Description : The amino acid containing hydroxyl group: (A) Alanine (B) Isoleucine (C) Arginine (D) Threonine
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : All the following are branched chain amino acids except (A) Isoleucine (B) Alanine (C) Leucine (D) Valine
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Most amino acids are substrates for transamination except (A) Alanine (B) Threonine (C) Serine (D) Valine
Description : In purine biosynthesis carbon atoms at 4 and 5 position and N at 7 position are contributed by (A) Glycine (B) Glutamine (C) Alanine (D) Threonine
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : In contrast to a patient undergoing an elective operation, which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning a patient who has suffered a multiple trauma? a. Basal metabolic rates are ... is similar to their composition in skeletal muscle d. Fat and protein stores are rapidly depleted
Last Answer : Answer: b, d The degree of hypermetabolism is generally related to the severity of injury. Patients with long-bone fractures have a 15-25% increase in metabolic rate, whereas metabolic ... in injured subjects, if unfed, severely injured patients rapidly deplete their fat and protein stores
Description : Skeletal muscle breakdown produces predominantly liberation of which two amino acids? A. Lysine. B. Tyrosine. C. Alanine. D. Glutamine. E. Arginine.
Last Answer : Answer: CD DISCUSSION: Alanine is released from skeletal muscle and extracted by the liver, where it is converted to new glucose. Glutamine is also released from muscle and participates in ... these two amino acids account for approximately two thirds of the nitrogen released from skeletal muscle
Description : Which among the following is a nutritionally essential amino acid for man? (A) Alanine (B) Glycine (C) Tyrosine (D) Isoleucine
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
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : All amino acids are optically active except (A) Glycine (B) Serine (C) Threonine (D) Tryptophan
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 : This amino acid cannot have optical isomers: (A) Alanine (B) Histidine (C) Threonine (D) Glycine
Description : All followings are ketogenic aminoacids except (A) Leucine (B) Isoleucine (C) Phenyl alanine (D) Glycine
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 : The amino acid which is not optically active is (A) Alanine (B) Glycine (C) Glutamine (D) Lysine
Description : The amino acid that undergoes oxidative deamination at significant rate is (A) Alanine (B) Aspartate (C) Glutamate (D) Glutamine
Description : All the following amino acids are nonessential except (A) Alanine (B) Histidine (C) Cysteine (D) Proline
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 : 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 : Branched chain amino acids are (A) Cysteine and cystine (B) Tyrosine and Tryptophan (C) Glycine and Serine (D) Valine, Leucine and Isoleucine
Description : The side chain of which of the following amino acid contain sulphur atom? (A) Methionine (B) Threonine (C) Leucine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Which of the following amino acids produce a vasoconstrictor on decarboxylation? (A) Histidine (B) Tyrosine (C) Threonine (D) Arginine
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 : All α-amino acids have one asymmetric carbon atom except (A) Arginine (B) Glycine (C) Aspartic acid (D) Histidine
Description : All amino acids have one asymmetric carbon atom, except (A) Arginine (B) Aspargine (C) Histidine (D) Glycine
Description : The major source of NH3 produced by the kidney is (A) Leucine (B) Glycine (C) Alanine (D) Glutamine
Description : Ammonia is transported from muscles to liver mainly in the form of (A) Free ammonia (B) Glutamine (C) Asparagine (C) Alanine
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 : 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
Description : Increased serum alanine during fasting is due to (A) Breakdown of muscle proteins (B) Decreased utilization of non essential amino acids (C) Leakage of aminoacids to plasma (D) Impaired renal function
Description : Non-Protein amino acids are (A) Ornithine (B) β-alanine (C) γ-amino butyric acid (D) All of these
Description : The basic amino acids are (A) Lysine (B) Bile acids (C) Glycine (D) Alanine
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 : Which of the following amino acids has a heterocyclic R group? (a) Glycine (b) Threonine (c) Proline (d) Aspartic acid
Last Answer : Proline
Description : Rice grain is deficient in (A) Lysine (B) Alanine (C) Glycine (D) Isoleucine
Last Answer : (A) Lysine
Description : Altering the amino acid profile in total parenteral nutrition solutions can be of benefit in certain conditions. Which of the following conditions are associated with a benefit by supplementation with the ... c. Short gut syndrome and glutamine d. Chronic renal failure and essential amino acids
Last Answer : Answer: a, c In a number of conditions, altering the amino acid profile of the total parenteral nutrition solution can be of benefit. TPN with amino acids of high biologic value ... Glutamine-enriched TPN partially attenuates villous atrophy and may be useful in treatment of short gut syndrome
Description : The amino acid containing hydroxy group: (A) Glycine (B) Isoleucine (C) Arginine (D) Thereonine
Description : Which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning the role of glutamine in total parenteral nutrition? a. Glutamine is an essential amino acid b. Glutamine appears to be of primary ... . Glutamine is the primary energy source for intestinal mucosal cells of the small bowel and colon
Last Answer : Answer: b Glutamine is the most studied gut-specific nutrient. Glutamine has been classified as a nonessential or nutritionally dispensable amino acid since glutamine can be synthesized in adequate ... . In contrast to glutamine, short chain fatty acids are primary energy source for colonocytes
Description : A ketogenic amino acid among the following is (A) Leucine (B) Serine (C) Threonine (D) Proline
Description : In the B chain of insulin molecule, the C-terminal amino acid: (A) Threonine (B) Tyrosine (C) Glutamate (D) Valine
Description : In the B chain of insulin molecule, the Nterminal amino acid is (A) Proline (B) Threonine (C) Phenylalanine (D) Lysine
Description : In the A chain of insulin molecule the Cterminal amino acid is (A) Asparagine (B) Threonine (C) Valine (D) Tyrosine
Description : An essential amino acid in man is (A) Proline (B) Threonine (C) Asparagine (D) Tyrosine
Description : The amino acid containing an indole ring: (A) Tryptophan (B) Arginine (C) Threonine (D) Phenylalanine
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 : Two amino groups are present in (A) Leucine (B) Glutamate (C) Lysine (D) Threonine
Description : The limiting amino acid of fish proteins is (A) Tryptophan (B) Cysteine (C) Lysine (D) Threonine
Description : A ketogenic amino acid is (A) Valine (B) Cysteine (C) Leucine (D) Threonine
Description : The amino acid with a nonpolar side chain is (A) Serine (B) Valine (C) Asparagine (D) Threonine