Description : An amino acid not involved in urea cycle is (A) Arginine (B) Histidine (C) Ornithine (D) Citrulline
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : The amino acid which contains a guanidine group is (A) Histidine (B) Arginine (C) Citrulline (D) Ornithine
Description : A vasodilating compound is produced by the decarboxylation of the amino acid: (A) Arginine (B) Aspartic acid (C) Glutamine (D) Histidine
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Which of the following amino acids produce a vasoconstrictor on decarboxylation? (A) Histidine (B) Tyrosine (C) Threonine (D) Arginine
Description : All the following amino acids are nonessential except (A) Alanine (B) Histidine (C) Cysteine (D) Proline
Description : Explain in brief about histamine It is formed by the decarboxylation of amino acid histidine ?
Last Answer : It accounts for 10% of granule weight. This histamine binds to specific receptors on various target cells.
Description : In nitroprusside test, amino acid cysteine produces a: (A) Red colour (B) Blue colour (C) Yellow colour (D) Purple colour
Last Answer : Answer : A
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 : Histidine is converted to histamine through the process of (A) Transamination (B) Decarboxylation (C) Oxidative deamination (D) Urea cycle
Description : Histidine is converted into histamine by (A) Carboxylation (B) Decarboxylation (C) Methylation (D) Hydroxylation
Description : Histamine is formed from histidine by (A) Deamination (B) Dehydrogenation (C) Decarboxylation (D) Carboxylation
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Yersinia enterocolitica and Y. pestis can be differentiated on the basis of which of the following tests? A.Decarboxylation of ornithine B.Fermentation of sucrose and cellobiose C.Motility at 22°C D.All of these
Last Answer : D.All of these
Description : The following 4 amino acids are required for completion of urea cycle except (A) Aspartic acid (B) Arginine (C) Ornithine (D) Glycine
Description : Non-Protein amino acids are (A) Ornithine (B) β-alanine (C) γ-amino butyric acid (D) All of these
Description : In urea synthesis, the amino acid functioning solely as an enzyme activator: (A) N-acetyl glutamate(B) Ornithine (C) Citrulline (D) Arginine
Description : In E. coli the chain initiating amino acid in protein synthesis is (A) N-formyl methionine(B) Methionine (C) Serine (D) Cysteine
Description : Carbon skeleton of the following amino acid can serve as a substance for gluconeogenesis (A) Cysteine (B) Aspartate (C) Glutamate (D) All of these
Description : Which amino acid is present at 6th position of β-chain of Hbs instead of glutamate in HbA? (A) Cysteine (B) Valine (C) Aspartate (D) Glutamate
Description : Which among the following is an essential amino acid? (A) Cysteine (B) Leucine (C) Tyrosine (D) Aspartic acid
Description : The limiting amino acid in wheat is (A) Leucine (B) Lysine (C) Cysteine (D) Methionine
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 : What is meant by decarboxylation of an amino acid?
Last Answer : The carboxyl group is removed from the amino acids to form the corresponding amine
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 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 : The amino acid which contains an indole group is (A) Histidine (B) Arginine (C) Glycine (D) Tryptophan
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
Description : An amino acid not found in proteins is (A) β-Alanine (B) Proline (C) Lysine (D) Histidine
Description : The example of scleroproteins: (A) Glutamin (B) Giladin (C) Salmine (D) Elastin
Description : Thiamin diphosphate is required for oxidative decarboxylation of (A) α-Keto acids (B) α-Amino acids (C) Fatty acids (D) All of these
Description : Branched chain amino acids are (A) Cysteine and cystine (B) Tyrosine and Tryptophan (C) Glycine and Serine (D) Valine, Leucine and Isoleucine
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 : 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