Description : Vitamin K is involved in posttranslational modification of the blood clotting factors by acting as cofactor for the enzyme: (A) Carboxylase (B) Decarboxylase (C) Hydroxylase (D) Oxidase
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Vitamin K is involved in posttranslational modification of the blood clotting factors by acting as cofactor for the enzyme (A) Carboxylase (B) Decarboxylase (C) Hydroxylase (D) Oxidase
Last Answer : (A) Carboxylase
Description : An important finding in Histidinemia is (A) Impairment of conversion of α-Glutamate to α-ketoglutarate (B) Speech defect (C) Decreased urinary histidine level (D) Patients can not be treated by diet
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Biotin is a coenzyme of the enzyme (A) Carboxylase (B) Hydroxylase (C) Decarboxylase (D) Deaminase
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 : Histamine is formed from histidine by the enzyme histidine decarboxylase in the presence of (A) NAD (B) FMN (C) HS-CoA (D) B6-PO4
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : An enzyme involved in catabolism of catecholamines is (A) Dopa decarboxylase (B) Aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (C) Monoamine oxidase (D) Catechol oxidas
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : The enzyme involved in variegate porphyria is (A) Protoporphyrinogen oxidase (B) Coproporphyrinogen oxidase (C) Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (D) ALA decarboxylase
Description : Conversion of uroporphyrinogen III to coprophyrinogen III is catalysed by the enzyme.: (A) Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (B) Coproporphyrinogen oxidase (C) Protoporphyrinogen oxidase (D) Ferrochelatase
Description : Enzymic deficiency in β-aminoisobutyric aciduria is (A) Adenosine deaminase (B) Xanthine oxidase (C) Orotidylate decarboxylase (D) Transaminase
Description : Epinephrine is rapidly metabolized by (A) Monoamine oxidase (B) Deaminase (C) Transminase (D) Decarboxylase
Description : Acute intermittent porphyria (paraoxymal porphyria) is caused due to deficiency of (A) Uroporphyrinogen I synthase (B) ALA synthase (C) Coproporphyrinogen oxidase (D) Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase
Description : Retinal is converted into retinoic acid in the presence of (A) Retinal oxidase (B) Retinal carboxylase (C) Retinene reductase(D) Spontaneously
Description : The following enzymes on the left are responsible for the synthesis of the neurotransmitters on the right: a. monoamine oxidase: noradrenaline b. cholinesterase: acetylcholine c. catechol-o-methyl transferase: dopamine d. dopa decarboxylase: adrenaline
Last Answer : dopa decarboxylase: adrenaline
Description : Which of the following statements regarding neutrophils are true? a. The neutrophil undergoes final maturation after release into the circulation b. Patients with chronic granulomatous disease have a defective ... proteins d. The normal human neutrophil circulates in the blood for 7-10 days
Last Answer : Answer: b, c The neutrophil is a migratory phagocytic cell that defends the host against bacteria and eliminates necrotic tissue. The neutrophil matures in the bone marrow and is ... phagocytose bacteria, they are unable to kill the intracellular microbes and chronic, unresolved infections result
Description : Orotic aciduria type II reflects the deficiency of the enzyme: (A) Orotate phosphoribosyl transferase (B) Orotidylate decarboxylase (C) Dihydroorotase (D) Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase
Description : An enzyme of pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis sensitive to allosteric regulation is (A) Aspartate transcarbamoylase (B) Dihydroorotase (C) Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (D) Orotidylic acid decarboxylase
Description : Conversion of deoxyuridine monophosphate to thymidine monophosphate is catalysed by the enzyme: (A) Ribonucleotide reductase (B) Thymidylate synthetase (C) CTP synthetase (D) Orotidylic acid decarboxylase
Description : The enzyme catalyzing conversion of androstenedione to testosterone is a (A) Oxygenase (B) Dehydrogenase (C) Isomerase (D) Decarboxylase
Description : In the synthetic pathway of epinephrine, disulfiram (antabuse) inhibits the enzyme: (A) Tyrosine hydroxylase (B) Dopamine β-hydroxylase (C) DOPA decarboxylase (D) 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 : An inborn error, maple syrup urine disease is due to deficiency of the enzyme: (A) Isovaleryl-CoAhydrogenase (B) Phenylalnine hydroxylase (C) Adenosyl transferase (D) α-Ketoacid decarboxylase
Description : Platelets contain an enzyme which has important role in clotting in blood. This enzyme is known as (A) Cholinesterase (B) Transaminase (C) Decarboxylase (D) Thrombokinase
Description : The α-ketoacid is decarboxylated by H2O2 forming a carboxylic acid with one carbon atom less in the absence of the enzyme: (A) Catalase (B) Decarboxylase (C) Deaminase (D) Phosphatase
Description : Which of the following enzyme defects is associated with a characteristic body odour? 1) Phenylalanine aminotransferase 2) Galactose0-phosphate-uridyltransferase 3) Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency 4) Fumaryl acetoacetase 5) Branched chain ketoacid decarboxylase
Last Answer : Answers-5 The following inborn errors of amino acid metabolism are associated with abnormal odours: Glutaric acidaemia type II (sweaty feet), hawkinsinuria (swimming pool), isovaleric acidaemia (sweaty feet), ... The general rule is that if a child smells peculiar he requires a metabolic work-up.
Description : Name the enzyme that acts both as carboxylase at one time and oxygenase at another time. (A) PEP carboxylase (B) RuBP carboxylase (C) Carbonic anyhdrase (D) None of these
Description : The enzyme regulating extramitochondrial fatty acid synthesis is (A) Thioesterase (B) Acetyl CoA carboxylase (C) Acyl transferase (D) Multi-enzyme complex
Description : Jamaican vomiting sickness is due to inactivation of the enzyme (A) Pyruvate carboxylase (B) Acyl-Co-A synthetase (C) Acyl-Co-A dehydrogense (D) Thiolase
Description : Carboxylation of acetyl-CoA to malonylCoA requires the enzyme: (A) Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (B) Pyruvate carboxylase (C) Acetyl transacylase (D) Acyl CoA-synthetase
Description : In gluconeogensis, an allosteric activator required in the synthesis of oxaloacetate from bicarbonate and pyruvate, which is catalysed by the enzyme pyruvate carboxylase is (A) Acetyl CoA (B) Succinate (C) Isocitrate (D) Citrate
Description : The enzyme pyruvate carboxylase is present in (A) Cytosol (B) Mitochondria (C) Nucleus (D) Golgi bodies
Description : An enzyme involved in gluconeogenesis is (A) Pyruvate kinase (B) Pyruvate carboxylase (C) Hexokinase (D) Phosphohexose isomerase
Description : An enzyme required for the synthesis of ketone bodies as well as cholesterol is (A) Acetyl CoA carboxylase (B) HMG CoA synthetase (C) HMG CoA reductase (D) HMG CoA lyase
Description : Which of the following compound is a positive allosteric modifier of the enzyme pyruvate carboxylase? (A) Biotin (B) Acetyl CoA (C) Oxaloacetate (D) ATP
Last Answer : A
Description : Which one of the following is a rate limiting enzyme of gluconeogenesis? (A) Hexokinase (B) Phsophofructokinase (C) Pyruvate carboxylase (D) Pyruvate kinase
Last Answer : C
Description : The following is an enzyme required for glycolysis: (A) Pyruvate kinase (B) Pyruvate carboxylase (C) Glucose-6-phosphatose (D) Glycerokinase
Description : The following is an enzyme required for glycolysis: (A) Pyruvate kinase (B) Pyruvate carboxylase (C) Glucose-6-phosphatase (D) Glycerokinase
Description : Pyruvate carboxylase reaction (pyruvate to oxaloacetate) needs which co-enzyme?
Last Answer : Biotin and ATP.
Description : A drug which prevents uric acid synthesis by inhibiting the enzyme Xanthine oxidase is (A) Aspirin (B) Allopurinal (C) Colchicine (D) Phenyl benzoate
Description : Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, the sex linked recessive disorder is due to the lack of the enzyme: (A) Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferse (B) Xanthine oxidase (C) Adenine phosphoribosyl transferase (D) Adenosine deaminase
Description : In humans purine are catabolised to uric acid due to lack of the enzyme: (A) Urease (B) Uricase (C) Xanthine oxidase (D) Guanase
Description : A deficiency of copper effects the formation of normal collagen by reducing the activity of which of the following enzyme? (A) Prolyl hydroxylase (B) Lysyl oxidase (C) Lysyl hydroxylase (D) Glucosyl transferase
Description : Selenium is a constituent of the enzyme: (A) Glutathione peroxidase (B) Homogentisate oxidase (C) Tyrosine hydroxylase (D) Phenylalanin hydroxylase
Description : The deficiency of copper decreases the activity of the enzyme: (A) Lysine oxidase (B) Lysine hydroxylase (C) Tyrosine oxidase (D) Proline hydroxylase
Description : The enzyme involved in congenial erythropoietic porphyria is (A) Uroporphyrinogen I synthase (B) Uroporphyrinogen III cosynthase (C) Protoporphyrinogen oxidase (D) Ferrochelatase
Description : Schardinger’s enzyme is (A) Lactate dehydrogenase (B) Xanthine dehydrogenase (C) Uric oxidase (D) L amino acid dehydrogenase
Description : Albinism is due to deficiency of the enzyme: (A) Phenylalanine hydroxylase (B) Tyrosinase (C) p-Hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid oxidase (D) Tyrosine dehydrogenase
Description : Refsum’s disease is due to deficiency of the enzyme: (A) Pytantate-α-oxidase (B) Glucocerebrosidase (C) Galactocerebrosidase (D) Ceramide trihexosidase
Description : The pentose phosphate pathway protects erythrocytes against hemolysis by assisting the enzyme: (A) Superoxide dismutase (B) Catalase (C) Glutathionic peroxidase (D) Cytochrome oxidase ENZYMES 149