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 : 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 : A nucleotide consists of (A) A nitrogenous base like choline (B) Purine + pyrimidine base + sugar + phosphorous (C) Purine or pyrimidine base + sugar (D) Purine or pyrimidine base + phosphorous
Last Answer : Answer : B
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
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
Last Answer : Answer : D
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 : Which one of the following contributes nitrogen atoms to both purine and pyrimidine rings? (A) Aspartate (B) Carbanoyl phosphate (C) Carbondioxide (D) Tetrahydrofolate
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Which of the following contributes nitrogen atoms to both purine and pyrimidine rings? (A) Aspartate (B) Carbamoyl phosphate (C) CO2 (D) Glutamine
Description : Nucleotides required for the synthesis of nucleic acids can be obtained from (A) Dietary nucleic acids and nucleotides (B) De novo synthesis (C) Salvage of pre-existing bases and nucleosides (D) De novo synthesis and salvage
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 : 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
Description : Which one of the following causes frame shift mutation? (A) Transition (B) Transversion (C) Deletion (D) Substitution of purine to pyrimidine
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 : Genetic code is (A) Collection of codon (B) Collection of amino acids (C) Collection of purine nucleotide (D) Collection of pyrimidine nucleotide
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 : The following coenzyme is required for catabolism of pyrimidine bases: (A) NADH (B) NADPH (C) FADH2 (D) None of these
Description : Uridine, present only in RNA is a (a) nucleoside (b) nucleotide (c) purine (d) pyrimidine.
Last Answer : a) nucleoside
Description : A nucleoside is: (a) purine/pyramidine + phosphate (b) purine/pyramidine + sugar (c) Pyramidine + purine + phosphate (d) Purine + sugar + phosphate
Last Answer : Ans. ((b))
Description : Salvage of purine bases is regulated by (A) Adenosine phosphoribosyl transferase (B) Hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (C) Availability of PRPP (D) None of these
Description : The enzyme required for salvage of free purine bases is (A) Adenine phosphoribosyl transferase (B) Hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
Description : Free purine bases which can be salvaged are (A) Adenine and guanine (B) Adenine and hypoxanthine (C) Guanine and hypoxanthine (D) Adenine, guanine and hypoxanthine
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 : Adenine is (a) purine (b) pyrimidine (c) nucleoside (d) nucleotide.
Last Answer : (a) purine
Description : A nucleic acid has a "backbone" consisting of _____. a. The nitrogenous bases. b. sugar-phosphate-sugar-phosphate-... c. N-C-N-C-N-C-N-C-... d. functional groups.
Last Answer : b. sugar-phosphate-sugar-phosphate-...
Description : De novo synthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides is regulated by (A) Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase (B) Aspartate transcarbamoylase (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
Description : All the enzymes required for de novo synthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides are cytosolic except (A) Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase (B) Aspartate transcarbamoylase (C) Dihydro-orotase (D) Dihydro-orotate dehydrogenase
Description : An enzyme common to de novo synthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides and urea is (A) Urease (B) Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase (C) Aspartate transcarbamoylase (D) Argininosuccinase
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 : The two nitrogen of the pyrimidine ring are contributed by (A) Ammonia and glycine (B) Asparate and carbamoyl phosphate (C) Glutamine and ammonia (D) Aspartate and ammonia
Description : Pyrimidine biosynthesis begins with the formation from glutamine, ATP and CO2, of (A) Carbamoyl aspartate (B) Orotate (C) Carbamoyl phosphate (D) Dihydroorotate
Description : 6-Mercapto purine inhibits the conversion of (A) IMP→ XMP (B) Ribose 5 phosphate → PRPP (C) PRPP → 5-phospho →β -D-ribosylamine (D) Glycinamide ribosyl 5-phosphate → formylglycinamide ribosyl-5-phosphate
Description : An enzyme which acts as allosteric regulator and sensitive to both phosphate concentration and to the purine nucleotides is (A) PRPP synthetase (B) PRPP glutamyl midotransferase (C) HGPR Tase (D) Formyl transferase
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 : 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 : 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 : Characteristics of Vitamin D and its metabolites include which one of the following? (a) Act to decrease serum levels of calcium (b) Activation of their Vitamin D receptors increases cellular CAMP ... Vitamin D increase renal excretion of calcium (e) Vitamin D deficiency results in Pager's disease
Last Answer : Ans: C
Description : List the pyrimidine bases of DNA. -Biology
Description : List the pyrimidine bases of RNA. -Biology
Description : Are pyrimidine nitrogenous bases?
Last Answer : Cytosine, thymine and uracil are the pyrimidines in animalusage.