Description : Side chains of all following amino acids contain aromatic rings except (A) Phenyl alanine (B) Alanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Last Answer : Answer : B
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
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : The biosynthesis of both Catecholamine and serotonin require (A) Tyrosine hydroxylase (B) N-methyl transferase (C) Aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (D) Tryptophan pyrrolase
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 true statement about solutions of amino acids at physiological pH is (A) All amino acids contain both positive and negative charges (B) All amino acids contain positively charged side chains ... amino acids contain only positive charge (D) All amino acids contain negatively charged side chains
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : The true statement about solutions of amino acids at physiological pH is (A) All amino acids contain both positive and negative charges (B) All amino acids contain positively charged side chains ... amino acids contain only positive Charge (D) All amino acids contain negatively charged side chains
Last Answer : (A) All amino acids contain both positive and negative charges
Description : Which statement about hormone types is correct? A) Non-steroid hormones activate an enzyme cascade. B) Steroid hormones regulate the production of a particular protein. C) Non-steroid hormones are ... all have four carbon rings with different side chains. E) All of the choices are correct.
Last Answer : E) All of the choices are correct.
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 of the following amino acids has an aromatic R group? (a) Serine (b) Cysteine (c) Asparagine (d) Tyrosine
Last Answer : Tyrosine
Description : Chymotrypsin in the small intestine hydrolyzes peptide linkages containing (A) Alanine (B) Pheynl alanine (C) Valine (D) Methionine
Description : All amino acids are optically active except (A) Glycine (B) Serine (C) Threonine (D) Tryptophan
Description : An amino acid not containing the usual— COOH group is (A) Alanine (B) Tryptophan (C) Methionine (D) Taurine
Description : An amino acid used for the synthesis of thyroid hormone is (A) Tyrosine (B) Tryptophan (C) Histidine (D) Proline
Description : An amino acid that does not form an αhelix is (A) Asparagine (B) Tyrosine (C) Tryptophan (D) Proline
Description : An amino acid that does not take part in α helix formation is (A) Histidine (B) Tyrosine (C) Proline (D) Tryptophan
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : The limiting amino acid of rice is (A) Lysine (B) Tryptophan (C) Phenylalanine (D) Tyrosine
Description : Million-Nasse’s reaction is specific for the amino acid: (A) Tryptophan (B) Tyrosine (C) Phenylalanine (D) Arginine
Description : An amino acid that does not form an αhelix is (A) Valine (B) Proline (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : All the following amino acids are nonessential except (A) Alanine (B) Histidine (C) Cysteine (D) Proline
Description : Most amino acids are substrates for transamination except (A) Alanine (B) Threonine (C) Serine (D) Valine
Description : All the standard amino acids except the following have one chiral ‘c’ atom: (A) Threonine, Isoleucine (B) Isoleucine, Alanine (C) Threonine, Alanine (D) Alanine, Glutamine
Description : All the following are branched chain amino acids except (A) Isoleucine (B) Alanine (C) Leucine (D) Valine
Description : The side chain of which of the following amino acid contain sulphur atom? (A) Methionine (B) Threonine (C) Leucine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Thyroid hormones are synthesized by the iodination of the amino acid: (A) Glycine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Alanine (D) Tyrosine
Description : Which among the following is a nutritionally essential amino acid for man? (A) Alanine (B) Glycine (C) Tyrosine (D) Isoleucine
Description : Small amount of urinary oxalates is contributed by the amino acid: (A) Glycine (B) Tyrosine (C) Alanine (D) Serine
Description : Edman’s reaction can be used to (A) Determine the number of tyrosine residues in a protein (B) Determine the number of aromatic amino acid residues in a protein (C) Determine the amino acid sequence of a protein (D) Hydrolyse the peptide bonds in a protein
Description : An aromatic amino acid is (A) Lysine (B) Tyrosine (C) Taurine (D) Arginine
Last Answer : (B) Tyrosine
Description : Bence-Jones proteins possess all the following properties except (A) They are dimers of light chains (B) Their amino acids sequences are identical (C) Their N-terminal halves have variable amino acid sequences (D) Their C-terminal halves have constant amino acid sequences
Description : Give examples of amino acids with hydropho- bic side chains.
Last Answer : Valine, leucine, isoleucine.
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 : Which of the following is the simplest amino acid? (a) Alanine (b) Asparagine (c) Glycine (d) Tyrosine
Last Answer : (c) Glycine
Description : Electrostatic bonds can be formed between the side chains of (A) Alanine and leucine (B) Leucine and valine (C) Asparate and glutamate (D) Lysine and aspartate
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 produce a vasoconstrictor on decarboxylation? (A) Histidine (B) Tyrosine (C) Threonine (D) Arginine
Description : Which of the following statements is not true about fatty acids? (a) Fatty acids are carboxylic acids with long hydrocarbon side chains. (b) The double bonds in unsaturated fatty acids are always ... contain even numbers of carbons and are unbranched. (d) Fatty acids can be saturated or unsaturated
Last Answer : The double bonds in unsaturated fatty acids are always conjugated
Description : Xanthoproteic test is positive in proteins containing (A) Sulphur amino acids (B) α-Amino acids (C) Aromatic amino acids (D) Aliphatic amino acids
Description : Maple syrup urine diseases is an inborn error of metabolism of (A) Sulphur-containing amino acids (B) Aromatic amino acids (C) Branched chain amino acids (D) Dicarboxylic amino acids
Description : Aromatic amino acids can be detected by (A) Sakaguchi reaction (B) Millon-Nasse reaction (C) Hopkins-Cole reaction (D) Xanthoproteic reaction
Description : The enzyme trypsin is specific for peptide bonds of (A) Basic amino acids (B) Acidic amino acids (C) Aromatic amino acids (D) Next to small amino acid residues
Description : Give the names of aromatic amino acids.
Last Answer : Phenylalanine and tyrosine.
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 : Homogentisic acid is formed from (A) Homoserine (B) Homocysteine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Adrenalin is synthesized from (A) Adenine (B) Adenosine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan 230 MCQs IN BIOCHEMISTRY