Description : The amino acid containing an indole ring: (A) Tryptophan (B) Arginine (C) Threonine (D) Phenylalanine
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Which one of the following is an essential amino acid? (A) Arginine (B) Tyrosine (C) Phenylalanine (D) Proline
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : The limiting amino acid of rice is (A) Lysine (B) Tryptophan (C) Phenylalanine (D) Tyrosine
Description : Melatonin is synthesised from (A) Phenylalanine (B) Tyrosine (C) Tryptophan (D) None of these
Description : Niacin can be synthesised in human beings from (A) Histidine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Serotonin is synthesised from (A) Serine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : The sparing action of methionine is (A) Tyrosine (B) Cystine (C) Arginine (D) Tryptophan
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Hopkins-Cole test is for identification of (A) Tyrosine (B) Tryptophan (C) Arginine (D) Cysteine
Description : Millon’s test is for identification of (A) Tyrosine (B) Tryptophan (C) Proline (D) Arginine
Description : Seratonin is derived in the body from the following amino acid: (A) Phenylalanine (B) Histidine (C) Tryptophan (D) Serine
Description : The amino acid which contains an indole group is (A) Histidine (B) Arginine (C) Cystine (D) Tryptophan
Description : The amino acid which contains an indole group is (A) Histidine (B) Arginine (C) Glycine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Thyroid hormones are synthesized by the iodination of the amino acid: (A) Glycine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Alanine (D) Tyrosine
Description : Activation or inactivation of certain key regulatory enzymes is accomplished by covalent modification of the amino acid: (A) Tyrosine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Lysine (D) Serine
Description : .Khorana first deciphered the triplet codons of (a) serine and isoleucine (b) cysteine and valine (c) tyrosine and tryptophan (d) phenylalanine and methinonine.
Last Answer : (a) serine and isoleucine
Description : Khorana first deciphered the triplet codons of (a) serine and isoleucine (b) cysteine and valine (c) tyrosine and tryptophan (d) phenylalanine and methinonine
Last Answer : (b) cysteine and valine
Last Answer : (D) Tryptophan
Description : Which one of the following is semiessential amino acid for humans? (A) Valine (B) Arginine (C) Lysine (D) Tyrosine
Description : An aromatic amino acid is (A) Lysine (B) Tyrosine (C) Taurine (D) Arginine
Last Answer : (B) Tyrosine
Description : An amino acid used for the synthesis of thyroid hormone is (A) Tyrosine (B) Tryptophan (C) Histidine (D) Proline
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 : An amino acid that does not form an αhelix is (A) Asparagine (B) Tyrosine (C) Tryptophan (D) Proline
Description : The amino acid which gives yellow colour with Ninhydrin in paper chromatography is (A) Tyrosine (B) Proline (C) Tryptophan (D) Alanine
Description : Which among the following is a nutritionally essential amino acid for man ? (A) Alanine (B) Glycine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : An amino acid that does not take part in α helix formation is (A) Histidine (B) Tyrosine (C) Proline (D) Tryptophan
Description : An amino acid that does not form an αhelix is (A) Valine (B) Proline (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Sakaguchi’s reaction is specific for (A) Tyrosine (B) Proline (C) Arginine (D) Cysteine
Description : Which of the following amino acids produce a vasoconstrictor on decarboxylation? (A) Histidine (B) Tyrosine (C) Threonine (D) Arginine
Description : Side chains of all following amino acids contain aromatic rings except (A) Phenyl alanine (B) Alanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Side chains of all amino acids contain aromatic rings except (A) Pheynl alanine (B) Alanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Branched chain amino acids are (A) Cysteine and cystine (B) Tyrosine and Tryptophan (C) Glycine and Serine (D) Valine, Leucine and Isoleucine
Description : Tyrosine hydroxylase is inhibited by (A) Catecholamines (B) α−Methyldopa (C) Phenylalanine (D) Vanillyl mandelic acid
Description : A characteristic of pheochromocytoma is elevated urinary excretion of (A) Dopamine (B) Tyrosine (C) Vinylmandelic acid (D) Phenylalanine
Description : Albinism is due to deficiency of the enzyme: (A) Phenylalanine hydroxylase (B) Tyrosinase (C) p-Hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid oxidase (D) Tyrosine dehydrogenase
Description : Skeletal muscle breakdown produces predominantly liberation of which two amino acids? A. Lysine. B. Tyrosine. C. Alanine. D. Glutamine. E. Arginine.
Last Answer : Answer: CD DISCUSSION: Alanine is released from skeletal muscle and extracted by the liver, where it is converted to new glucose. Glutamine is also released from muscle and participates in ... these two amino acids account for approximately two thirds of the nitrogen released from skeletal muscle
Description : Homogentisic acid is formed from (A) Homoserine (B) Homocysteine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Xanthuric acid is an abnormal metabolite of (A) Xanthine (B) Uric acid (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Pulses are rich in (A) Lysine (B) Methionine (C) Tryptophan (D) Phenylalanine
Description : In mammalian tissues serine can be a biosynthetic precursor of (A) Methionine (B) Glycine (C) Tryptophan (D) Phenylalanine
Description : The rate limiting step in catecholamine synthesis is catalysed by (A) Phenylalanine hydroxylase (B) Tyrosine hydroxylase (C) Dopa decarboxylase (D) Phenylethanolamine N-methyl transferase
Description : For Catecholamine biosynthesis the rate limiting enzyme is (A) DOPA decarboxylase (B) DOPAMINE β-hydroxylase (C) Tyrosine hydroxylase (D) Phenylalanine hydroxylase
Description : Neonatal tyrosinemia is due to deficiency of the enzyme: (A) p-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate hydroxylase (B) Fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase (C) Phenylalanine hydroxylase (D) Tyrosine dehydrogenase
Description : Richner-Hanhart syndrome is due to defect in (A) Tyrosinase (B) Phenylalanine hydroxylase (C) Hepatic tyrosine transaminase (D) Fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase
Description : Million’s test is positive for (A) Phenylalanine (B) Glycine (C) Tyrosine (D) Proline
Description : All the following statements about phenylketonuria are correct except (A) Phenylalanine cannot be converted into tyrosine (B) Urinary excretion of phenylpyruvate and phenyllactate is increased (C) It ... diet (D) It leads to decreased synthesis of thyroid hormones, catecholamines and melanin
Description : The rate limiting step in the biosynthesis of catecholamines is (A) Decarboxylation of dihydroxyphenylalanine (B) Hydroxylation of phenylalanine (C) Hydroxylation of tyrosine (D) Oxidation of dopamine
Description : Phenylalanine is the precursor of (A) L-DOPA (B) Histamine (C) Tyrosine (D) Throxine
Last Answer : C
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 : Presence of arginine can be detected by (A) Sakaguchi reaction (B) Million-Nasse reaction (C) Hopkins-Cole reaction (D) Gas chromatography