Description : All the following statements about carnitine are true except (A) It can be synthesised in the human body (B) It can be synthesized from methionine and lysine (C) It is required for transport of short chain fatty acids into mitochondria (D) Its deficiency can occur due to haemodialysis
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : All the following statements about brown adipose tissue are true except (A) It is rich in cytochromes (B) It oxidizes glucose and fatty acids (C) Oxidation and phosphorylation are tightly coupled in it (D) Dinitrophenol has no effect on it
Description : The acetyl CoA formed on β-oxidation of all long chain fatty acids is metabolized under normal circumstances to (A) CO2 and water (B) Cholesterol (C) Fatty acids (D) Ketone bodies
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : All long chain fatty acids with even number of carbon atoms are oxidized to a pool of _________ by β-oxidation. (A) CO2 (B) Propionic acid (C) Acetic acid (D) Acetyl CoA
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : What is the product of beta oxidation of odd chain fatty acids?
Last Answer : Propionyl CoA.
Description : Mitochondrial membrane is permeable to (A) Short chain fatty acids (B) Medium chain fatty acids (C) Long chain fatty acids (D) All of these
Description : Carnitine is required for the transport of (A) Triglycerides out of liver (B) Triglycerides into mitochondria (C) Short chain fatty acids into mitochondria (D) Long chain fatty acids into mitochondria
Description : Mitochondrial thiokinase acts on (A) Short chain of fatty acids (B) Medium chain fatty acids (C) Long chain fatty acids (D) All of these
Description : Saliva contains a lipase which acts on triglycerides having (A) Short chain fatty acids (B) Medium chain fatty acids (C) Long chain fatty acids (D) All of these
Description : Refsum’s disease results from a defect in the following pathway except (A) Alpha-oxidation of fatty acids (B) Beta-oxidation of fatty acids (C) Gamma-oxidation of fatty acids (D) Omega-oxidation of fatty acids
Description : β-Oxidation of fatty acids requires all the following coenzymes except (A) CoA (B) FAD (C) NAD (D) NADP
Description : All of the following statements about puromycin are true except (A) It is an alanyl tRNA analogue (B) It causes premature termination of protein synthesis (C) It inhibits protein synthesis in prokaryotes (D) It inhibits protein synthesis in eukaryotes
Description : All the following statements about acetyl CoA carboxylase are true except (A) It is required for de novo synthesis of fatty acids (B) It is required for mitochondrial elongation of fatty acids ( ... for microsomal elongation of fatty acids (D) Insulin converts its inactive form into its active form
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Where will you find short and medium chain fatty acids?
Last Answer : They are seen in butter, ghee, coconut oil and motherís milk.
Description : Diphtheria toxin inhibits (A) Prokaryotic EF-1 (B) Prokaryotic EF-2 (C) Eukaryotic EF-1 (D) Eukaryotic EF-2
Description : All of the following statements about nonsense codons are true except (A) They do not code for amino acids (B) They act as chain termination signals (C) They are identical in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (D) They have no complementary anticodons
Description : As a result of each oxidation a long chain fatty acid is cleaved to give (A) An acid with 3-carbon less and propionyl CoA (B) An acid with 2-carbon less and acetyl CoA (C) An acid with 2-carbon less and acetyl CoA (D) An acid with 4-carbon and butyryl CoA
Description : All of the following statements about pancreatic somatostain are true except (A) It is secreted by δ cells of islets of Langerhans (B) It stimulates the secretion of gastrin (C) It inhibits the secretion of secretin (D) It inhibits the secretion of cholecystokininpancreozymin
Description : All of the following statements about cholecystokinin pancreozymin are true except (A) It is secreted by mucosa of small intestine (B) It stimulates secretion of pancreatic juice rich in enzymes (C) It stimulates contraction of gall bladder (D) It inhibits gastric motility
Description : A soluble system for synthesis of fatty acids have been isolated from avian liver, required for the formation of long chain fatty acids by this system is (A) ATP (B) Acetyl CoA (C) NADPH (D) All of these
Description : For the activation of long chain fatty acids the enzyme thiokinase requires the cofactor: (A) Mg++ (B) Ca++ (C) Mn++ (D) K+
Description : Long chain fatty acids are first activated to acyl CoA in the (A) Cytosol (B) Mitochodria (C) Ribosomes (D) Microsome
Description : Long chain fatty acids penetrate the inner mitochondrial membrane (A) Freely (B) As acyl-CoA derivative (C) As carnitine derivative (D) Requiring Na dependent carrier
Description : Long chain fatty acids are first activated to acetyl-CoA in (A) Cytosol (B) Microsomes (C) Nucleus (D) Mitochondria
Description : How long chain fatty acids are absorbed?
Last Answer : Long chain fatty acids (chain length more than 14 carbons) are absorbed by forming micelles with the help of bile salts.
Description : It has been suggested that enterocyte-specific fuels be utilized for all patients receiving parenteral nutrition. Theoretically, the benefits of such fuels include: A. Glutamine increases ... parenteral nutrition for patients with chemotherapy toxicity or radiation enteritis is without hazards.
Last Answer : Answer: NONE IS ENTIRELY TRUE DISCUSSION: The use of enterocyte-specific fuels is part of a new and potentially exciting phase of nutritional pharmacology in parenteral nutrition; ... the maintenance of colonocyte-specific nutrition and, in the case of butyrate, ileal enterocyte nutrition
Description : β-Oxidation of odd-carbon fatty acid chain produces (A) Succinyl CoA (B) Propionyl CoA (C) Acetyl CoA (D) Malonyl CoA
Description : Erythromycin binds to 50 S ribosomal sub unit and (A) Inhibits binding of amino acyl tRNA (B) Inhibits Peptidyl transferase activity (C) Inhibits translocation (D) Causes premature chain termination
Description : In prokaryotes, chloramphenicol (A) Causes premature release of the polypeptide chain (B) Causes misreading of the mRNA (C) Depolymerises DNA (D) Inhibits peptidyl transferase activity
Description : β-oxidation of fatty acids is inhibited by (A) NADPH (B) Acetyl CoA (C) Malonyl CoA (D) None of these
Description : Vitamin E protects the polyunsaturated fatty acids from oxidation by molecular oxygen in the formation of (A) Superoxide (B) Peroxide (C) Trioxide (D) All of these
Description : Vitamin E protects (A) Polyunsaturated fatty acids against aperoxidation (B) Vitamin A and carotenes against oxidation (C) Lung tissue against atmospheric pollutants (D) All of these
Description : NAD is required as a conenzyme in (A) Citric acid cycle (B) HMP shunt (C) β-Oxidation of fatty acids (D) Both (A) and (C)
Description : In β-Oxidation of fatty acids, which of the following are utilized as coenzymes? (A) NAD+ and NADP+ (B) FADH2 and NADH + H+ (C) FAD and FMN (D) FAD and NAD+
Description : Phospholipids help the oxidation of (A) Glycerol (B) Fatty acids (C) Glycerophosphates(D) None of these
Description : The fatty acids containing even number and odd number of carbon atoms as well as the unsaturated fatty acids are oxidized by (A) α-oxidation (B) β-oxidation (C) ω-oxidation (D) All of these
Description : Fatty acids are oxidized by (A) α -oxidation (B) β -oxidation (C) ω -oxidation (D) All of these
Description : De novo synthesis and oxidation of fatty acids differ in the following respect: (A) Synthesis occurs in cytosol and oxidation in mitochondria (B) Synthesis is decreased and oxidation increased by ... synthesis and FAD in oxidation (D) Malonyl CoA is formed during oxidation but not during synthesis
Description : The end product of omega-oxidation of fatty acids having an even number of carbon atoms is (A) Adipic acid (B) Suberic acid (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
Description : α-Oxidation of fatty acids occurs mainly in (A) Liver (B) Brain (C) Muscles (D) Adipose tissue
Description : Propionyl CoA formed oxidation of fatty acids having an odd number of carbon atoms is converted into (A) Acetyl CoA (B) Acetoacetyl CoA (C) D-Methylmalonyl CoA (D) Butyryl CoA
Description : Oxidation of fatty acids occurs (A) In the cytosol (B) In the matrix of mitochondria (C) On inner mitochondrial membrane (D) On the microsomes
Description : Propionyl CoA is formed on oxidation of (A) Monounsaturated fatty acids (B) Polyunsaturated fatty acids (C) Fatty acids with odd number of carbon atoms (D) None of these FATS AND FATTY ACID METABOLISM 83
Description : Which of the following can be oxidized by β-oxidation pathway? (A) Saturated fatty acids (B) Monosaturated fatty acids (C) Polyunsaturated fatty acids (D) All of these
Description : How fatty acids are activated in preparation of oxidation?
Last Answer : Fatty acids are activated to their co-enzyme A (CoA) derivative.
Description : Epinephrine increases the concentration of free fatty acids in plasma by increasing (A) Extramitochondrial fatty acid synthesis (B) Mitochondrial fatty acid chain elongation (C) Microsomal fatty acid chain elongation (D) Lipolysis in adipose tissue
Description : The major site for elongation of medium chain fatty acids is (A) Mitochondria (B) Cytosol (C) Microsomes (D) All of these
Description : The maximum possible chain length of fatty acids formed in the pathway of de novo synthesis is (A) 16 Carbon atoms (B) 18 Carbon atoms (C) 20 Carbon atoms (D) 24 Carbon atoms
Description : Chain elongation of fatty acids in mammalian liver occurs in (A) Nucleus (B) Ribosomes (C) Lysosomes (D) Microsomes
Description : Chain elongation of fatty acids occurring in mammalian liver takes place in which of the following subcellular fractions of the cell? (A) Nucleus (B) Ribosomes (C) Lysosomes (D) Microsomes