Description : The four membered aldose sugar phosphate formed in HMP shunt pathway is (A) Xylulose P (B) Erythrulose P (C) Erythrose P (D) Ribulose P
Last Answer : C
Description : The 5- carbon compounds produced during dark reaction of photosynthesis is (A) Ribose phosphate (B) Xylulose phosphate (C) Ribulose bis phosphate (D) Seda heptulose phosphate
Last Answer : (C) Ribulose bis phosphate
Description : In essential pentosuria, urine contains (A) D-Ribose (B) D-Xylulose (C) L-Xylulose (D) D-Xylose
Description : The sugar found in DNA is (A) Xylose (B) Ribose (C) Deoxyribose (D) Ribulose
Last Answer : (C) Deoxyribose
Description : The pentose sugar present mainly in the heart muscle is (A) Lyxose (B) Ribose (C) Arabinose (D) Xylose
Last Answer : A
Last Answer : (A) Lyxose
Description : The intermediate n hexose monophosphate shunt is (A) D-Ribulose (B) D-Arabinose (C) D-xylose (D) D-Lyxose
Description : Pentosuria is a rare hereditary disease is characterized by increased urinary excretion of (A) L-xylulose (B) Xylitol (C) Xylulose 5-phosphate (D) Ribose 5-phosphate
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Xylulose-5-phosphate serves as a donar of active glycolaldehyde, the acceptor is (A) Erythrose 4-phosphate (B) Ribose 5-phosphate (C) Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (D) Sedoheptulose 7-phosphate
Description : Pentose production is increased in (A) HMP shunt (B) Uromic acid pathway (C) EM pathway (D) TCA cycle
Description : Two important byproducts of HMP shunt are (A) NADH and pentose sugars (B) NADPH and pentose sugars (C) Pentose sugars and 4 membered sugars (D) Pentose sugars and sedoheptulose
Last Answer : B
Description : An L-isomer of monosaccharide formed in human body is (A) L-fructose (B) L-Erythrose (C) L-Xylose (D) L-Xylulose
Last Answer : D
Description : In pentose phosphate pathway, D-ribulose5-phosphate is converted to D-ribose-5- phosphate by the enzyme: (A) Fumarase (B) Ketoisomerase (C) G-6-PD (D) Epimerase
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : The regulatory enzyme in HMP shunt is (A) Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (B) 6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Human heart muscle contains (A) D-Arabinose (B) D-Ribose (C) D-Xylose (D) L-Xylose
Description : A pentose sugar is (A) Dihydroxyacetone (B) Ribulose (C) Erythrose (D) Glucose
Last Answer : (B) Ribulose
Description : The heptose ketose sugar formed as a result of chemical reaction in HMP shunt: (A) Sedoheptulose (B) Galactoheptose (C) Glucoheptose (D) Mannoheptose
Description : The sugar moiety present in DNA is (A) Deoxyribose (B) Ribose (C) Lyxose (D) Ribulose
Description : The sugar moiety present in RNA is (A) Ribulose (B) Arabinose (C) Ribose (D) Deoxyribose
Description : A carbohydrate found in DNA is (A) Ribose (B) Deoxyribose (C) Ribulose (D) All of these
Description : The sugar found in RNA is (A) Ribose (B) Deoxyribose (C) Ribulose (D) Erythrose
Description : The sugar present in DNA is – (1) Pentose (2) Xylulose (3) Hexose (4) Heptulose
Last Answer : ( 1) Pentose Explanation: The sugar present in DNA is 2- deoxyribose, which is a pentose
Description : The sugar present in DNA is (1) Pentose (2) Xylulose (3) Hexose (4) Heptulose
Last Answer : Pentose
Description : The key substance in the synthesis of purine, phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate is formed by (A) α-D-ribose 5-phosphate (B) 5-phospho β-D-ribosylamine (C) D-ribose (D) Deoxyribose
Description : The intermediate in hexose monophosphate shunt is (A) D-Ribolose (B) D-Arobinose (C) D-xylose (D) D-lyxose
Description : Which one of the following statements is incorrect? (A) Insulin increases glucose phosphorylation (B) Insulin increases glycolysis (C) Insulin augments HMP shunt (D) Insulin promotes gluconeogenesis
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Excessive secretion of glucocorticoids raises blood glucose by (A) Decreasing glycogenesis (B) Increasing glycogenolysis (C) Increasing gluconeogenesis (D) Inhibiting HMP shunt
Description : The rate of HMP shunt reactions is (A) Increased by Insulin (B) Increased in diabetes mellitus (C) Increased by glucagons (D) Increased in starvation
Description : The decarboxylation reaction in HMP shunt is catalysed by (A) Gluconolactone hydrolase (B) 6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (C) 6-Phosphogluconate decarboxylase (D) Transaldolase
Description : HMP shunt is present in (A) Erythrocytes (B) Liver (C) Testes (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 : NADP is required as a coenzyme in (A) Glycolysis (B) Citric acid cycle (C) HMP shunt (D) Gluconeogenesis
Description : The most important source of reducing equivalents for FA synthesis on the liver is (A) Glycolysis (B) HMP-Shunt (C) TCA cycle (D) Uronic acid pathway
Description : Which of the following enzyme is not involved in HMP shunt? (A) Glyceraldehyde-3-p dehydrogenase (B) Glucose-6-p-dehydrogenase (C) Transketolase (D) Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase
Description : Dehydrogenases involved in HMP shunt are specific for (A) NADP+ (B) NAD+ (C) FAD (D) FMN
Description : One molecule of glucose gives ______ molecules of CO2 in one round of HMP shunt. (A) 6 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
Description : Our body can get pentoses from (A) Glycolytic pathway (B) Uromic acid pathway (C) TCA cycle (D) HMP shunt
Description : An amphibolic pathway among the following is (A) HMP shunt (B) Glycolysis (C) Citirc acid cycle (D) Gluconeogenesis
Description : Mature erythrocytes do not contain (A) Glycolytic enzymes(B) HMP shunt enzymes (C) Pyridine nucleotide(D) ATP
Description : What is the purpose of HMP shunt pathway?
Last Answer : It generates NADPH.
Description : What is the hormonal control over HMP shunt pathway?
Last Answer : Insulin stimulates the pathway by activating the key enzyme.
Description : What are the tissues in which HMP shunt pathway is significant?
Last Answer : Liver, adipose tissue, RBC, adrenal cortex, ovary, testis, mammary gland, lens.
Description : HMP shunt pathway use how much glucose?
Last Answer : About 10% of glucose molecules per day are entering in this pathway.
Description : The carbon of the pentose in ester linkage with the phosphate in a nucleotide structure is (A) C1 (B) C3 (C) C4 (D) C5
Description : The main source of reducing equivalents (NADPH) for lipogenesis is (A) Pentose phosphate pathway (B) Citric acid cycle (C) Glycolysis (D) Glycogenolysis
Description : Hemolytic anemia is caused by the deficiency of certain enzymes of the pentose phosphate pathway, the principal enzyme involved is (A) Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (B) Aldolase (C) Fructose 1, 6-bisphosphatase (D) Phosphohexose isomerase
Description : The pentose phosphate pathway protects erythrocytes against hemolysis by assisting the enzyme: (A) Superoxide dismutase (B) Catalase (C) Glutathionic peroxidase (D) Cytochrome oxidase ENZYMES 149
Description : Pentose phosphate pathway is of significance because it generates (A) NADPH for reductive synthesis (B) Regenerates glucose 6-phosphate (C) Generates fructose 6-phosphate (D) Forms glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate