Biochemistry 3rd Examination

1.A compound containing 10 to 20 amino acid residues is referred to as?

- Oligo Peptide
2. Which of the following sources contains a complete dietary protein?
- fish
3. Which of the following statements is/ are TRUE about amino acids?
-  Lysine and Arginine are basic amino acids.
4. The digestion of proteins begins in the
- Stomach
5. Which of the following peptide hormones regulate uterine contractions and lactation?
- oxytocin
6. The lifespan of a red blood cell is about three months. Mature red blood cells have no
nucleus or DNA.
- Both statements are correct
7. Which of the following bonds are found in the quaternary structure of polypeptides?
-
8. Which of the following is a correct pairing of concepts?
- Ferritin a storage protein
9. Which of the following are considered aromatic amino acids?
- TRP PHE TYR
10. Amino acids are organic compounds that contain which of the following?
- Amino and carboxyl group
11. Active forms of enzymes are called zymogens. Pepsin is a zymogen.
- both statements are incorrect
12. Quaternary structure refers to:
- The relative orientation of one polypeptide chain to another polypeptide in a multi-subunit
protein complex
13. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
- I. The difference between the intake and output of nitrogenous compounds are known as
nitrogen balance.
II. In a healthy adult, nitrogen balance is in equilibrium when intake equals output.
14. Which of the following amino acids has an amino group?
-  Proline
15. Old red blood cells are broken down in
- spleen
16. Myoglobin and hemoglobin possess a cyclic tetrapyrrole, heme, as a prosthetic group.
Which of the following ions is found centrally located in the heme?
- FE
17. The following amino acids are involved in the urea cycle, EXCEPT:
- Isoleucine
18. It is referred to as a foreign substance, such as a bacterium or virus, that invades the human
body.
- Antigen
19. How many standard amino acid carbon skeleton degradation products are citric acid cycle
intermediates?
-4
20. Protein from animal sources are complete dietary protein, EXCEPT:
- Gelatin
21. Cysteine is a polar neutral amino acid. Histidine is a polar basic amino acid.
- both correct
22. This happens when there is a precipitation out of biochemical solution of denatured
protein.
- coagulation
23. Surrounding the controversy regarding the use of glutathione as a skin-lightening agent.
What is mainly the function of your glutathione?
- antioxidant
24. During the first two to three days of lactation, a mother’s breasts produce a foremilk. What
do you call the thick yellow secretion that is rich in maternal antibodies and carbohydrates and
low in fat?
- colostrum
25. Ferritin and myoglobin's main function is storage protein. Ferritin functions as an iron-
transport protein.
- 2nd statement is correct
26. What stabilizes the primary structure of proteins?
- peptide bonds
27. Which of the following is NOT secreted in the small intestines?
- pepsin
28. Tertiary structure of amino acid includes ionic bonds, disulfide bridges, hydrogen bonds and
hydrophobic interactions. Quaternary structure of amino acid is a localized three-dimensional
structure.
-2nd statement is correct
29. Pepsin is the active form of pepsinogen. Pepsin denatures proteins in the stomach.
- both incorrect
30. Methionine and Cysteine amino acids are 
- Malfunction
31. In the last step of urea cycle, arginine undergoes hydrolysis to produce which of the
following intermediate?
- ornithine
32. Which of the following amino acids are purely ketogenic?
- lysine
33. All amino acids are optically active, contain a chiral alpha carbon EXCEPT:
- glycine
34. bile pigment gives feces their characteristic brown color?
- stercobilin
35. metabolite that does NOT serve as a precursor of a dietary essential amino acid
- Histamine
36. this type of globular protein functions as an oxygen-storage molecule in muscles.
- myoglobin
37. disease due to protein deficiency:
- kwashiorkor
38. Which of the following statements are correct?
- Phenylalanine and tryptophan are aromatic amino acids
39. It is a protein that has one or more non-amino acid entities present in its structure in
addition to one or more peptide chains.
- conjugated protein
40. bile pigment gives characteristic yellow color to urine?
- urobilin
41. These proteins are part of the system by which the acid-base balance within the body fluids
are maintained.
- buffer proteins
42. These proteins are part of the system by which the acid-base balance within the body fluids
are maintained.
- bilirubin black in color
43. Proteins are biopolymers of amino acids in which monomers are linked in a linear fashion
with which type of bond?
- amide
44. Gamma globulin, mucin, and interferon are specific examples of conjugated proteins that
contains which of the following prosthetic group?
- carbohydrate
45. Which among the following is both glucogenic and ketogenic?
- isoleucine
46. Who determined the primary structure of the protein hormone Insulin in 1953?
- Frederick sanger
47. The amino acids from the body’s amino acid pool are used in all of the following, EXCEPT:
- protein degradation
48. All of the following are CORRECT regarding Glutathione, EXCEPT:
- pentapeptide
49. It is a biochemical reaction in which an alpha-amino acid is converted into an alpha-keto
acid with the release of an ammonium ion.
- oxidative deamination
50. For metabolic disorders of the urea cycle, which statement is NOT CORRECT?
- Clinical signs include hyperammonemia and respiratory acidosis