Description : 2-Amino 3-OH propanoic acid is (A) Glycine (B) Alanine (C) Valine (D) Serine
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : The amino acid which detoxicated benzoic acid to form hippuric acid is (A) Glycine (B) Alanine (C) Serine (D) Glutamic acid
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Thyroid hormones are synthesized by the iodination of the amino acid: (A) Glycine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Alanine (D) Tyrosine
Description : Which among the following is a nutritionally essential amino acid for man? (A) Alanine (B) Glycine (C) Tyrosine (D) Isoleucine
Description : Which among the following is a nutritionally essential amino acid for man ? (A) Alanine (B) Glycine (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 : Which of the following is the simplest amino acid? (a) Alanine (b) Asparagine (c) Glycine (d) Tyrosine
Last Answer : (c) Glycine
Description : In glutathione (a tripeptide) is present apart from Glutamic acid and cysteine: (A) Serine (B) Glycine (C) Leucine (D) Phenyl alanine
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : In purine biosynthesis carbon atoms at 4 and 5 position and N at 7 position are contributed by (A) Glycine (B) Glutamine (C) Alanine (D) Threonine
Description : In A chain of the insulin molecule the Nterminal amino acid is (A) Glycine (B) Valine (C) Serine (D) Phenylalanine
Description : An amino acid required for porphyrin synthesis is (A) Proline (B) Glycine (C) Serine (D) Histidine
Description : The optically inactive amino acid is (A) Glycine (B) Serine (C) Threonine (D) Valine
Last Answer : (A) Glycine
Description : Which among the following is an essential amino acid for man? (A) Alanine (B) Serine (C) Valine (D) Glutamic acid
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : An amino acid having a hydrophilic side chain is (A) Alanine (B) Proline (C) Methionine (D) Serine
Description : Which of the following amino acid has been shown as one of the active site of phosphoglucomutase? (A) Lysine (B) Tyrosine (C) Serine (D) Histidine
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 : An essential amino acid in man is (A) Aspartate (B) Tyrosine (C) Methionine (D) Serine
Description : Along with CO2, NH3 and ATP, the amino acid that is needed in urea cycle is (A) Alanine (B) Isoleucine (C) Aspartate (D) Glycine
Description : The amino acid which is not optically active is (A) Alanine (B) Glycine (C) Glutamine (D) Lysine
Description : This amino acid cannot have optical isomers: (A) Alanine (B) Histidine (C) Threonine (D) Glycine
Description : The amino acid which gives yellow colour with Ninhydrin in paper chromatography is (A) Tyrosine (B) Proline (C) Tryptophan (D) Alanine
Description : All amino acids are optically active except (A) Glycine (B) Serine (C) Threonine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Most amino acids are substrates for transamination except (A) Alanine (B) Threonine (C) Serine (D) Valine
Description : The basic amino acids are (A) Lysine (B) Bile acids (C) Glycine (D) Alanine
Description : The amino acids involved in the synthesis of creatin are (A) Arginine, glycine, active methionine (B) Arginine, alanine, glycine (C) Glycine, lysine, methionine (D) Arginine, lysine, methionine
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 : Which of the following amino acids was not found to be synthesised in Miller’s experiment? (a) Alanine (b) Glycine (c) Aspartic acid (d) Glutamic acid (
Last Answer : (d) Glutamic acid
Description : Which of the following amino acids has a sulfur in the R group? (a) Serine (b) Cysteine (c) Asparagine (d) Tyrosine
Last Answer : Tyrosine
Description : Which of the following amino acids has an aromatic R group? (a) Serine (b) Cysteine (c) Asparagine (d) Tyrosine
Description : A compound normally used to conjugate bile acids is (A) Serine (B) Glycine (C) Glucoronic acid (D) Fatty acid
Description : Collagen is very rich in (A) Glycine (B) Serine (C) Aspartic acid (D) Glutamic acid
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 : Corn and gliadin are low in (A) Lysine (B) Alanine (C) Glycine (D) Aspartic acid
Description : Hippuric acid is formed from (A) Benzoic acid and alanine (B) Benzoic acid glycine (C) Glucuronic acid and alanine (D) Glucuronic acid and glycine
Description : Sulphydryl group of coenzyme a is contributed by (A) β-Alanine (B) β-Aminoisobutyric acid (C) Methionine (D) Thioethanolamine
Description : Pyridoxine deficiency can be diagnosed by measuring the urinary excretion of xanthurenic acid following a test dose of (A) Glycine (B) Histidine (C) Tryptophan (D) Pyridoxine
Description : A characteristic of pheochromocytoma is elevated urinary excretion of (A) Dopamine (B) Tyrosine (C) Vinylmandelic acid (D) Phenylalanine
Description : Methylcobalamin is required for formation of (A) Serin from glycine (B) Glycine from serine (C) Methionine from homocysteine (D) All of these
Description : A coenzyme required for the synthesis of glycine from serine is (A) ATP (B) Pyridoxal phosphate (C) Tetrahydrofolate (D) NAD
Description : Glycine can be synthesized from (A) Serine (B) Choline (C) Betaine (D) All of these
Description : In mammalian tissues serine can be a biosynthetic precursor of (A) Methionine (B) Glycine (C) Tryptophan (D) Phenylalanine
Description : Serotonin is synthesised from (A) Serine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : The substrate for photorespiration is (a) phosphoglyceric acid (b) glycolate (c) serine (d) glycine.
Last Answer : (b) glycolate
Description : The metabolic reaction requiring vitamin B12 but not folate is: A. Conversion of malonic acid to succinic acid B. Conversion of homocysteine to methionine C. Conversion of serine to glycine D. Thymidylate synthesis
Last Answer : A. Conversion of malonic acid to succinic acid
Description : A synthetic RNA having the sequence of UUUUUU (Poly U) will give a protein having poly ______. (A) Alamine (B) Phenyl alanine (C) Glycine (D) Methionine
Description : The major source of NH3 produced by the kidney is (A) Leucine (B) Glycine (C) Alanine (D) Glutamine
Description : Pyrimidine and purine nucleoside biosynthesis share a common precursor: (A) PRPP (B) Glycine (C) Fumarate (D) Alanine
Description : In purine nucleus nitrogen atom at 1 position is derived from (A) Aspartate (B) Glutamate (C) Glycine (D) Alanine