Description : The amino acid which contains an indole group is (A) Histidine (B) Arginine (C) Cystine (D) Tryptophan
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : The amino acid which contains an indole group is (A) Histidine (B) Arginine (C) Glycine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Million-Nasse’s reaction is specific for the amino acid: (A) Tryptophan (B) Tyrosine (C) Phenylalanine (D) Arginine
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : The amino acid containing hydroxyl group: (A) Alanine (B) Isoleucine (C) Arginine (D) Threonine
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
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : In the B chain of insulin molecule, the Nterminal amino acid is (A) Proline (B) Threonine (C) Phenylalanine (D) Lysine
Description : The side chain of which of the following amino acid contain sulphur atom? (A) Methionine (B) Threonine (C) Leucine (D) Tryptophan
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : The limiting amino acid of fish proteins is (A) Tryptophan (B) Cysteine (C) Lysine (D) Threonine
Description : Which one of the following is an essential amino acid? (A) Arginine (B) Tyrosine (C) Phenylalanine (D) Proline
Description : Seratonin is derived in the body from the following amino acid: (A) Phenylalanine (B) Histidine (C) Tryptophan (D) Serine
Description : The limiting amino acid of rice is (A) Lysine (B) Tryptophan (C) Phenylalanine (D) Tyrosine
Description : Which of the following amino acids produce a vasoconstrictor on decarboxylation? (A) Histidine (B) Tyrosine (C) Threonine (D) Arginine
Description : All amino acids are optically active except (A) Glycine (B) Serine (C) Threonine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Indole group of tryptophan responses positively to (A) Glyoxylic acid (B) Schiff’s reagent (C) Biuret test (D) Resorcinol test
Description : The amino acid containing hydroxy group: (A) Glycine (B) Isoleucine (C) Arginine (D) Thereonine
Description : An amino acid not containing the usual— COOH group is (A) Alanine (B) Tryptophan (C) Methionine (D) Taurine
Description : Sulphur-containing amino acid is (A) Glutathione (B) Chondroitin sulphate (C) Homocysteine (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 : Cysteine can partially meet the requirement of (A) Phenylalanine (B) Threonine (C) Methionine (D) None of these
Description : The proteins present in maize are deficient in (A) Lysine (B) Threonine (C) Tryptophan (D) Tyrosine
Description : Pulses are deficient in (A) Lysine (B) Threonine (C) Methionine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Melatonin is synthesised from (A) Phenylalanine (B) Tyrosine (C) Tryptophan (D) None of these
Description : Niacin can be synthesised in human beings from (A) Histidine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Serotonin is synthesised from (A) Serine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Pulses are rich in (A) Lysine (B) Methionine (C) Tryptophan (D) Phenylalanine
Description : In mammalian tissues serine can be a biosynthetic precursor of (A) Methionine (B) Glycine (C) Tryptophan (D) Phenylalanine
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 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 : The sparing action of methionine is (A) Tyrosine (B) Cystine (C) Arginine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Hopkins-Cole test is for identification of (A) Tyrosine (B) Tryptophan (C) Arginine (D) Cysteine
Description : Millon’s test is for identification of (A) Tyrosine (B) Tryptophan (C) Proline (D) Arginine
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 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 : This amino acid cannot have optical isomers: (A) Alanine (B) Histidine (C) Threonine (D) Glycine
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
Description : The optically inactive amino acid is (A) Glycine (B) Serine (C) Threonine (D) Valine
Last Answer : (A) Glycine
Description : Maple syrup urine disease results from absence or serve deficiency of (A) Homogentisate oxidase (B) Phenylalanine hydroxylase (C) Branched chain amino acid transaminase (D) None of these
Description : In A chain of the insulin molecule the Nterminal amino acid is (A) Glycine (B) Valine (C) Serine (D) Phenylalanine
Description : Thyroid hormones are synthesized by the iodination of the amino acid: (A) Glycine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Alanine (D) Tyrosine
Description : Activation or inactivation of certain key regulatory enzymes is accomplished by covalent modification of the amino acid: (A) Tyrosine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Lysine (D) Serine
Description : The amino acid which synthesizes many hormornes: (A) Valine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Alanine (D) Histidine
Description : .Khorana first deciphered the triplet codons of (a) serine and isoleucine (b) cysteine and valine (c) tyrosine and tryptophan (d) phenylalanine and methinonine.
Last Answer : (a) serine and isoleucine
Description : Khorana first deciphered the triplet codons of (a) serine and isoleucine (b) cysteine and valine (c) tyrosine and tryptophan (d) phenylalanine and methinonine
Last Answer : (b) cysteine and valine
Last Answer : (D) Tryptophan
Description : All α-amino acids have one asymmetric carbon atom except (A) Arginine (B) Glycine (C) Aspartic acid (D) Histidine