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
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Million-Nasse’s reaction is specific for the amino acid: (A) Tryptophan (B) Tyrosine (C) Phenylalanine (D) Arginine
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : The limiting amino acid in pulses is (A) Leucine (B) Lysine (C) Tryptophan (D) Methionine
Description : The limiting amino acid of fish proteins is (A) Tryptophan (B) Cysteine (C) Lysine (D) Threonine
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Pulses are rich in (A) Lysine (B) Methionine (C) Tryptophan (D) Phenylalanine
Description : Melatonin is synthesised from (A) Phenylalanine (B) Tyrosine (C) Tryptophan (D) None of these
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Niacin can be synthesised in human beings from (A) Histidine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Serotonin is synthesised from (A) Serine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : The proteins present in maize are deficient in (A) Lysine (B) Threonine (C) Tryptophan (D) Tyrosine
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 : 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 : In the B chain of insulin molecule, the Nterminal amino acid is (A) Proline (B) Threonine (C) Phenylalanine (D) Lysine
Description : The amino acid containing an indole ring: (A) Tryptophan (B) Arginine (C) Threonine (D) Phenylalanine
Description : Seratonin is derived in the body from the following amino acid: (A) Phenylalanine (B) Histidine (C) Tryptophan (D) Serine
Description : Thyroid hormones are synthesized by the iodination of the amino acid: (A) Glycine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Alanine (D) Tyrosine
Description : Which one of the following is an essential amino acid? (A) Arginine (B) Tyrosine (C) Phenylalanine (D) Proline
Description : Which amino acid is a lipotropic factor? (A) Lysine (B) Leucine (C) Tryptophan (D) Methionine
Description : Which amino acid is a lipotropic factor? (A) Lysine (B) Lecuine (C) Tryptophan (D) Methionine
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 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 : 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 : The limiting amino acid in wheat is (A) Leucine (B) Lysine (C) Cysteine (D) Methionine
Description : Which one of the following is sulphur-containing amino acid? (A)Tryptophan (B) Cystine (C) Proline (D) Lysine
Last Answer : (B) Cystine
Description : Which of the following amino acid participate in urea cycle?(a) Argininie (b) Lysine (c) Tryptophan (d) Histidine
Last Answer : (a) Argininie
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 : Identify the basic amino acid from the following. (a) Tyrosine (b) Glutamic Acid (c) Lysine (d) Valine
Last Answer : (c) Lysine
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 : In mammalian tissues serine can be a biosynthetic precursor of (A) Methionine (B) Glycine (C) Tryptophan (D) Phenylalanine
Description : Golden rice is a transgenic crop of the future with the following improved trait (a) insect resistance (b) high lysine (essential amino acid) content (c) high protein content (d) high vitamin-A content.
Last Answer : (d) high vitamin-A content.
Description : Neonatal tyrosinemia is due to deficiency of the enzyme: (A) p-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate hydroxylase (B) Fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase (C) Phenylalanine hydroxylase (D) Tyrosine dehydrogenase