Description : Which enzyme hydrolyses starch? (A) Invertase (B) Maltase (C) Sucrase (D) Diastase
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : The hexose monophosphate pathway includes the enzyme: (A) Maltase dehydrogenase (B) Hexokinase (C) α-Ketoglutarate dehydrogenase (D) Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
Description : Tarui disease is characterized by the deficiency of the enzyme: (A) Liver phosphorylase (B) Muscle phosphorylase (C) Muscle and erythrocyte phosphofructokinase (D) Lysosomal acid maltase
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Amylopectinosis is caused due to absence of (A) Debranching enzyme (B) Branching enzyme (C) Acid maltase (D) Glucose-6-phosphatase
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : The enzyme in whose presence glucose and fructose are converted into alcohol is - (1) Diastase (2) Maltase (3) Invertase (4) Zymase
Last Answer : (4) Zymase Explanation: The slow decomposition of organic matter into simpler substances in presence of enzymes is known as fermentation. Fermentation is used for the preparation of alcoholic ... first converted to glucose and fructose (isonomers) in presence of an enzyme called invertase.
Description : The enzyme that converts glucose to ethyl alcohol is – (1) invertase (2) Maltase (3) Zymase (4) Diastase
Last Answer : (3) Zymase Explanation: The fermentation of sugar into ethanol is one of the earliest biotechnologies employed by humanity. Fermentation of fermentable sugars by suitable yeast produces ethanol (ethyl ... wine yeast, for example, contain zymase, an enzyme that can convert glucose to ethanol.
Description : Choose the correct enzyme - substrate pair. (a) Carbohydrate - Lipase (b) Maltase - Lactose (c) Rennin - Casein (d) Protein - Amylase
Last Answer : (c) Rennin - Casein
Description : The enzyme that is not present in succus entericus is (a) nucleosidase (b) lipase (c) maltase (d) nuclease.
Last Answer : (d) nuclease.
Description : Which of the following options best represents the enzyme composition of pancreatic juice? (a) Amylase, Pepsin, Trypsinogen, Maltase (b) Peptidase, Amylase, Pepsin, Rennin (c) Lipase, Amylase, Trypsinogen, Procarbo- xypeptidase (d) Amylase, Peptidase, Trypsinogen, Rennin
Last Answer : (c) Lipase, Amylase, Trypsinogen, Procarbo- xypeptidase
Description : The enzyme which can catalyse the conversion of glucose to ethyl alcohol is (A) Invertase (B) Maltase (C) Diastase (D) Zymase
Last Answer : (D) Zymase
Description : The enzyme which converts starch into the disaccharides maltose is (A) Diastase (B) Maltase (C) Yeast (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Diastase
Description : Which of the following options best represents the enzyme composition of pancreatic juice ? (1) amylase, pepsin, trypsinogen, maltase (2) peptidase, amylase, pepsin, rennin (3) lipase, amylase, trypsinogen, procarboxypeptidase (4) amylase, peptidase, trypsinogen, rennin
Last Answer : (3) lipase, amylase, trypsinogen, procarboxypeptidase
Description : The enzyme for starch digestion (a) Maltase (b) Invertase (c) Lipase (d) Amylase
Last Answer : (d) Amylase
Description : The enzyme in whose presence glucose and fructose are converted into alcohol is (1) Diastase (2) Maltase (3) Invertase (4) Zymase
Last Answer : Zymase
Description : The enzyme that converts glucose to ethyl alcohol is : (1) Invertase (2) Maltase (3) Zymase (4) Diastase
Description : Earthworms have no skeleton but during burrowing, the anterior end becomes turgid and acts as a hydraulic skeleton. It is due to (a) gut peristalsis (b) setae (c) coelomic fluid (d) blood.
Last Answer : (c) coelomic fluid
Description : The following is true of loperamide except: A. It is absorbed from intestines and exerts centrally mediated antidiarrhoeal action B. It acts on the opioid receptors in the gut C. It increases ... of the intestines D. It inhibits intestinal secretion by binding to calmodulin in the mucosal cells
Last Answer : A. It is absorbed from intestines and exerts centrally mediated antidiarrhoeal action
Description : Choose the correct statement about lactulose: A. It stimulates myenteric neurones to enhance gut peristalsis B. Administered orally it acts as a purgative within 2-4 hours C. It is an osmotic laxative that produces soft but formed stools D. All of the above are correct
Last Answer : C. It is an osmotic laxative that produces soft but formed stools
Description : The gut controls the entry of ingested iron in the body by: A. Regulating the availability of apoferritin which acts as the carrier of iron across the mucosal cell B. Regulating the turnover of ... mucosal cell and is shed off D. Regulating the number of transferrin receptors on the mucosal cell
Last Answer : C. Complexing excess iron to form ferritin which remains stored in the mucosal cell and is shed off
Description : Which of the following human digestive enzymes is incorrectly matched to its substrate? a) pepsin - protein b) trypsin - starch (pron: TRIP-sin) c) pancreatic amylase - starch (pron: AM-i-lase) d) lipase - fat e) maltase - maltose.
Last Answer : ANSWER: B -- TRYPSIN - STARCH
Description : Enzyme pepsin acts upon food at a pH of about `:-`
Last Answer : Enzyme pepsin acts upon food at a pH of about `:-` A. 3 to split proteins B. 2 to ... protein into peptones D. 2 to change protein in amino acids
Description : What is the digestive enzyme that acts within the stomach? Which type of food does it digest? What are the cells that produce that enzyme?
Last Answer : The digestive enzyme that acts in the stomach is pepsin. Pepsin has the function of breaking proteins into smaller peptides. The gastric cells that produce pepsinogen (the zymogen precursor of pepsin) are the chief cells. Digestion System - Image Diversity: chief cells
Description : Maltase attacks only (A) α-glucosides (B) β-glucosides (C) Starch (D) Dextrins
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : The pH optima for maltase is (A) 1.0–2.0 (B) 5.2–6.0 (C) 5.8–6.2 (D) 5.4–6.0
Description : Which enzymes are likely to act on the baked potatoes eaten by a man, starting from the mouth and as it moves down the alimentary canal? (a) Pancreatic amylase → Salivary amylase ... (c) Salivary amylase → Pancreatic amylase → Disaccharidases (d) Salivary maltase → Carboxypeptidase → Trypsinogen
Last Answer : (c) Salivary amylase → Pancreatic amylase → Disaccharidases
Description : Gastric juice of infants contains (a) pepsinogen, lipase, rennin (b) amylase, rennin, pepsinogen (c) maltase, pepsinogen, rennin (d) nuclease, pepsinogen, lipase
Last Answer : (a) pepsinogen, lipase, rennin
Description : _____ from the mold Aspergillus oryzaeis used as a spot remover in laundry presoaks, as an adhesive, and in baking, where it digests starch to glucose. a. Amylase b. Lactase c. Sucrase d. Maltase
Last Answer : a. Amylase
Description : Which one of the following is not – enzymes (a) Maltase (b) Sucrase (c) Amylase (d) Urease
Last Answer : (a) Maltase
Description : Are there any beneficial anaerobic bacteria which are found in the human gut?
Last Answer : There’s several species of Lactobacillus that live in the human gut that are so good for you that people buy little yoghurt drinks full of them.
Description : A carbohydrate which can not be digested in human gut is (A) Cellulose (B) Starch (C) Glycogen (D) Maltose
Description : What are the main functions of the bacterial flora within the human gut?
Last Answer : Bacteria that live inside the gut have great importance in digestion. Some polysaccharides like cellulose, hemicellulose and pectin are not digested by the digestive enzymes secreted by the ... useful too because they compete with other species preventing excessive proliferation of these bacteria.
Description : Motile zygote of Plasmodium occurs in (a) gut of female Anopheles (b) salivary glands of Anopheles (c) human RBCs (d) human liver
Last Answer : (a) gut of female Anopheles
Description : The bacteria which is predominant flora of the human gut is A- Escherichia coli B- Clostridium perfringens C- Bacteroides D- Actinomyces
Last Answer : Clostridium perfringens
Description : 96. Motile zygote of Plasmodium occurs in (1) Human liver (2) Gut of female Anopheles (3) Salivary glands of Anopheles (4) Human RBCs
Last Answer : Gut of female Anopheles
Description : What is the name of the wavelike constructions that propel food along the gut?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : Where do the indigenous microbiota come from to repopulate the gut after diarrhea? a. The Food You Eat b. The Place You Live c. The Appendix d. The Liver
Last Answer : c. The Appendix
Description : Enzyme pepsin acts in `:`
Last Answer : Enzyme pepsin acts in `:` A. acidic medium in the pancreas B. acidic medium in the stomach C. intestine D. mouth
Description : Gastric enzyme pepsin acts only in acidic medium with in a limited pH concentration. It varies `:`
Last Answer : Gastric enzyme pepsin acts only in acidic medium with in a limited pH concentration. It varies `:` A. 1.20 to 1.80 ... C. 2.00 to 2.50 D. 1.50 to 2.60
Description : Amylase enzyme acts on the `-`
Last Answer : Amylase enzyme acts on the `-` A. Starch B. Protein C. Fat D. Cane sugar
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 : Name the enzyme that acts both as carboxylase at one time and oxygenase at another time. (A) PEP carboxylase (B) RuBP carboxylase (C) Carbonic anyhdrase (D) None of these
Description : An enzyme promotes a chemical reaction by (A) Lowering the energy of activation (B) Causing the release of heat which acts as a primer (C) Increasing molecular motion (D) Changing the free energy difference between substrate and product
Description : NADPH is produced when this enzyme acts (A) Pyruvate dehydrogenase (B) Malic enzyme (C) Succinate dehydrogenase (D) Malate dehydrogenase
Description : Pancreatic lipose is an enzyme which hydrolyzes facts. It acts as a/an (A) peptidase (B) hydrolase (C) carbohydrates (D) dehydrogenase
Description : Apolipoprotien B-100 acts as (A) Enzyme activator (B) Ligand for receptor (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
Description : Apolipoprotein A-I acts as (A) Enzyme activator (B) Ligand for receptor (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
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
Last Answer : D
Description : Fibrinolytic therapy is based on activation of plasminogen, the inactive proteolytic enzyme of plasma that binds to fibrin during the formation of thrombosis. Activation of plasminogen to plasmin results ... TPA all exceed 30 minutes d. Streptokinase is significantly cheaper than urokinase or TPA
Last Answer : Answer: a, b, d Streptokinase is a bacterial protein produced by group C b-hemolytic streptococci. It is therefore antigenic in humans and can be associated with allergic reaction in ... one agent over the other. Streptokinase however, is markedly less expensive than either urokinase or TPA
Description : Name the enzyme present in tear that acts as a germicide:?
Last Answer : Lysozyme