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 : 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 : 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 : Aspartate amino transferase uses the following for transamination: (A) Glutamic acid and pyruvic acid (B) Glutamic acid and oxaloacetic acid (C) Aspartic acid and pyruvic acid (D) aspartic acid and keto adipic acid
Description : Pantothenic acid contains an amino acid which is (A) Aspartic acid (B) Glutamic acid (C) β-Alanine (D) β-Aminoisobutyric acid
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Which among the following is an essential amino acid for man? (A) Alanine (B) Serine (C) Valine (D) Glutamic acid
Last Answer : (D) β-Aminoisobutyric acid
Description : Corn and gliadin are low in (A) Lysine (B) Alanine (C) Glycine (D) Aspartic acid
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : All α-amino acids have one asymmetric carbon atom except (A) Arginine (B) Glycine (C) Aspartic acid (D) Histidine
Description : The following 4 amino acids are required for completion of urea cycle except (A) Aspartic acid (B) Arginine (C) Ornithine (D) Glycine
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 : A compound normally used to conjugate bile acids is (A) Serine (B) Glycine (C) Glucoronic acid (D) Fatty acid
Description : 2-Amino 3-OH propanoic acid is (A) Glycine (B) Alanine (C) Valine (D) Serine
Description : Small amount of urinary oxalates is contributed by the amino acid: (A) Glycine (B) Tyrosine (C) Alanine (D) Serine
Description : The optically inactive amino acid is (A) Glycine (B) Serine (C) Threonine (D) Valine
Last Answer : (A) Glycine
Description : The α-carbon of all the amino acids is a chirality center except for __________. (a) Glycine (b) Threonine (c) Proline (d) Aspartic acid
Last Answer : Glycine
Description : Which of the following amino acids has a heterocyclic R group? (a) Glycine (b) Threonine (c) Proline (d) Aspartic acid
Last Answer : Proline
Description : Which of the following amino acid is related to drought tolerance in plants ? a. Glycine b. Proline c. Glutamic acid d. None of these
Last Answer : b. Proline
Description : Soyabean proteins are rich in (A) Lysine (B) Alanine (C) Glcyine (D) Aspartic acid
Description : The greatest buffering capacity at physiologic pH would be provided by a protein rich in which of the following amino acids ? (A) Lysine (B) Histidine (C) Aspartic acid (D) Valine
Description : Methylcobalamin is required for formation of (A) Serin from glycine (B) Glycine from serine (C) Methionine from homocysteine (D) All of these
Description : All amino acids are optically active except (A) Glycine (B) Serine (C) Threonine (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 : 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 : 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 : Which of the following protein is rich in cysteine? (A) Elastine (B) Collagen (C) Fibrin (D) Keratin
Description : A protein rich in hydroxyproline is (A) Prolamin (B) Procollagen (C) Collagen (D) Proinsulin
Description : A protein rich in cysteine is (A) Collagen (B) Keratin (C) Haemoglobin (D) Gelatin
Description : In contrast to adult wound healing with scar formation, which of the following are characteristic of scarless fetal skin repair? A. Matrix rich in hyaluronic acid. B. Increased inflammatory response. C. Increased production of TGF-b. D. No collagen deposition. E. Minimal angiogenesis.
Last Answer : Answer: AE DISCUSSION: The ability of a fetus to heal without scar formation depends on its gestational age at the time of injury and the size of the wound defect. In ... repair has possible clinical applications in the modulation of adult fibrotic diseases and abnormal scar-forming conditions
Description : During de novo synthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides, the first ring compound to be formed is (A) Carbamoyl aspartic acid (B) Dihydro-orotic acid (C) Orotic acid (D) Orotidine monophosphate
Description : Neutral amino acid is (A) Leucine (B) Lysine (C) Aspartic acid (D) Histidine
Description : Oxaloacetate is converted to aspartic acid by (A) Reductase (B) Oxidase (C) Transminase (D) Catalase
Description : A hexa peptide with 5 aspartic acid would have a net charge at pH 7: (A) Neutral (B) Positive (C) Negative (D) Not predictable
Description : The acid amide of Aspartic acid is (A) Glutamine (B) Arginine (C) Aspargine (D) Ornithine
Description : Which among the following is an essential amino acid? (A) Cysteine (B) Leucine (C) Tyrosine (D) Aspartic acid
Description : A vasodilating compound is produced by the decarboxylation of the amino acid: (A) Arginine (B) Aspartic acid (C) Glutamine (D) Histidine
Description : Since the pK values for aspartic acid are 2.0, 3.9 and 10.0, it follows that the isoelectric (pH) is (A) 3.0 (B) 3.9 (C) 5.9 (D) 6.0
Last Answer : (A) 3.0
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 : Infant i le convu ls ions due to lesser formation of gamma amino butyric acid from glutamic acid is seen in the deficiency of (A) Glutamate-dehydrogenase (B) Pyridoxine (C) Folic acid (D) Thiamin
Description : Folic acid contains (A) Pteridine (B) p-Amino benzoic acid (C) Glutamic acid (D) All of these
Description : Vitamin K is a cofactor for (A) Gamma carboxylation of glutamic acid residue (B) β-Oxidation of fatty acid (C) Formation of γ-amino butyrate (D) Synthesis of tryptophan
Description : The amino acid which has a pK near 4 and thus is negatively charged at pH 7 is (A) Alanine (B) Glutamic acid (C) Glutamine (D) Aspargine
Description : Which one of the amino acids could serve as the best buffer at pH 7? (A) Glutamic acid (B) Arginine (C) Valine (D) Histidine
Description : What is produced when Glutamic acid is decar- boxylated?
Last Answer : Gamma amino butyric acid or GABA.