Description : The fat of a common mussel-secretes a sticky glue that can be used to make heart implants. The unique chemical compound present in the glue is: (1) Amino phenyl alanine (2) Hydroxy phenyl alanine (3) Phenyl alanine (4) Dihydroxy phenyl alanine
Last Answer : (4) Dihydroxy phenyl alanine Explanation: The foot of the common mussel (Mytilus edulis) produces a sticky glue due to a unique compound called mussel adhesive protein, which contains a high ... be used as a tooth coating to prevent dental plaque, which is caused by bacterial infection.
Description : The first amino acid incorporated in a polypeptide in a ribosome of a human is (A) N formyl methionine (B) Methionine (C) Phenyl alanine (D) Hydroxy lysine
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : The reference compound for absolute configuration of optically active compound is (A) Alanine (B) Lactic acid (C) Glyceraldehyde (D) Dihydroxy acetone
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Following events occur in the cytoplasm and not inside storage vesicles, except (a) Conversion of tyrosine to dopa (b) Conversion of dopa to dopamine (c) Conversion of dopamine to norepinephrine (d) Conversion of dopamine to 3,4 dihydroxy phenyl acetic acid
Last Answer : Ans: C
Description : Side chains of all following amino acids contain aromatic rings except (A) Phenyl alanine (B) Alanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : The amino acid which synthesizes many hormones: (A) Valine (B) Phenyl alanine (C) Alanine (D) Histidine
Description : Is phenyl alanine an essential amino acid?
Last Answer : Yes.
Description : 10. A person affected with phenyl ketonuria ,lack an enzyme that converts the amino acid Phenyl alanine into a) Valine b) Proline c) Tyrosine d) Methionine
Last Answer : 10.c) Tyrosine
Description : Catecholamine hormones are (A) 3, 4-Dihydroxy derivatives of phenylethylamine (B) p-Hydroxy derivatives of phenylacetate (C) p-Hydroxy derivatives of phenylpyruvate (D) p-Hydroxy derivatives of phenyllactate
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Calcitriol is (A) 1-hydroxy cholecalciferol (B) 25-hydroxy cholecalciferol (C) 24, 25-dihydroxy cholecalciferol (D) 1, 25-dihydroxy cholecalciferol
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : In glutathione (a tripeptide) is present apart from Glutamic acid and cysteine: (A) Serine (B) Glycine (C) Leucine (D) Phenyl alanine
Description : The codon for phenyl Alanine is (A) AAA (B) CCC (C) GGG (D) UUU
Description : A synthetic RNA having the sequence of UUUUUU (Poly U) will give a protein having poly ______. (A) Alamine (B) Phenyl alanine (C) Glycine (D) Methionine
Description : All followings are ketogenic aminoacids except (A) Leucine (B) Isoleucine (C) Phenyl alanine (D) Glycine
Description : Optical isomers of all aminoacids exist except (A) Glycine (B) Arginine (C) Alanine (D) Hydroxy proline
Description : In contrast to a patient undergoing an elective operation, which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning a patient who has suffered a multiple trauma? a. Basal metabolic rates are ... is similar to their composition in skeletal muscle d. Fat and protein stores are rapidly depleted
Last Answer : Answer: b, d The degree of hypermetabolism is generally related to the severity of injury. Patients with long-bone fractures have a 15-25% increase in metabolic rate, whereas metabolic ... in injured subjects, if unfed, severely injured patients rapidly deplete their fat and protein stores
Description : How to get that sticky lable glue off of glass bottles?
Last Answer : Lighter fluid will dissolve and clean it off very quickly. Do you consider that too nasty?
Description : Upon hydrolysis, proteins give (a) Amino acids (b) Hydroxy acids (c) Fatty acids (d) Alcohols
Last Answer : Amino acids
Description : Name the compound formed when an hydroxyl group is attached to a phenyl group.
Last Answer : ANSWER: PHENOL
Description : Which one of the following can be oxidized to the corresponding carbonyl compound - (1) O-Nitrophenol (2) Phenol (3) 2-methyl-2-hydroxy propane (4) 2-hydroxy propane
Last Answer : (4) 2-hydroxy propane
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 : The amino acid containing hydroxy group: (A) Glycine (B) Isoleucine (C) Arginine (D) Thereonine
Description : What are hydroxy amino acids?
Last Answer : Serine and threonine.
Description : Why can't they make breast implants out of the fat a person already has?
Last Answer : The implants provide structure and firmness (thus the silicone or water bags). Simply injecting fat into the breast tissue would just make the breasts lumpy (not so appealing). In addition, a lot of ... might not be enough fat to do the job (even though mechanistically I think it is impossible).
Description : Which one of the following metabolites is not directly produced in the hexose monophosphate pathway? (A) Fructose-6-phosphate (B) Dihydroxy acetone phosphate (C) CO2 (D) Erythrose-4-phosphate
Description : Thyroid hormones are synthesized by the iodination of the amino acid: (A) Glycine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Alanine (D) Tyrosine
Description : Sulphur is made available to the body by the amino acids: (A) Cystine and methionine (B) Taurine and alanine (C) Proline and hydroxyproline (D) Arginine and lysine MINERAL METABOLISM 191
Description : Which among the following is a nutritionally essential amino acid for man? (A) Alanine (B) Glycine (C) Tyrosine (D) Isoleucine
Description : Which among the following is an essential amino acid for man? (A) Alanine (B) Serine (C) Valine (D) Glutamic acid
Description : Pantothenic acid contains an amino acid which is (A) Aspartic acid (B) Glutamic acid (C) β-Alanine (D) β-Aminoisobutyric acid
Description : All the following amino acids are nonessential except (A) Alanine (B) Histidine (C) Cysteine (D) Proline
Description : The amino acid which synthesizes many hormornes: (A) Valine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Alanine (D) Histidine
Description : Most amino acids are substrates for transamination except (A) Alanine (B) Threonine (C) Serine (D) Valine
Description : Along with CO2, NH3 and ATP, the amino acid that is needed in urea cycle is (A) Alanine (B) Isoleucine (C) Aspartate (D) Glycine
Description : One of the following amino acid is solely ketogenic: (A) Lysine (B) Alanine (C) Valine (D) Glutamate
Description : Increased serum alanine during fasting is due to (A) Breakdown of muscle proteins (B) Decreased utilization of non essential amino acids (C) Leakage of aminoacids to plasma (D) Impaired renal function
Description : 2-Amino 3-OH propanoic acid is (A) Glycine (B) Alanine (C) Valine (D) Serine
Description : The amino acid which has a pK near 4 and thus is negatively charged at pH 7 is (A) Alanine (B) Glutamic acid (C) Glutamine (D) Aspargine
Description : Side chains of all amino acids contain aromatic rings except (A) Pheynl alanine (B) Alanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : All the standard amino acids except the following have one chiral ‘c’ atom: (A) Threonine, Isoleucine (B) Isoleucine, Alanine (C) Threonine, Alanine (D) Alanine, Glutamine
Description : The amino acid which is not optically active is (A) Alanine (B) Glycine (C) Glutamine (D) Lysine
Description : The amino acid containing hydroxyl group: (A) Alanine (B) Isoleucine (C) Arginine (D) Threonine
Description : The amino acid which gives yellow colour with Ninhydrin in paper chromatography is (A) Tyrosine (B) Proline (C) Tryptophan (D) Alanine
Description : An amino acid not containing the usual— COOH group is (A) Alanine (B) Tryptophan (C) Methionine (D) Taurine
Description : This amino acid cannot have optical isomers: (A) Alanine (B) Histidine (C) Threonine (D) Glycine
Description : Which among the following is a basic amino acid? (A) Aspargine (B) Arginine (C) Proline (D) Alanine
Description : Which among the following is a nutritionally essential amino acid for man ? (A) Alanine (B) Glycine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : The amino acid that undergoes oxidative deamination at significant rate is (A) Alanine (B) Aspartate (C) Glutamate (D) Glutamine
Description : Non-Protein amino acids are (A) Ornithine (B) β-alanine (C) γ-amino butyric acid (D) All of these
Description : All the following are branched chain amino acids except (A) Isoleucine (B) Alanine (C) Leucine (D) Valine