Description : An aromatic amino acid is (A) Lysine (B) Tyrosine (C) Taurine (D) Arginine
Last Answer : Answer : B
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
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Which one of the following is semiessential amino acid for humans? (A) Valine (B) Arginine (C) Lysine (D) Tyrosine
Description : Skeletal muscle breakdown produces predominantly liberation of which two amino acids? A. Lysine. B. Tyrosine. C. Alanine. D. Glutamine. E. Arginine.
Last Answer : Answer: CD DISCUSSION: Alanine is released from skeletal muscle and extracted by the liver, where it is converted to new glucose. Glutamine is also released from muscle and participates in ... these two amino acids account for approximately two thirds of the nitrogen released from skeletal muscle
Description : An example of -amino acid not present in proteins but essential in mammalian metabolism is (A) 3-Amino 3-hydroxypropanoic acid (B) 2-Amino 3-hydroxybutanoic acid (C) 2-Amino 4-mercaptobutanoic acid (D) 2-Amino 3-mercaptopropanoic acid
Last Answer : (C) 2-Amino 4-mercaptobutanoic acid
Description : Amino acid with side chain containing basic groups is (A) 2-Amino 5-guanidovaleric acid (B) 2-Pyrrolidine carboxylic acid (C) 2-Amino 3-mercaptopropanoic acid (D) 2-Amino propanoic acid
Last Answer : (A) 2-Amino 5-guanidovaleric acid
Description : An example of sulphur containing amino acid is (A) 2-Amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid (B) 2-Amino-3-methylbutanoic acid (C) 2-Amino-3-hydroxypropanoic acid (D) Amino acetic acid
Last Answer : (A) 2-Amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid
Description : Sulphur containing amino acid is (A) Methionine (B) Leucine (C) Valine (D) Asparagine
Last Answer : (A) Methionine
Description : The optically inactive amino acid is (A) Glycine (B) Serine (C) Threonine (D) Valine
Last Answer : (A) Glycine
Description : Non essential amino acids (A) Are not components of tissue proteins (B) May be synthesized in the body from essential amino acids (C) Have no role in the metabolism (D) May be synthesized in the body in diseased states
Last Answer : (B) May be synthesized in the body from essential amino acids
Description : All the following are sulphur containing amino acids found in proteins except (A) Cysteine (B) Cystine (C) Methionine (D) Threonine
Last Answer : (D) Threonine
Description : The true statement about solutions of amino acids at physiological pH is (A) All amino acids contain both positive and negative charges (B) All amino acids contain positively charged side chains ... amino acids contain only positive Charge (D) All amino acids contain negatively charged side chains
Last Answer : (A) All amino acids contain both positive and negative charges
Description : At neutral pH, a mixture of amino acids in solution would be predominantly: (A) Dipolar ions (B) Nonpolar molecules (C) Positive and monovalent (D) Hydrophobic
Last Answer : (A) Dipolar ions
Description : Proteins contain (A) Only L- - amino acids (B) Only D-amino acids (C) DL-Amino acids (D) Both (A) and (B)
Last Answer : (A) Only L- - amino acids
Description : All proteins contain the (A) Same 20 amino acids (B) Different amino acids (C) 300 Amino acids occurring in nature (D) Only a few amino acids
Last Answer : (A) Same 20 amino acids
Description : Erythromycin contains (A) Dimethyl amino sugar (B) Trimethyl amino sugar (C) Sterol and sugar (D) Glycerol and sugar
Last Answer : (A) Dimethyl amino sugar
Description : Which one of the following is an essential amino acid? (A) Arginine (B) Tyrosine (C) Phenylalanine (D) Proline
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Million-Nasse’s reaction is specific for the amino acid: (A) Tryptophan (B) Tyrosine (C) Phenylalanine (D) Arginine
Description : Which of the following amino acid has been shown as one of the active site of phosphoglucomutase? (A) Lysine (B) Tyrosine (C) Serine (D) Histidine
Description : Activation or inactivation of certain key regulatory enzymes is accomplished by covalent modification of the amino acid: (A) Tyrosine (B) Phenylalanine (C) Lysine (D) Serine
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : The limiting amino acid of rice is (A) Lysine (B) Tryptophan (C) Phenylalanine (D) Tyrosine
Description : α-helix is disrupted by certain amino acids like (A) Proline (B) Arginine (C) Histidine (D) Lysine
Description : The amino acids in which the R groups have a net positive charge at pH 7.0 are (A) Lysine, Arginine, Histidine (B) Lysine, Aspargine (C) Histidine, Aspargine (D) Glutamine, Arginine
Description : The amino acids involved in the synthesis of creatin are (A) Arginine, glycine, active methionine (B) Arginine, alanine, glycine (C) Glycine, lysine, methionine (D) Arginine, lysine, methionine
Description : The biosynthesis of both Catecholamine and serotonin require (A) Tyrosine hydroxylase (B) N-methyl transferase (C) Aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (D) Tryptophan pyrrolase
Description : Edman’s reaction can be used to (A) Determine the number of tyrosine residues in a protein (B) Determine the number of aromatic amino acid residues in a protein (C) Determine the amino acid sequence of a protein (D) Hydrolyse the peptide bonds in a protein
Description : Since the pK values for aspartic acid are 2.0, 3.9 and 10.0, it follows that the isoelectric (pH) is (A) 3.0 (B) 3.9 (C) 5.9 (D) 6.0
Last Answer : (A) 3.0
Description : Which of the following amino acids produce a vasoconstrictor on decarboxylation? (A) Histidine (B) Tyrosine (C) Threonine (D) Arginine
Description : Identify the basic amino acid from the following. (a) Tyrosine (b) Glutamic Acid (c) Lysine (d) Valine
Last Answer : (c) Lysine
Description : Side chains of all following amino acids contain aromatic rings except (A) Phenyl alanine (B) Alanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Side chains of all amino acids contain aromatic rings except (A) Pheynl alanine (B) Alanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Thyroxine is derived from (A) Tyrosine (B) Tyranine (C) Taurine (D) Tryptaine
Description : The functions of plasma albumin are (A) Osmosis (B) Transport (C) Immunity (D) both (A )and (B)
Last Answer : (A) Osmosis
Description : pH (isoelectric pH) of alanine is (A) 6.02 (B) 6.6 (C) 6.8 (D) 7.2
Last Answer : (A) 6.02
Description : The sugar found in DNA is (A) Xylose (B) Ribose (C) Deoxyribose (D) Ribulose
Last Answer : (C) Deoxyribose
Description : The major sugar of insect hemolymph is (A) Glycogen (B) Pectin (C) Trehalose (D) Sucrose
Last Answer : (C) Trehalose
Description : A sugar alcohol is (A) Mannitol (B) Trehalose (C) Xylulose (D) Arabinose
Last Answer : (A) Mannitol
Description : The carbohydrate of the blood group substances is (A) Sucrose (B) Fucose (C) Arabinose (D) Maltose
Last Answer : (B) Fucose
Description : In glucose the orientation of the —H and —OH groups around the carbon atom 5 adjacent to the terminal primary alcohol carbon determines (A) D or L series (B) Dextro or levorotatory (C) and anomers (D) Epimers
Last Answer : (A) D or L series
Description : Compounds having the same structural formula but differing in spatial configuration are known as (A) Stereoisomers (B) Anomers (C) Optical isomers (D) Epimers
Last Answer : (A) Stereoisomers
Description : The most important epimer of glucose is (A) Galactose (B) Fructose (C) Arabinose (D) Xylose
Last Answer : (A) Galactose
Description : Isomers differing as a result of variations in configuration of the —OH and —H on carbon atoms 2, 3 and 4 of glucose are known as (A) Epimers (B) Anomers (C) Optical isomers (D) Steroisomers
Last Answer : (A) Epimers
Description : Two sugars which differ from one another only in configuration around a single carbon atom are termed (A) Epimers (B) Anomers (C) Optical isomers (D) Stereoisomers
Description : The number of isomers of glucose is (A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 16
Last Answer : (D) 16
Description : Polysaccharides are (A) Polymers (B) Acids (C) Proteins (D) Oils
Last Answer : (A) Polymers
Description : The pentose sugar present mainly in the heart muscle is (A) Lyxose (B) Ribose (C) Arabinose (D) Xylose
Last Answer : (A) Lyxose
Description : A pentose sugar is (A) Dihydroxyacetone (B) Ribulose (C) Erythrose (D) Glucose
Last Answer : (B) Ribulose
Description : A triose sugar is (A) Glycerose (B) Ribose (C) Erythrose (D) Fructose
Last Answer : (A) Glycerose
Description : The aldose sugar is (A) Glycerose (B) Ribulose (C) Erythrulose (D) Dihydoxyacetone
Description : The general formula of polysaccharides is (A) (C6H10O5)n (B) (C6H12O5)n (C) (C6H10O6)n (D) (C6H10O6)n
Last Answer : (A) (C6H10O5)n