Description : In synthesis of Triglyceride from α-Glycero phosphate and acetyl CoA, the first intermediate formed is (A) β-diacyl glycerol (B) Acyl carnitine (C) Monoacyl glycerol(D) Phosphatidic acid
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : In the biosynthesis of triglycerides from glycerol 3-phosphate and acyl-CoA, the first intermediate formed is (A) 2-Monoacylglycerol (B) 1, 2-Diacylglycerol (C) Lysophosphatidic acid (D) Phosphatidic acid
Description : Glycerol-3-phosphate for the synthesis of triglycerides in adipose tissue is derived from (A) Phosphatidic acid (B) Diacylglycerol (C) Glycerol (D) Glucose
Description : Which of the following statements is not true about phospholipids? (a) They are similar to triacylglycerols except that the middle OH group of glycerol reacts with a phosphate rather than with a ... is a phospholipid. (d) The C-2 carbon of glycerol in phosphoacylglycerols has the R configuration
Last Answer : They are similar to triacylglycerols except that the middle OH group of glycerol reacts with a phosphate rather than with a fatty acid
Description : In adipose tissue, what is the source of glycerol phosphate for triglyceride formation?
Last Answer : From dihydroxy acetone phosphate, derived from glucose.
Description : An alcoholic amine residue is present in which of the following lipids? (A) Phosphatidic acid (B) Cholesterol (C) Sphingomyelin (D) Ganglioside
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : A lipid containing alcoholic amine residue is (A) Phosphatidic acid (B) Ganglioside (C) Glucocerebroside (D) Sphingomyelin
Description : The common precursor in the biosynthesis of triacylglycerol and phospholipids is (A) 1, 2-Diacylglycerol phosphate (B) 1-Acylglycerol 3-phosphate (C) Glycerol 3-phosphate (D) Dihydroxyacetone phosphate
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Phosphatidic acid on hydrolysis yields (A) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid, choline (B) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid (C) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid, Glucose (D) Sphingol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Intermediate in the denovo synthesis of triacyl glycerols include all the following except (A) Fatty acyl CoA (B) CDP diacyl glycerol (C) Glycerol-3-phosphate (D) Lysophosphatidic acid
Description : Which one of the following compounds is a key intermediate in the synthesis of both triacyl glycerols and phospholipids? (A) CDP Choline (B) Phosphatidase (C) Triacyl glyceride (D) Phosphatidyl serine
Description : Each of the following can be an intermediate in the synthesis of phosphatidyl choline except (A) Phosphatidyl inositol (B) CDP-choline (C) Phosphatidyl ethanolamine (D) Diacylglycerol
Description : H2S is scrubbed from refinery gases by absorption using (A) Dilute H2SO4 (B) Ethanol amine (C) Chilled water (D) Tri-butyl phosphate
Last Answer : (B) Ethanol amine
Description : Which of the following regulates lipolysis in adipocytes? (A) Activation of fatty acid synthesis mediated by CAMP (B) Glycerol phosphorylation to prevent futile esterification of fatty acids (C) ... result of hormone stimulated increases in CAMP levels (D) Activation of CAMP production by Insulin
Description : All statements regarding 3-OH-3 methyl glutaryl CoA are true except (A) It is formed in the cytoplasm (B) Required in ketogenesis (C) Involved in synthesis of Fatty acid (D) An intermediate in cholesterol biosynthesis
Description : Free glycerol cannot be used for triglyceride synthesis in (A) Liver (B) Kidney (C) Intestine (D) Adipose tissue
Description : Complete digestion of triacyl glycerol (triglyceride) in gastro intestinal tract needs what enzymes?
Last Answer : Pancreatic lipase, co-lipase, isomerase and bile salts
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 : Tetra hydroglolate can be freed from N5 methyl tetrahydrofolate only by (A) Nor epinephrine (B) Ethanol amine (C) Nicotinamide (D) Vitamin B12
Description : In the triglyceride molecule what are three molecules attached to the glycerol molecule?
Last Answer : Fatty acids (apex)
Description : A key substance in the committed step of pyrimidines biosynthesis is (A) Ribose-5-phosphate (B) Carbamoyl phosphate (C) ATP (D) Glutamine
Description : An enzyme of pyrimidine nucleotides biosynthesis regulated at the genetic level by apparently coordinate repression and derepression is (A) Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase (B) Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (C) Thymidine kinase (D) Deoxycytidine kinase
Description : Pyrimidine biosynthesis begins with the formation from glutamine, ATP and CO2, of (A) Carbamoyl aspartate (B) Orotate (C) Carbamoyl phosphate (D) Dihydroorotate
Description : The major determinant of the overall rate of denovo purine nucleotide biosynthesis is the concentration of (A) 5-phosphoribosyl 1-pyrophosphate (B) 5-phospho β-D-ribosylamine (C) Glycinamide ribosyl-5-phosphate (D) Formylglycinamide ribosyl-5-phosphate
Description : In purine biosynthesis ring closure in the molecule formyl glycinamide ribosyl-5- phosphate requires the cofactors: (A) ADP (B) NAD (C) FAD (D) ATP and Mg++
Description : In the biosynthesis of heme, condensation between succinyl CoA and glycine requires (A) NAD+ (B) FAD (C) NADH + H+ (D) B6-phosphate
Description : Sphingosine is the backbone of all the following except (A) Cerebroside (B) Ceramide (C) Sphingomyelin (D) Lecithine
Description : When choline of lecithine is replaced by ethanolamine the product is (A) Sphingomyelin (B) Cephalin (C) Plasmalogens (D) Lysolecithine
Description : What is phosphatidic acid?
Last Answer : Phosphatidic acid is made up of one glycerol to which two fatty acid residues are esterified to carbon atoms 1 and 2 and the 3rd hydroxyl group is esterified to a phosphoric acid.
Description : Thermal pyrolysis of ethylene dichloride produces (A) Trichloroethylene (B) Vinyl chloride (C) Ethanol amine (D) Ethylene oxid
Last Answer : (B) Vinyl chloride
Description : Thermal pyrolysis of ethylene dichloride produces (A) Trichloroethylene (B) Vinyl chloride (C) Ethanol amine (D) Ethylene oxide
Description : Ethanol amine is produced using ammonia and (A) Ethyl benzene (B) Ethylene oxide (C) Ethanol (D) Ethane
Last Answer : (B) Ethylene oxide
Description : Glycerol can enter glycolytic pathway via (A) Dihydroxyacetone phosphate (B) 1, 3-Biphospoglycerate (C) 3-Phosphoglycerate (D) 2-Phosphoglycerate
Description : The principal action of insulin in adipose tissue is to inhibit the activity of the (A) Hormone sensitive lipoprotein lipase (B) Glycerol phosphate acyltransferase (C) Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (D) Pyruvate dehydrogenase
Description : FAD is a coenzyme for (A) Succinate dehydrogenase (B) Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (C) Sphingosine reductase (D) All of these
Description : Adipose tissue which is a store house for triacyl glycerol synthesis the same using (A) The glycerol released by hydrolysis of triacyl glycerol (B) The glycerol-3-phosphate obtained in the metabolism of glucose (C) 2-phosphoglycerate (D) 3-phosphoglycerate
Description : Adipose tissue lacks (A) Hormone-sensitive lipase (B) Glycerol kinase (C) cAMP-dependent protein kinase (D) Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
Description : In adipose tissue, glycerol-3-phosphate required for the synthesis of triglycerides comes mainly from (A) Hydrolysis of pre-existing triglycerides (B) Hydrolysis of phospholipids (C) Dihydroxyacetone phosphate formed in glycolysis (D) Free glycerol
Description : Glycerol is converted into glycerol-3- phosphate by (A) Thiokinase (B) Triokinase (C) Glycerol kinase (D) All of these
Description : Activated phospholipase C acts on (A) Phosphatidyl inositol-4, 5-biphosphate (B) Inositol-1, 4, 5-triphosphate (C) Protein kinase C (D) Pl-3 kinase
Description : Phospholipid acting as surfactant is (A) Cephalin (B) Phosphatidyl inositol (C) Lecithin (D) Phosphatidyl serine
Description : A phosphoglyceride is always made up of (a) a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid esterified to a glycerol molecule to which a phosphate group is also attached (b) a saturated or unsaturated ... unsaturated fatty acid esterified to a glycerol molecule to which a phosphate group is also attached.
Last Answer : (a) a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid esterified to a glycerol molecule to which a phosphate group is also attached
Description : Chemically, fats are esters of long carbon-chain acids and which of the following: w) ethanol x) glycerol y) ethylene glycol z) sodium hydroxide
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- GLYCEROL
Description : In erythrocytes, 2, 3-biphosphoglycerate is derived from the intermediate: (A) Glyeraldehyde-3-phosphate (B) 1, 3-Biphosphoglycerate (C) 3-Phosphoglycerate (D) 2-Phosphoglycerate
Description : Which filler can NOT be used for the preparation of tablets for amine containing basic drugs to avoid discoloration of the tablets? (A) Dicalcium phosphate (B) Microcrystalline cellulose (C) Starch (D) Lactose
Last Answer : (D) Lactose
Description : Cytosolic and mitochondrial carbamoyl phosphate synthetase have the following similarity: (A) Both use ammonia as a substance (B) Both provide carbamoyl phosphate for urea synthesis (C) Both require N-acetylglutamate as an activator (D) Both are allosteric enzymes
Description : Will there be complete breakdown of triglyceride into fatty acid in the gastro intestinal tract?
Last Answer : No, only partial digestion is possible.
Description : An enzyme of pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis sensitive to allosteric regulation is (A) Aspartate transcarbamoylase (B) Dihydroorotase (C) Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (D) Orotidylic acid decarboxylase
Description : In the biosynthesis of the iron protoporphyrin, the product of the condensation between succinyl-CoA and glycine is (A) α-Amino β-ketoadipic acid (B) δ-Aminolevulinate (C) Hydroxymethylbilane (D) Uroporphyrinogen I
Description : Cholesterol is the precursor for the biosynthesis of (A) fatty acid (B) prostaglandins (C) bile acids (D) sphingmyelin