Description : The amino acid which contains a guanidine group is (A) Histidine (B) Arginine (C) Citrulline (D) Ornithine
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : In urea synthesis, the amino acid functioning solely as an enzyme activator: (A) N-acetyl glutamate(B) Ornithine (C) Citrulline (D) Arginine
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Conversion of ammonia to urea is done by (a) ornithine cycle (b) arginine cycle (c) fumaric cycle (d) citrulline cycle.
Last Answer : (a) ornithine cycle
Description : The following 4 amino acids are required for completion of urea cycle except (A) Aspartic acid (B) Arginine (C) Ornithine (D) Glycine
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : The metabolite which sustains urea cycle is (A) Ornithine (B) Citrulline (C) Carbamoyl phosphate (D) n-acetyl glutamate
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Deficiency of urea cycle enzymes results into accumulation of citrulline argininosuccinate arginine in the liver resulting in increasing concentration of …….. in the blood. (A) Calcium (B) Sodium (C) Ammonia (D) Lipid
Description : ATP is required in following reactions of urea cycle: (A) Synthesis of carbamoyl phosphate and citrulline (B) Synthesis of citrulline and argininosuccinate (C) Synthesis of argininosuccinate and arginine (D) Synthesis of carbamoyl phosphate and argininosuccinate
Description : Which of the amino acid produces a vasodilator on decarboxylation? (A) Glutamin acid (B) Histidine (C) Ornithine (D) Cysteine
Description : All α-amino acids have one asymmetric carbon atom except (A) Arginine (B) Glycine (C) Aspartic acid (D) Histidine
Description : The amino acid which contains an indole group is (A) Histidine (B) Arginine (C) Cystine (D) Tryptophan
Description : It is the only amino acid having an ionizing ‘R’ group with a pK’ near 7 and is important in the active site of some enzymes: (A) Arginine (B) Cystein (C) Cystine (D) Histidine
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 : The amino acid which contains an indole group is (A) Histidine (B) Arginine (C) Glycine (D) Tryptophan
Description : A vasodilating compound is produced by the decarboxylation of the amino acid: (A) Arginine (B) Aspartic acid (C) Glutamine (D) Histidine
Description : Which of the following amino acid participate in urea cycle?(a) Argininie (b) Lysine (c) Tryptophan (d) Histidine
Last Answer : (a) Argininie
Description : Which of the following amino acids produce a vasoconstrictor on decarboxylation? (A) Histidine (B) Tyrosine (C) Threonine (D) Arginine
Description : α-helix is disrupted by certain amino acids like (A) Proline (B) Arginine (C) Histidine (D) Lysine
Description : All amino acids have one asymmetric carbon atom, except (A) Arginine (B) Aspargine (C) Histidine (D) Glycine
Description : The amino acids in which the R groups have a net positive charge at pH 7.0 are (A) Lysine, Arginine, Histidine (B) Lysine, Aspargine (C) Histidine, Aspargine (D) Glutamine, Arginine
Description : Citrulline is an intermediate of (A) TCA cycle (B) Urea cycle (C) Pentose cycle (D) Calvin cycle
Description : The acid amide of Aspartic acid is (A) Glutamine (B) Arginine (C) Aspargine (D) Ornithine
Description : Sakaguchi reaction is answered by (A) Lysine (B) Ornithine (C) Arginine (D) Arginino succinic acid
Description : In ornithine cycle, enzyme arginase breaks down arginine into
Last Answer : In ornithine cycle, enzyme arginase breaks down arginine into A. Citrulline and ammonia B. Ornithine ... C. Ornithine and urea D. Citruline and urea
Description : Control of urea cycle involves the enzyme: (A) Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase (B) Ornithine transcarbamoylase (C) Argininosuccinase (D) Arginase
Description : The ornithine cycle removes two waste products from the blood in liver. These products are (a) CO2 and ammonia (b) ammonia and uric acid (c) CO2 and urea (d) ammonia and urea.
Last Answer : a) CO2 and ammonia
Description : Histidine is converted to histamine through the process of (A) Transamination (B) Decarboxylation (C) Oxidative deamination (D) Urea cycle
Description : Buffering action of haemoglobin is mainly due to its (A) Glutamine residues (B) Arginine residues (C) Histidine residues (D) Lysine residues
Description : Zinc finger motif is formed in some proteins by binding of zinc to (A) Two cysteine residues (B) Two histidine residues (C) Two arginine residues (D) Two cysteine and two histidine residues or two pairs of two cysteine residues each
Description : In Ames’ assay, addition of a carcinogen to the culture medium allows S. typhimurium to grow (A) In the presence of histidine (B) In the presence of arginine (C) In the absence of histidine (D) In the absence of arginine
Description : In small intestine trypsin hydrolyzes peptide linkages containing (A) Arginine (B) Histidine (C) Serine (D) Aspartate
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 : In ureotelic animals, urea is formed by (a) Krebs’ cycle (b) EM pathway (c) Ornithine cycle (d) Cori cycle.
Last Answer : (c) Ornithine cycle
Description : In ornithine cycle, which of the following wastes are removed from the blood? (a) CO2 and urea (b) Ammonia and urea (c) CO2 and ammonia (d) Urea and urine
Last Answer : (c) CO2 and ammonia
Description : Non-Protein amino acids are (A) Ornithine (B) β-alanine (C) γ-amino butyric acid (D) All of these
Description : Along with CO2, NH3 and ATP, the amino acid that is needed in urea cycle is (A) Alanine (B) Isoleucine (C) Aspartate (D) Glycine
Description : Hyperargininemia, a defect in urea synthesis develops due to deficiency of the enzyme: (A) Ornithine transcarbamoylase (B) Argininosuccinase (C) Arginase (D) Argininosuccinate synthetase ENZYMES 157
Description : Phenylalanine, ornithine and methionine are involved in the biogenesis of (A) Lysergic acid (B) Reserpine (C) L-Hyoscyamine (D) Papaverine
Description : An amino acid used for the synthesis of thyroid hormone is (A) Tyrosine (B) Tryptophan (C) Histidine (D) Proline
Description : An amino acid required for porphyrin synthesis is (A) Proline (B) Glycine (C) Serine (D) Histidine
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 : The amino acid which synthesizes many hormornes: (A) Valine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Alanine (D) Histidine
Description : Neutral amino acid is (A) Leucine (B) Lysine (C) Aspartic acid (D) Histidine
Description : The lone pair of electrons at one of the ring nitrogens in the given amino acid makes a potential ligand, which is important in binding the iron atoms in hemoglobin: (A) Tryptophan (B) Threonine (C) Histidine (D) Serine
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 : The amino acid which synthesizes many hormones: (A) Valine (B) Phenyl alanine (C) Alanine (D) Histidine
Description : The basic amino acid: (A) Glycine (B) Leucine (C) Histidine (D) Proline
Description : The neutral amino acid is (A) Lysine (B) Proline (C) Leucine (D) Histidine
Description : This amino acid cannot have optical isomers: (A) Alanine (B) Histidine (C) Threonine (D) Glycine
Description : Seratonin is derived in the body from the following amino acid: (A) Phenylalanine (B) Histidine (C) Tryptophan (D) Serine
Description : An amino acid that does not take part in α helix formation is (A) Histidine (B) Tyrosine (C) Proline (D) Tryptophan