Description : The amino acid that undergoes oxidative deamination at significant rate is (A) Alanine (B) Aspartate (C) Glutamate (D) Glutamine
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Uric acid is the catabolic end product of (A) Porphyrine (B) Purines (C) Pyrimidines (D) Pyridoxine
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Nucleic acids can be detected by means of their absorption maxima near 260 nm. Their absorption in this range is due to (A) Proteins (B) Purines and pyrimidines (C) Ribose (D) Deoxyribose
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Which of the following statements about nucleic acid is most correct? (A) Both pentose nucleic acid and deoxypentose nucleic acid contain the same pyrimidines (B) Both pentose nucleic acid and deoxypentose ... (C) RNA contains cytosine and thymine (D) DNA and RNA are hydrolysed by weak alkali
Description : Methylated purines and pyrimidines are characteristically present in (A) mRNA (B) hnRNA (C) tRNA (D) rRNA
Description : Identify the correct molecule which controls the biosynthesis of proteins in living organisms. (A) DNA (B) RNA (C) Purines (D) Pyrimidines
Description : Glycine is not required for the formation of (A) Taurocholic acid (B) Creatine (C) Purines (D) Pyrimidines
Description : Which pathway is correct for catabolism of purines to form uric acid? (A) Guanylate→Adenylate→Xanthine→hypoxanthine→Uric acid (B) Guanylate→inosinate→Xanthine→hypoxanthine→Uric acid (C) Adenylate→Inosinate→Xanthine hypoxanthine→Uric acid (D) Adenylate→Inosinate→hypoxanthine Xanthine→Uric acid
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : The enzyme common to catabolism of all the purines is (A) Adenosine deaminase (B) Purine nucleoside phosphorylase (C) Guanase (D) None of these
Description : Two nitrogen of the pyrimidines ring are obtained from (A) Glutamine and Carbamoyl-p (B) Asparate and Carbamoyl-p (C) Glutamate and NH3 (D) Glutamine and NH3
Description : Pyruvate is converted into acetyl-CoA by (A) Decarboxylation (B) Dehydrogenation (C) Oxidative decarboxylation (D) Oxidative deamination
Description : Histidine is converted to histamine through the process of (A) Transamination (B) Decarboxylation (C) Oxidative deamination (D) Urea cycle
Description : The main sites for oxidative deamination are (A) Liver and kidney (B) Skin and pancreas (C) Intestine and mammary gland (D) Lung and spleen
Description : Most of the ammonia released from L-αamino acids reflects the coupled action of transaminase and (A) L-glutamate dehydrogenase (B) L-amino acid oxidase (C) Histidase (D) Serine dehydratase
Description : The four nitrogen atoms of purines are derived from (A) Urea and NH3 (B) NH3, Glycine and Glutamate (C) NH3, Asparate and Glutamate (D) Aspartate, Glutamine and Glycine
Description : .What is it that forms the basis of DNA finger-printing? (a) The relative proportions of purines and pyrimidines in DNA. (b) The relative difference in the DNA occurrence in blood, skin ... ridges and grooves of the fingerprints. (d) Satellite DNA occurring as highly repeated short DNA segments
Last Answer : Satellite DNA occurring as highly repeated short DNA segments
Description : Which one of the following pairs of nitrogenous bases of nucleic acids, is wrongly matched with the category mentioned against it? (a) Guanine, Adenine - Purines (b) Adenine, Thymine - Purines (c) Thymine, Uracil - Pyrimidines (d) Uracil, Cytosine - Pyrimidines
Last Answer : (b) Adenine, Thymine - Purines
Description : Pick the right difference between a DNA and RNA a) Sugar and phosphate b) sugar and purines c) purines and phosphate d) sugar and pyrimidines
Last Answer : c) purines and phosphate
Description : Free ammonia is liberated during the catabolism of (A) Cytosine (B) Uracil (C) Thymine (D) All of these
Description : L-glutamic acid is subjected to oxidative deaminition by (A) L-amino acid dehydrogenase (B) L-glutamate dehydrogenase (C) Glutaminase (D) Glutamine synthetase
Description : The primary action by which entacapone and tolcapone enhance the therapeutic effect of levodopa-carbidopa in parkinsonism is: A. Inhibition of levodopa methylation in the liver B. Inhibition of ... of dopamine in the brain D. Facilitation of active transport of levodopa across brain capillaries
Last Answer : A. Inhibition of levodopa methylation in the liver
Description : In brain, the major metabolism for removal of ammonia is the formation of (A) Glutamate (B) Aspartate (C) Asparagine (D) Glutamine
Description : All of the following are required for synthesis of glutamine except (A) Glutamate (B) Ammonia (C) Pyridoxal phosphate (D) ATP
Description : The 2 nitrogen atoms in urea are contributed by (A) Ammonia and glutamate (B) Glutamine and glutamate (C) Ammonia and aspartate (D) Ammonia and alanine
Description : Oxidative phosphorylation is (a) formation of ATP by transfer of phosphate group from a substrate to ADP (b) oxidation of phosphate group in ATP (c) addition of phosphate group to ATP (d) formation of ATP by energy released from electrons removed during substrate oxidation.
Last Answer : (d) formation of ATP by energy released from electrons removed during substrate oxidation.
Description : The first stable product of fixation of atmospheric nitrogen in leguminous plants is (a) NO3 − (b) glutamate (c) NO2 − (d) ammonia
Last Answer : (c) NO2
Description : The neurotransmitter agent that is normally released in the sinoatrial node of the heart in response to a blood pressure increase is (a) Acetylcholine (b) Dopamine (c) Epinephrine (d) Glutamate (e) Norepinephrine
Last Answer : Ans: A
Description : In humans, the principal metabolic product of pyrimidines is (A) Uric acid (B) Allantoin (C) Hypoxanthine (D) β-alanine
Description : A key substance in the committed step of pyrimidines biosynthesis is (A) Ribose-5-phosphate (B) Carbamoyl phosphate (C) ATP (D) Glutamine
Description : The probable metabolic defect in gents is (A) A defect in excretion of uric acid by kidney (B) An overproduction of pyrimidines (C) An overproduction of uric acid (D) Rise in calcium leading to deposition of calcium urate
Description : Orotic aciduria can be controlled by (A) Oral administration of orotic acid (B) Decreasing the dietary intake of orotic acid (C) Decreasing the dietary intake of pyrimidines (D) Oral administration of uridine
Description : The major catabolic product of pyrimidines in human is (A) β-Alanine (B) Urea (C) Uric acid (D) Guanine
Description : d-UMP is converted to TMP by (A) Methylation (B) Decarboxylation (C) Reduction (D) Deamination
Description : Biotin is involved in which of the following types of reactions? (A) Hydroxylation (B) Carboxylation (C) Decarboxylation (D) Deamination
Description : Both folic acid and methyl cobalamin (vitamin B12) are required in (A) Deamination of serine (B) Deamination of threonine (C) Conversion of pyridoxal phosphate to pyridoxamine phosphate (D) Methylation of homocystein to methionine
Description : Pyridoxal phosphate is central to (A) Deamination (B) Amidation (C) Carboxylation (D) Transamination
Description : Deamination is ______ of amino group. (A) Removal (B) Addition (C) Supplementation (D) None of these
Description : Histamine is formed from histidine by (A) Deamination (B) Dehydrogenation (C) Decarboxylation (D) Carboxylation
Description : All of the following statements about proline are true except (A) It is an imino acid (B) It can be synthesized from glutamate (C) It can be catabolised to glutamate (D) Free proline can be hydroxylated to hydroxyproline
Description : In humans, the principal break down product of purines is (A) NH3 (B) Allantin (C) Alanine (D) Uric acid
Description : In inherited deficiency of hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (A) De novo synthesis of purine nucleotides is decreased (B) Salvage of purines is decreased (C) Salvage of purines is increased (D) Synthesis of uric acid is decreased
Description : All of the following statements about uric acid are true except (A) It is a catabolite of purines (B) It is excreted by the kidneys (C) It is undissociated at pH above 5.8 (D) It is less soluble than sodium urate
Description : All the following statements about primary gout are true except (A) Its inheritance is X-linked recessive (B) It can be due to increased activity of PRPP synthetase (C) It can be ... activity of hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (D) De novo synthesis of purines is increased in it
Description : Dietary purines are catabolised in (A) Liver (B) Kidneys (C) Intesitnal mucosa (D) All of these
Description : All of the following statements about the enzymic complex that carries out the synthesis of ATP during oxidative phosphorylation are correct except (A) It is located on the matrix side of the inner ... inhibited by oligomycin (C) It can exhibit ATPase activity (D) It can bind molecular O2
Last Answer : D
Description : Catabolism of thymidylate gives (A) α-alanine (B) β-alanine (C) α-aminoisobutyrate (D) β-aminoisobutyrate
Description : The following coenzyme is required for catabolism of pyrimidine bases: (A) NADH (B) NADPH (C) FADH2 (D) None of these
Description : β -Alanine is formed from catabolism of (A) Thymine (B) Thymine and cytosine (C) Thymine and uracil (D) Cytosine and uracil
Description : β -Aminoisobytyrate is formed from catabolism of (A) Cytosine (B) Uracil (C) Thymine (D) Xanthine
Description : Uric acid is the end product of purine as well as protein catabolism in (A) Man (B) Fish (C) Birds (D) None of these