Description : The figure shows a hypothetical tetrapeptide portion of a protein with parts labelled A-D. Which one of the following options is correct? - HN - CH - CO - NH - CH - CO - NH - CH - CO - ... -terminal amino acid and D is N-terminal amino acid. (d) A is a sulphur containing amino acid methionine.
Last Answer : (a) D is the acidic amino acid-glutamic acid.
Description : Sulphur is made available to the body by the amino acids: (A) Cystine and methionine (B) Taurine and alanine (C) Proline and hydroxyproline (D) Arginine and lysine MINERAL METABOLISM 191
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Which amino acid is a lipotropic factor? (A) Lysine (B) Leucine (C) Tryptophan (D) Methionine
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Which amino acid is a lipotropic factor? (A) Lysine (B) Lecuine (C) Tryptophan (D) Methionine
Description : The side chain of which of the following amino acid contain sulphur atom? (A) Methionine (B) Threonine (C) Leucine (D) Tryptophan
Description : The limiting amino acid in pulses is (A) Leucine (B) Lysine (C) Tryptophan (D) Methionine
Description : The first amino acid incorporated in a polypeptide in a ribosome of a human is (A) N formyl methionine (B) Methionine (C) Phenyl alanine (D) Hydroxy lysine
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : An amino acid having a hydrophilic side chain is (A) Alanine (B) Proline (C) Methionine (D) Serine
Description : The amino acid from which synthesis of the protein of hair keratin takes place is (A) Alanine (B) Methionine (C) Proline (D) Hydroxyproline
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 : The amino acid containing hydroxyl group: (A) Alanine (B) Isoleucine (C) Arginine (D) Threonine
Description : Chymotrypsin in the small intestine hydrolyzes peptide linkages containing (A) Alanine (B) Pheynl alanine (C) Valine (D) Methionine
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 : Sulphydryl group of coenzyme a is contributed by (A) β-Alanine (B) β-Aminoisobutyric acid (C) Methionine (D) Thioethanolamine
Description : Which one of the following pairs of codons is correctly matched with their function or the signal for the particular amino acid? (a) AUG, ACG - Start/methionine (b) UUA, UCA - Leucine (c) GUU, GCU - Alanine (d) UAG, UGA - Stop
Last Answer : (b) UUA, UCA - Leucine
Last Answer : (d) UAG, UGA - Stop
Description : The sulphur containing amino acid: (A) Homoserine (B) Serine (C) Methionine (D) Valine
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Sulphur containing amino acid is (A) Methionine (B) Leucine (C) Valine (D) Asparagine
Last Answer : (A) Methionine
Description : The amino acid containing an indole ring: (A) Tryptophan (B) Arginine (C) Threonine (D) Phenylalanine
Description : Sulphur-containing amino acid is (A) Glutathione (B) Chondroitin sulphate (C) Homocysteine (D) Tryptophan
Description : In the following reaction, Alanine acts as a 3 3 3 3 + + → H H | | H N – – COO —— H N – – COOH C C | | CH CH (A) Acid (B) Base (C) Zwitter ion (D) None of these
Description : An aromatic amino acid is (A) Lysine (B) Tyrosine (C) Taurine (D) Arginine
Last Answer : (B) Tyrosine
Description : All the following are sulphur containing amino acids found in proteins except (A) Cysteine (B) Cystine (C) Methionine (D) Threonine
Last Answer : (D) Threonine
Description : Sulphur containing amino acid (A)Lysine (B) Methionine (C)Glutamine (D) Glycine
Last Answer : (B) 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 : 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 : At neutral pH Alanine has the following structure: (A) − − 2 3 H H N C COOH CH (B) + 3 − − 3 H H N C COO CH (C) 2 − − 3 H H N C COO CH (D) + 2 − − 3 H H N C COO CH
Description : N-Formiminoglutamate is a metabolite of (A) Glutamate (B) Histidine (C) Tryptophan (D) Methionine
Description : The sparing action of methionine is (A) Tyrosine (B) Cystine (C) Arginine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Maize is poor in (A) Lysine (B) Methionine (C) Tryptophan (D) Lysine and tryptophan
Description : Pulses are rich in (A) Lysine (B) Methionine (C) Tryptophan (D) Phenylalanine
Description : Pulses are deficient in (A) Lysine (B) Threonine (C) Methionine (D) Tryptophan
Description : In mammalian tissues serine can be a biosynthetic precursor of (A) Methionine (B) Glycine (C) Tryptophan (D) Phenylalanine
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 most of the ultraviolet absorption of proteins above 240 nm is due to their content of (A) Tryptophan (B) Aspartate (C) Glutamate (D) Alanine
Description : How can I perform an assay for the amino acid Taurine?
Last Answer : You need to provide more info than that. What are you trying to do? Detect taurine levels?
Description : How can the amino acid taurine affect the body in a negative way?
Last Answer : Does your text book give you some ideas on what your teacher is looking for?
Description : In E. coli the chain initiating amino acid in protein synthesis is (A) N-formyl methionine(B) Methionine (C) Serine (D) Cysteine
Description : The amino terminal of all polypeptide chain at the time of synthesis in E. coli is tagged to the amino acid residue: (A) Methionine (B) Serine (C) N-formyl methinine(D) N-formal serine
Description : The first amino acid incorporated in a polypeptide in a ribosome of a bacterium is (A) N formyl methionine (B) Methionine (C) Alamine (D) Glycine
Description : An amino acid which contains a disulphide bond is (A) Lysine (B) Methionine (C) Homocysteine (D) Cystine
Description : The limiting amino acid in wheat is (A) Leucine (B) Lysine (C) Cysteine (D) Methionine