Biochemistry Important One Liners Questions On digestion and absorption
This post includes important one-liners from the chapter on digestion and absorption from biochemistry. This post summarises the chapter in short.
#1
Cellulose is not digested in humans due to lack of the enzyme that hydrolyses
β-Glycosidic bonds
#2
The most important carbohydrate associated with flatulence caused by ingestion of leguminous seeds
Raffinose
#3
Lactose intolerance is caused by the deficiency of the enzyme
Lactase (β-galactosidase)
#4
The non-digested carbohydrates are collectively called
Fiber
#5
Gastric HCl is secreted by
Parietal (oxyntic) cells
#6
Name of the peptide believed to be involved in the transport of amino acids
Glutathione
#7
The disease characterized by impairment in the absorption of neutral amino acids
Hartnup’s disease
#8
Trypsin hydrolyses peptide bonds, the carbonyl group of which is contributed by the amino acids
Arginine and lysine
#9
The inhibition of the enzyme pancreatic lipase by bile salts is overcome by a protein, namely
Colipase
#10
The vehicles for the transport of lipids from the intestinal lumen to the membrane of mucosal cells
Mixed micelles
#11
The key enzyme that converts trypsinogen to trypsin is
Na+
#12
Transport of glucose from the lumen to the intestinal mucosal cells is coupled with diffusion of
Enteropeptidase
#13
The products obtained by the action of pancreatic lipase on triacylglycerols are
2-Acylglycerol and free fatty acids
#14
The lipoproteins synthesized in the intestinal mucosal cells from the absorbed lipids are
Chylomicrons
#15
Salivary -amylase becomes inactive in the stomach primarily due to
Inactivation by low pH
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Biochemistry Important one liner Questions on carbohydrates
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Q: The and cyclic forms of D-glucose are referred to asA: Anomers
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Q: If two monosaccharides differ in configuration around a single carbon…A: Epimers
Biochemistry Important One Liner Questions on Lipids
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Q: The lipids that function as fuel reserve in animalsA: Triacylglycerolds
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Q: The isomerism associated with unsaturated fatty acidsA: Geometric isomerism (cis-trans isomerism)
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