Description : Glycogen while being acted upon by active phosphorylase is converted first to (A) Glucose (B) Glucose 1-phosphate and Glycogen with 1 carbon less (C) Glucose-6-phosphate and Glycogen with 1 carbon less (D) 6-Phosphogluconic acid
Last Answer : C
Description : Glycogen is converted to glucose-1- phosphate by (A) UDPG transferase (B) Branching enzyme (C) Phosphorylase (D) Phosphatase
Description : After the action of phosphorylase, glycogen is converted into (A) Amylopectin (B) dextrin (C) Amylose (D) Maltose
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Pyridoxal phosphate is a coenzyme for (A) Glycogen synthetase (B) Phosphorylase (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
Description : The enzyme that converts glucose to glucose-6-phosphate is (A) Phosphatase (B) Hexokinase (C) Phosphorylase (D) Glucose synthetase
Description : The following enzyme is required for the hexose monophosphate shunt pathway: (A) Glucose-6-phosphatase (B) Phosphorylase (C) Aldolase (D) Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
Last Answer : D
Last Answer : (B) Phosphorylase
Description : Allosteric activator of glycogen synthase is (A) Glucose (B) Glucose-6-Phosphate (C) UTP (D) Glucose-1-phosphate
Description : In the synthesis of glycogen from glucose the reversible step is (A) Glucose → glucose 6-phosphate (B) Glucose 6-phosphate → glucose 1-phosphate (C) Glucose 1-phosphate → UDP glucose (D) UDP glucose → glycogen
Description : The salivary hydrolase is known as salivary amylase, or ptyalin. Ptyalin digests carbohydrates breaking starch and glycogen, glucose polymers, into maltose (a glucose disaccharide) and dextrin.
Last Answer : Why doesn't the food enter the trachea instead of going to the esophagus?
Description : In which of the following groups are all polysaccharides? (a) Sucrose, glucose and fructose (b) Maltose, lactose and fructose (c) Glycogen, sucrose and maltose (d) Glycogen, cellulose and starch
Last Answer : (d) Glycogen, cellulose and starch
Description : Which compound is a monosaccharide? w) maltose x) sucrose y) glucose z) glycogen
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- GLUCOSE
Description : Which of the following yields a substance other than glucose on degradation by water? w) Cellulose x) Glycogen y) Sucrose z) Maltose
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- SUCROSE
Description : Her’s disease is characterized by deficiency of (A) Muscle phosphorylase (B) Liver phosphorylase (C) Debranching enzyme (D) Glycogen synthase
Description : Cori disease (Limit dextrinosis) is caused due to absence of (A) Branching enzyme (B) Debranching enzyme (C) Glycogen synthase (D) Phosphorylase
Description : One of the following enzymes does not change glycogen synthase a to b. (A) Glycogen synthase kinases 3, 4, 5 (B) Ca2+ calmodulin phosphorylase kinase (C) Ca2+ calmodulin dependent protein kinase (D) Glycogen phosphorylase a
Description : What will activate glycogen phosphorylase?
Last Answer : Epinephrine, glucagon, cyclic AMP.
Description : Glucose-1-phosphate liberated from glycogen cannot be converted into free glucose in (A) Liver (B) Kidneys (C) Muscles (D) Brain
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Von Gierke’s disease is characterized by the deficiency of (A) Glucose-6-phosphatase (B) α -1→ 4 Glucosidase (C) 1→ 6 Glucosidase (D) Liver phosphorylase
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : McArdle’s disease is due to the deficiency of (A) Glucose-6-phosphatase (B) Phosphofructokinase (C) Liver phosphorylase (D) muscle phosphorylase
Description : A coenzyme present in phosphorylase is (A) NAD (B) Pyridoxal phosphate (C) Thiamin pyrophosphate (D) Coenzyme A
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 : A carbohydrate which can not be digested in human gut is (A) Cellulose (B) Starch (C) Glycogen (D) Maltose
Description : Maltose can be formed by hydrolysis of (A) Starch (B) Dextrin (C) Glycogen (D) All of these
Description : Pompe ’s d isease is caused due to deficiency of (A) Lysosomal α-1→4 and 1→6-glucosidase (B) Glucose-6-phosphatase (C) Glycogen synthase (D) Phosphofructokinase
Description : The branching enzyme acts on the glycogen when the glycogen chain has been lengthened to between glucose units: (A) 1 and 6 (B) 2 and 7 (C) 3 and 9 (D) 6 and 11
Description : Glycogen structure includes a branch in between–glucose units: (A) 6–12 (B) 8–14 (C) 6–10 (D) 12–18
Description : What is the major form of caloric storage in human body? (A) ATP (B) Glycogen (C) Creatine phosphate (D) triacylglycerol
Description : There can be intolerance with respect to the following sugar: (A) Glucose (B) Lactose (C) Maltose (D) Xylose
Description : Carbohydrate moiety in cerebrosides is (A) Glucose (B) Sucrose (C) Galactose (D) Maltose
Description : Which of the following is an epimeric pair? (A) Glucose and fructose (B) Glucose and galactose (C) Galactose and mannose (D) Lactose and maltose
Description : A carbohydrate found only in milk is (A) Glucose (B) Galactose (C) Lactose (D) Maltose
Description : A positive Seliwanoff’s test is obtained with (A) Glucose (B) Fructose (C) Lactose (D) Maltose
Description : A positive Benedict’s test is not given by (A) Sucrose (B) Lactose (C) Maltose (D) Glucose
Last Answer : A
Description : An essential agent for converting glucose to glycogen in liver is (A) Latic acid (B) GTP (C) UTP (D) Pyruvic acid
Description : Action of glycogen synthase is inhibited by (A) Insulin (B) Glucose (C) Mg2+ (D) Cyclic AMP
Description : The pathway of glycogen biosynthesis involves a special nucleotide of glucose. In the reaction below, NuDP stands for NuDP Glucose + glycogenn → NuDP + glycogenn+1 (A) ADP (B) GDP (C) UDP (D) CDP
Description : The process of breakdown of glycogen to glucose in the liver and pyruvate and lacate in the muscle is known as (A) Glyogenesis (B) Glycogenolysis (C) Gluconeogenesis (D) Cellular degradation
Description : Renal glycosuria occurs due to (A) Increased filtration of glucose in glomeruli (B) Increased secretion of glucose by renal tubular cells (C) Decreased reabsorption of glucose by renal tubular cells (D) Increased conversion of glycogen into glucose in tubular cells
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : The carbohydrate reserved in human body is (A) Starch (B) Glucose (C) Glycogen (D) Inulin
Description : Starch and glycogen are polymers of (A) Fructose (B) Mannose (C) α−D-Glucose (D) Galactose
Description : An essential for converting Glucose to Glycogen in Liver is (A) Lactic acid (B) GTP (C) CTP (D) UTP CARBOHYDRATES AND CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM 19
Description : One of the following statement is correct: (A) Glycogen synthase ‘a’ is the phosphorylated (B) cAMP converts glycogen synthase b to ‘a’ (C) Insulin converts glycogen synthase b to a (D) UDP glucose molecules interact and grow into a Glycogen tree
Description : Glycogen synthetase activity is depressed by (A) Glucose (B) Insulin (C) Cyclic AMP (D) Fructokinase
Description : Uridine diphosphate glucose (UDPG) is (A) Required for metabolism of galactose (B) Required for synthesis of glucuronic acid (C) A substrate for glycogen synthetase (D) All of the above
Description : Branching occurs in glycogen approximately after every (A) Five glucose units (B) Ten glucose units (C) Fifteen glucose units (D) Twenty glucose units
Description : A carbohydrate, commonly known as dextrose is (A) Dextrin (B) D-Fructose (C) D-Glucose (D) Glycogen
Description : Oxidation of which substance in the body yields the most calories (A) Glucose (B) Glycogen (C) Protein (D) Lipids
Description : In the glycogen synthesis, which is the active glucose derivative?
Last Answer : UDP-glucose.
Description : Which one of the following is a non - reducing carbohydrate? (a) Maltose (b) Sucrose (c) Lactose (d) Ribose 5-phosphate
Last Answer : (b) Sucrose