BIOMOLECULES TEST- 1

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.On electrolysis in acidic solution amino acids migrate towards cathode while in alkaline solution these
migrate towards anode.
What structural feature is required for a carbohydrate to behave as reducing sugar
Give the significance of (+) sign in the name D (+) glucose

Write the structure of dipeptide glycylalanine

Write the zwitter-ion structure of -aminoacetic acid.
What forces are responsible for the stability of x-helex structure of proteins
Which nucleic acid is responsible for carrying out protein synthesis in the
When RNA is hydrolysed, there is no relationship among the qualities of different bases obtained.
What does this fact suggest about the structure of RNA
(i) Acetylation of glucose with acetic anhydrucle gives gluco-pentacetate. Write the structure
of the pentaacetate.
(ii) Explain the observation that glucose pentaacetate does not react with hydroxylamine
Which of the following will reduce Tollens reagent. Explain the difference in behavior

(ii)What are the expected products of hydrolysis of lactose?

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Explain the following :

(i) The amino acids are amphoteric in nature.
(ii) The melting point and solubility of aminoacids in water are generally higher than corresponding halo
acids.
(iii) Why can not vitamin C be stored in our body

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(a)DNA is exclusively responsible for maintaining the identity of different species of organisms
over million of years. Why?
(b) The base sequence found in one of the strands of DNA is given below.
GATACGTC Predict the base sequence in complementary strand

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Write the names and structures of the products obtained when D-glucose is treated with :
(i) HI
(ii) HNO3 (iii) NH2OH
An optically active amino acid (A) can exist in three forms depending on the pH of the medium
if the molecular formula of (A) is C3H7NO2, write
(a) The ionic structure of (A) in aqueous medium.
(b) What two functional groups does this ion have?
(c) What is the specific name for such ion.
Aspartame, an artificial sweetener, has the following structure

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(a) Write the zwiffer ion structure of the above mentioned peptide
(b) Write the structure of two amino acids which will be formed after its hydrolysis

(c)Where does the water present in the egg go after boiling the egg?
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Define the following as related to proteins :

(i) Peptide linkage (ii) Primary structure (iii) Denaturation