –CSNH2 group (C) –(NH)NH2 group (D) All of these
Description : What is the disadvantage of biuret method?
Last Answer : The sensitivity of the method is less and is un- suitable for estimation of proteins in milligram or microgram quantities.
Description : What is the advantage of biuret method?
Last Answer : The biuret method is simple one step process, and is the most widely used method for plasma pro- tein estimations.
Description : What is biuret?
Last Answer : The name is derived from the compound biuret, a condensation product of two urea molecules, which also gives a positive color test.
Description : What is the use of biuret reaction?
Last Answer : This reaction can be used for qualitative identifi- cation and quantitative estimation of proteins.
Description : What is biuret reaction?
Last Answer : Cupric ions in alkaline medium form a violet colour with peptide bond nitrogen.
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 : 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