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
Last Answer : Answer : C
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
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Glycerol can enter glycolytic pathway via (A) Dihydroxyacetone phosphate (B) 1, 3-Biphospoglycerate (C) 3-Phosphoglycerate (D) 2-Phosphoglycerate
Last Answer : Answer : A
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 : Biosynthesis of Triglyceride and Lecithine both require an intermediate: (A) Monoacyl glycerol phosphate (B) Phosphatidic acid (C) Phosphatidyl ethanol amine (D) Phosphatidyl cytidylate
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Fatty liver is caused due to accumulation of (A) Fatty acids (B) Cholesterol (C) Phospholipids (D) Triacylglycerol
Description : In neutral fats, the unsaponificable matter includes (A) Hydrocarbons (B) Triacylglycerol (C) Phospholipids (D) Cholsesterol
Description : Pyrimidine and purine nucleoside biosynthesis share a common precursor: (A) PRPP (B) Glycine (C) Fumarate (D) Alanine
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 : Gangliosides derived from glucosylceramide contain in addition one or more molecules of (A) Sialic acid (B) Glycerol (C) Diacylglycerol (D) Hyaluronic acid
Description : When the stired triacylglycerol is lipolysed in the adipose tissue blood levels of _____ increased. (A) FFA only (B) Glycerol only (C) Free fatty acids (FFA) and Glycerol (D) Triacyl glycero
Description : Synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids involves the enzyme systems: (A) Acyl transferase and hydratase (B) Desaturase and elongase (C) Ketoacyl-CoA reductase and hydratase (D) Dihydroxyacetone phosphate
Description : Dihydroxyacetone phosphate and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate are intercoverted by CARBOHYDRATES AND CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM 13 (A) Triose isomerase (B) Phosphotriose isomerase (C) Diphosphotriose isomerase (D) Dihydroxyacetone phosphorylase
Last Answer : B
Description : In the pathway leading to biosynthesis of acetoacetate from acetyl-CoA in liver, the immediate precursor of aceotacetate is (A) Acetoacetyl-CoA (B) 3-Hydroxybutyryl-CoA (C) 3-Hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA (D) 3-Hydroxybutyrate
Description : Cholesterol is the precursor for the biosynthesis of (A) fatty acid (B) prostaglandins (C) bile acids (D) sphingmyelin
Description : What is the major form of caloric storage in human body? (A) ATP (B) Glycogen (C) Creatine phosphate (D) triacylglycerol
Description : Phospholipids are important cell membrane components since (A) They have glycerol (B) Form bilayers in water (C) Have polar and non-polar portions (D) Combine covalently with proteins
Description : Very low density lipoproteins are relatively rich in (A) Cholesterol (B) Triacyl glycerol (C) Free fatty acids (D) Phospholipids
Description : Phospholipids are important cell membrane components because (A) They have glycerol (B) They can form bilayers in water (C) They have both polar and non polar potions (D) They combine covalently with proteins
Description : Depot fats of mammalian cells comprise mostly of (A) Cholesterol (B) Cholesterol esters (C) Triacyl glycerol (D) Phospholipids
Description : Phospholipids help the oxidation of (A) Glycerol (B) Fatty acids (C) Glycerophosphates(D) None of these
Description : The importance of phospholipids as constituent of cell membrane is because they possess (A) Fatty acids (B) Both polar and nonpolar groups (C) Glycerol (D) Phosphoric acid
Description : Carbon skeleton produced during respiration. (Eg. `alpha`-ketoglutarate, OAA etc. intermediates) are used as precursor for biosynthesis of other molec
Last Answer : Carbon skeleton produced during respiration. (Eg. `alpha`-ketoglutarate, OAA etc. intermediates) are ... biosynthesis of other molecules in the cell.
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 : 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 : 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 : 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
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 : Glycerol is converted into glycerol-3- phosphate by (A) Thiokinase (B) Triokinase (C) Glycerol kinase (D) All of these
Description : In adipose tissue, what is the source of glycerol phosphate for triglyceride formation?
Last Answer : From dihydroxy acetone phosphate, derived from glucose.
Description : A pentose sugar is (A) Dihydroxyacetone (B) Ribulose (C) Erythrose (D) Glucose
Last Answer : (B) Ribulose
Description : Second messenger for glucagons is (A) Cyclic AMP (B) Diacylglycerol (C) Cyclic GMP (D) Inositol triphosphate
Description : The second messenger for PTH is (A) Cyclic AMP (B) Cyclic GMP (C) Diacylglycerol (D) Inositol triphosphate
Description : Synthesis of phosphatidylinositol by transfer of inositol to CDP diacylglycerol is catalysed by the enzyme: (A) CTP phosphatidate cytidyl transferase (B) Phosphatidate phosphohydrolase (C) CDP-diacylglycerol inositol transferase (D) Choline kinase
Description : Phospholipase C attacks the ester bond liberating 1, 2-diacylglycerol and a phosphoryl base at position (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) 3
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 : Pancreatic lipase converts triacylglycerols into (A) 2, 3-Diacylglycerol (B) 1-Monoacylglycerol (C) 2-Monoacylglycerol (D) 3-Monoacylglycerol
Description : Insulin increases the activity of (A) Pyruvate kinase (B) Phosphorylase (C) Triacylglycerol kinase (D) Fructose 2, 6-bisphosphatase
Description : Hypolipidemic drugs reduce serum cholesterol and triacylglycerol. The effect of clofibrate is attributed to (A) Block in absorption from G.I.T. (B) Decrease in secretion of triacylglycerol and cholesterol ... by liver (C) Block in the reabsorption of bile acids (D) Decreased synthesis of cholesterol
Description : Which of the following products of triacylglycerol breakdown and subsequent β-Oxidation may undergo gluconeogenesis? (A) Acetyl CoA (B) Porpionyl CoA (C) All ketone bodies (D) Some amino acids
Description : Most animal tissues contain appreciable amounts of lipid, when in the form of depot fat it consists largely of (A) Cholesterol ester (B) Phosphatides (C) Chylomicrons (D) Triacylglycerol