PROTEINS Flashcards
Most abundant and functionally diverse molecules in living systems:
A. Carbohydrates
B. Proteins
C. Lipids
D. Nucleic acids
E. None of these
B. Proteins
It is considered as the building blocks of proteins:
A. Purines and pyrimidines
B. Monosaccharides
C. Amino acids
D. Nucleotides
E. Fatty acids and glycerol
C. Amino acids
The following describes peptide bond, except:
A. Has a partial double bond characteristics
B. – C(=O)NH–
C. undergoes hydrolytic reaction
D. Formed by the –COOH of an amino acid and the –NH2 of the next amino acid
C. undergoes hydrolytic reaction
Which of the following statements about amino acids is correct?
A. Acidic amino acids bear a positive charge at pH = 7.0
B. All amino acids have a chiral carbon
C. Lysine and arginine are basic amino acids
D. All of these
C. Lysine and arginine are basic amino acids
Which of the following amino acids contains basic side chain?
A. Histidine
B. Arginine
C. Leucine
D. All of these
E. Both A and B
E. Both A and B
Which of the following amino acids do not contain an alipathic side chain?
A. Glycine
B. Valine
C. Proline
D. Leucine
E. Alanine
C. Proline
Which amino acid is a major neurotransmitter in the brain?
A. Tyrosine
B. Glutamate
C. Aspartate
D. Serine
E. Tryptophan
B. Glutamate
All of the following amino acid contains –OH group except?
A. Histidine
B. Serine
C. Threonine
D. Tyrosine
A. Histidine
Which of the following is a sulfur-containing amino acid?
A. Aspartatic acid
B. Asparagine
C. Methionine
D. Glutamic acid
E. Glutamine
C. Methionine
Which of the following is an example of basic amino acid?
A. Proline
B. Histidine
C. Tryptophan
D. Phenylalanine
E. Tyrosine
B. Histidine
All listed below are aromatic amino acid, except:
A. Histidine
B. Proline
C. Tryptophan
D. Tyrosine
E. Phenylalanine
B. Proline
Which of the following has a ketogenic metabolic fate?
A. Leucine
B. Tyrosine
C. Glycine
D. Isoleucine
E. Phenylalanine
A. Leucine
Which of the following amino acids contain(s) side chains with sulfur atom?
A. Methionine
B. Cysteine
C. Cytosine
D. Both A and B
E. Both A and C
D. Both A and B
Which of the following amino acid has an imino group?
A. Proline
B. Valine
C. Leucine
D. Isoleucine
E. Tyrosine
A. Proline
Which of the following amino acid possess a phenolic hydroxyl group?
A. Serine
B. Threonine
C. Tyrosine
D. Both A and B
E. All of these
C. Tyrosine
Serotonin, a neurotransmitter is derived from the amino acid ____:
A. Tryptophan
B. Threonine
C. Tyrosine
D. Phenylalanine
A. Tryptophan
Identification test for the presence of alpha amino acid and free amino groups?
A. Millon’s Test
B. Xathoproteic Test
C. Hopkin’s Cole Test
D. Ninhydrin Test
E. Molisch Test
D. Ninhydrin Test
Identification test for the presence of sulfur such as in cysteine and methionine?
A. Pauly diazo Test
B. Basic Lead Test
C. Hopkin’s Cole Test
D. Biuret Test
E. Salkowski’s Test
B. Basic Lead Test
The pH midway between the pKa values in either side of isoelectric species where amino acids exists as neutral species is called as ________.
A. pH determination
B. Henderson-Hasselbach equation
C. Isoelectric point
D. Buffer capacity of amino acids
C. Isoelectric point
Calculate the pI of alanine, pK1 (R-COOH) = 2.35; pK2 (R-NH3+) = 9.69
6.02
________ are molecules that contain an equal number of ionizable groups of opposite charges and therefore bear a zero net charge.
A. Isoelectric point
B. Amphotheric
C. Neutral amino acid
D. Zwitterions
E. Hydrophobic amino acid
D. Zwitterions
Which of the following pairs of amino acid with the indicated side chain is correctly matched?
I. Tryptophan – indole
II. Tyrosine – phenol
III. Arginine – guanidine
A. I, II and III
B. II and III only
C. I and III only
D. I and II only
A. I, II and III
The R group of the amino acid “D” is?
A. Hydroxyethyl
B. Hydroxymethyl
C. Carboxyethyl
D. Carboxymethyl
E. Methyl
D. Carboxymethyl
Sanger’s Reaction is also known as ____________.
A. Edman’s Test
B. Enzymatic cleavage
C. Dideoxychain termination
D. Splicing
C. Dideoxychain termination