Description : A nucleoside consists of (A) Nitrogenous base (B) Purine or pyrimidine base + sugar (C) Purine or pyrimidine base + phosphorous (D) Purine + pyrimidine base + sugar + phosphorous
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : A nucleotide is formed of (a) purine, pyrimidine and phosphate (b) purine, sugar and phosphate (c) nitrogen base, sugar and phosphate (d) pyrimidine, sugar and phosphate
Last Answer : (c) nitrogen base, sugar and phosphate
Description : Genetic code is (A) Collection of codon (B) Collection of amino acids (C) Collection of purine nucleotide (D) Collection of pyrimidine nucleotide
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Intestinal nucleosidases act on nucleosides and produce (A) Purine base only (B) Phosphate only (C) Sugar only (D) Purine or pyrimidine bases and sugars
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Adenine is (a) purine (b) pyrimidine (c) nucleoside (d) nucleotide.
Last Answer : (a) purine
Description : Uridine, present only in RNA is a (a) nucleoside (b) nucleotide (c) purine (d) pyrimidine.
Last Answer : a) nucleoside
Description : The 3′ - 5′ phosphodiester linkages inside a polynucleotide chain serve to join (a) one DNA strand with the other DNA strand (b) one nucleoside with another nucleoside (c) one nucleotide with another nucleotide (d) one nitrogenous base with pentose sugar.
Last Answer : (c) one nucleotide with another nucleotide
Description : In DNA, genetic information is located in (A) Purine bases (B) Pyrimidine bases (C) Purine and pyrimidine bases (D) sugar
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Coenzyme A contains a nitrogenous base which is (A) Adenine (B) Guanine (C) Choline (D) Ethanolamine
Description : Lecithin contains a nitrogenous base named as (A) Ethanolamine (B) Choline (C) Inositol (D) All of these
Description : The nitrogenous base in lecithin is (A) Ethanolamine (B) Choline (C) Serine (D) Betaine
Description : Thiamine is (A) Water-soluble vitamin (B) Fat soluble vitamin (C) Purine base (D) Pyrimidine base
Description : Thymine is (A) Water soluble vitamin (B) Fat soluble vitamin (C) Purine base (D) Pyrimidine base
Last Answer : (A) Adenine
Description : Folic acid or folate consists of the (A) Base pteridine, p-amino benzoic acid and asparate (B) Base purine, p-amino benzoic acid and glutamate (C) Base pteridine, p-amino benzoic acid and glutamate (D) Base purine, p-hydroxy benzoic acid and glutamate
Description : Which one of the following contributes nitrogen atoms to both purine and pyrimidine rings? (A) Aspartate (B) Carbanoyl phosphate (C) Carbondioxide (D) Tetrahydrofolate
Description : Which one of the following causes frame shift mutation? (A) Transition (B) Transversion (C) Deletion (D) Substitution of purine to pyrimidine
Description : The structural stability of the double helix of DNA is as cribbed largely to (A) Hydrogen bonding between adjacent purine bases (B) Hydrophobic bonding between staked purine and ... Hydrogen bonding between adjacent pyrimidine bases (E) Hydrogen bonding between purine and pyrimidine bases
Description : The available PRPP is used preferentially for (A) De novo synthesis of purine nucleotides (B) De novo synthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides (C) Salvage of purine bases (D) Salvage of pyrimidine bases
Description : 5-Phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate is required for the synthesis of (A) Purine nucleotides (B) Pyrimidine nucleotides (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
Description : Ultraviolet light can damage a DNA strand causing (A) Two adjacent purine residue to form a covalently bounded dimer (B) Two adjacent pyrimidine residues to form covalently bonded dimer (C) Disruption of phosphodiesterase linkage (D) Disruption of non-covalent linkage
Description : Gout is a metabolic disorder of catabolism of (A) Pyrimidine (B) Purine (C) Alanine (D) Phenylalanine
Description : Pyrimidine and purine nucleoside biosynthesis share a common precursor: (A) PRPP (B) Glycine (C) Fumarate (D) Alanine
Description : In RNA molecule guanine content does not necessarily equal its cytosine content nor does its adenine content necessarily equal its uracil content since it is a (A) Single strand molecule ( ... stranded molecule (C) Double stranded helical molecule (D) Polymer of purine and pyrimidine ribonucleotides
Description : All mammalian steroid hormones are formed from (A) Purine (B) Pyrimidine (C) Cholesterol (D) Pyrrole
Description : Vitamin B12 has a complex ring structure (corrin ring) consisting of four (A) Purine rings (B) Pyrimidine rings (C) Pyrrole rings (D) Pteridine rings
Description : Which of the following contributes nitrogen atoms to both purine and pyrimidine rings? (A) Aspartate (B) Carbamoyl phosphate (C) CO2 (D) Glutamine
Description : The first pyrimidine nucleotide to be formed in de novo synthesis pathway is (A) UMP (B) CMP (C) CTP (D) TMP
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 : A substrate for enzymes of pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis is (A) Allopurinol (B) Tetracylin (C) Chloramphenicol (D) Puromycin
Description : The pyrimidine nucleotide acting as the high energy intermediate is (A) ATP (B) UTP (C) UDPG (D) CMP
Description : A pyrimidine nucleotide is (A) GMP (B) AMP (C) CMP (D) IMP
Description : The first reaction unique to purine nucleotide synthesis is catalysed by (A) PRPP synthetase (B) PRPP glutamyl amido transferase (C) Phosphoribosyl glycinamide synthetase (D) Formyl transferase
Description : All of the following enzymes are unique to purine nucleotide synthesis except (A) PRPP synthetase (B) PRPP glutamyl amido transferase (C) Adenylosuccinate synthetase (D) IMP dehydrogenase
Description : De novo synthesis of purine nucleotide occurs in (A) Mitochondria (B) Cytosol (C) Microsmes (D) Ribosomes
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 : Ring closure of formimidoimidazole carboxamide ribosyl-5-phosphate yields the first purine nucleotide: (A) AMP (B) IMP (C) XMP (D) GMP
Description : A purine nucleotide is (A) AMP (B) UMP (C) CMP (D) TMP
Description : Difference between purine and pyrimidine. -Biology
Last Answer : answer:
Description : Assertion: Uric acid is produced by the metabolism of purine and pyrimidine. Reason: Uric acid has high toxicity and is soluble in water.
Last Answer : Assertion: Uric acid is produced by the metabolism of purine and pyrimidine. Reason: Uric acid has ... D. If both Assertion and Reason are false
Description : True statements about the nucleic acid include: a. contains purine and pyrimidine which are bound together by covalent bonds b. there is always an equal concentration of purine and pyrimidine c. in RNA, ... d. introns is more common than exons on the DNA e. the histones mark the excision site
Last Answer : there is always an equal concentration of purine and pyrimidine
Description : n the DNA molecule, (a) the proportion of adenine in relation to thymine varies with the organism (b) there are two strands which run anti- parallel-one in 5′ → 3′ direction and other in 3′ → ... is not always equal (d) there are two strands which run parallel in the 5′ → 3′ direction.
Last Answer : (b) there are two strands which run anti- parallel-one in 5′ → 3′ direction and other in 3′ → 5′
Description : Alkylating agents exert cytotoxic action by inducing: A. Breakage of DNA strand B. Cross linking of DNA strands C. Abnormal pairing of purine and pyrimidine bases D. All of the above
Last Answer : D. All of the above
Description : Cephalin consists of (A) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid and choline (B) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid and ethanolamine (C) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid and inositol (D) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid and serine
Description : Which of the following nucleotide sequences contains 4 pyrimidine bases? (a) GATCAATGC (b) GCUAGACAA (c) UAGCGGUAA (d) Both (b) and (c)
Last Answer : a) GATCAATGC
Description : Are pyrimidine nitrogenous bases?
Last Answer : Cytosine, thymine and uracil are the pyrimidines in animalusage.
Description : Nucleotides are building blocks of nucleic acids. Each nucleotide is a composite molecule formed by (a) base-sugar-phosphate (b) base-sugar-OH (c) (base-sugar-phosphate)n (d) sugar-phosphate.
Last Answer : (a) base-sugar-phosphate
Description : In a nucleotide, the nitrogen base is joined to the sugar molecule by a) Phosphodiester bond b) Glycosidic bond c) Hydrogen bond d) (a) &(b)
Last Answer : b) Glycosidic bond
Description : Deoxyribose sugar + Nitrogenous base + phosphate group (PO2 )
Last Answer : Ans. Nucleotide