Description : An important finding in Refsum’s disease is (A) Accumulation of ceramide trihexoside in the kidney (B) Accumulation of phytanic acid in the blood and tissues (C) Accumulation of gangliosides in brain and spleen (D) Skin eruptions
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : In glycerophospholipids, a polyunsaturated fatty acid is commonly attached to which of the following carbon atom of glycerol? (A) Carbon 1 (B) Carbon 2 (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
Description : Ceramide is present in all of the following except (A) Plasmalogens (B) Cerebrosides (C) Sulphatides (D) Sphingomyelin
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Gangliosides derived from glucosylceramide contain in addition one or more molecules of (A) Sialic acid (B) Glycerol (C) Diacylglycerol (D) Hyaluronic acid
Description : Fabry’s disease is due to the deficiency of the enzyme: (A) Ceramide trihexosidase (B) Galactocerebrosidase (C) Phytanic acid oxidase (D) Sphingomyelinase
Description : Glycosphingolipids are a combination of (A) Ceramide with one or more sugar residues (B) Glycerol with galactose (C) Sphingosine with galactose (D) Sphingosine with phosphoric acid
Description : The major storage form of lipids is (A) Esterified cholesterol (B) Glycerophospholipids (C) Triglycerides (D) Sphingolipids
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : An important finding in Tay-sach’s disease is (A) Renal failure (B) Accumulation of gangliosides in brain and spleen (C) Cardiac failure (D) Anemia
Description : Which of the following is not a phospholipids? (A) Lecithin (B) Plasmalogen (C) Lysolecithin (D) Gangliosides
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Which one of the following is not a phospholipid? (A) Lecithin (B) Plasmalogen (C) Lysolecithin (D) Gangliosides
Description : Gangliosides are the glycolipids occurring in (A) Brain (B) Liver (C) Kidney (D) Muscle
Description : Gangliosides are complex glycosphingolipids found in (A) Liver (B) Brain (C) Kidney (D) Muscle
Description : Refsum’s disease is due to deficiency of the enzyme: (A) Pytantate-α-oxidase (B) Glucocerebrosidase (C) Galactocerebrosidase (D) Ceramide trihexosidase
Description : Ceramide is formed by the combination of sphingosine and (A) Acetyl-CoA (B) Acyl-CoA (C) Malonyl-CoA (D) Propionyl-CoA
Description : Krabbe’s disease is due to the deficiency of the enzyme: (A) Ceramide lactosidase (B) Ceramidase (C) β-Galactosidase (D) GM1 β-Galactosidase
Description : Neimann-Pick disease is due to the deficiency of the enzyme: (A) Hexosaminidase A and B (B) Ceramidase (C) Ceramide lactosidase (D) Sphingomyelinase CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 6 ENZYMES
Description : Sphingosine is the backbone of all the following except (A) Cerebroside (B) Ceramide (C) Sphingomyelin (D) Lecithine
Description : Acylsphingosine is also known as (A) Sphingomyelin (B) Ceramide (C) Cerebroside (D) Sulphatide
Description : What are the three major components of glycerophospholipids, the main component of lipid bilayers that comprise cellular membranes?
Last Answer : Glycerol, a phosphate group, fatty acid chains