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 : All the following statements about recognition of a codon on mRNA by an anticodon on tRNA are correct except (A) The recognition of the third base of the codon is not very precise (B) ... degeneracy of the genetic code (D) Wobble results in incorporation of incorrect amino acids in the protein
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Genetic code is said to be degenerate because (A) It can undergo mutations (B) A large proportion of DNA is non-coding (C) One codon can code for more than one amino acids (D) More than one codons can code for the same amino acids
Description : Degeneracy of genetic code implies that (A) Codons do not code for specific amino acid (B) Multiple codons must decode the same amino acids (C) No anticodon on tRNA molecule (D) Specific codon decodes many amino acids
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 : 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 : Consider the following statements: The genetic code said to be degenerate and universal which means that, (1) Amino afids may have more than one codon (2) All amino acids have mo than one codon (3) Codons are common for higher and lower organism (4) Codons are not found in bacteria
Last Answer : Ans. ((d))
Description : .Because most of the amino acids are represented by more than one codon, the genetic code is(a) overlapping (b) wobbling (c) degenerate (d) generate.
Last Answer : a) overlapping
Description : Because most of the amino acids are represented by more than one codon, the genetic code is (a) overlapping (b) wobbling (c) degenerate (d) generate
Last Answer : (c) degenerate
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 : Out of 64 codons, 61 codons code for 20 types of amino acid. It is called (a) degeneracy of genetic code (b) overlapping of gene (c) wobbling of codon (d) universility of codons.
Last Answer : (a) degeneracy of genetic code
Description : In the regulation of genes: a. more than 90% of the base sequences in human DNA have not known function b. extrons are the part of the gene that code for amino acids found in the final proteins. c. introns usually begins with the nucleotide sequence GT d. all above
Last Answer : all above
Description : Degeneracy of the genetic code denotes the existence of (A) Base triplets that do not code for any amino acids (B) Codons consisting of only two bases (C) Codons that include one or more of the unusual bases (D) Multiple codons for a single amino acid
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 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 : Intestinal nucleosidases act on nucleosides and produce (A) Purine base only (B) Phosphate only (C) Sugar only (D) Purine or pyrimidine bases and sugars
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 : 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 : All mammalian steroid hormones are formed from (A) Purine (B) Pyrimidine (C) Cholesterol (D) Pyrrole
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 : 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 : The genetic code operates via (A) The protein moiety of DNA (B) The base sequences of DNA (C) The nucleotide sequence of mRNA (D) The base sequence of tRNA
Description : The genetic code operates through (A) The protein moiety of DNA (B) Cistrom of DNA (C) Nucleotide sequence of m RNA (D) The anticodons of tRNA
Description : What Portion of DNA which carries the genetic code for the formation of a particular protein by specifying its amino acids sequence?
Last Answer : Gene
Description : How many different kinds of amino acids are specified by the genetic code? (a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 12 (d) 200
Last Answer : Ans:(b)
Description : .In the genetic dictionary, there are 64 codons as (a) 64 amino acids are to be coded (b) 64 types of tRNAs are present (c) there are 44 nonsense codons and 20 sense codons (d) genetic code is triplet.
Last Answer : (c) there are 44 nonsense codons and 20 sense codons
Description : In the genetic code dictionary, how many codons are used to code for all the 20 essential amino acids? (a) 20 (b) 64 (c) 61 (d) 60
Last Answer : b) 64
Description : In the genetic dictionary, there are 64 codons as (a) 64 amino acids are to be coded (b) 64 types of tRNAs are present (c) there are 44 nonsense codons and 20 sense codons (d) genetic code is triplet
Last Answer : genetic code is triplet
Description : n the genetic code dictionary, how many codons are used to code for all the 20 essential amino acids? (a) 20 (b) 64 (c) 61 (d) 60
Last Answer : c) 61