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Home ❭ Questions ❭ One Liners ❭ The metabolic pathway concerned with the conversion of L-xylulose to D-xylulose is
The metabolic pathway concerned with the conversion of L-xylulose to D-xylulose is
Biochemistry Pharmacist Competitive Exams
Q. The metabolic pathway concerned with the conversion of L-xylulose to D-xylulose is
Ans → Uronic acid pathway
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This question is taken from the test/quiz post: Biochemistry Important One Liners Questions On Metabolism of Carbohydrates - attemp/practice
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Ans → Thiamine, riboflavin, lipoic acid, niacin, pantothenic acid,
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Q. Muscle glycogen does not directly contribute to blood glucose due to absence of the enyme
Ans → Absence of glucose 6-phosphatase
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Ans → Sorbitol
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Q. Galactosemia is mostly due to the deficiency of the enzyme
Ans → Galactose 1-phosphate uridyltransferase
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Q. Substrate level phosphorylation in citric acid cycle is catalysed by the enzyme
Ans → Succinate thiokinase
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Q. The metabolic pathway concerned with the conversion of L-xylulose to D-xylulose is
Ans → Uronic acid pathway
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Q. The name of the protein that has been identified to serve as a primer for glycogen synthesis is
Ans → Glycogenin
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Ans → Oxaloacetate
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Ans → Pyruvate kinase , Phosphofructokinase, Hexokinase
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Q. Synthesis of 2, 3-bisphosphoglycerate occurs in the tissue namely.
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Ans → hyperthermophile
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Q. Cytokines released by cells that have been infected with a virus; stimulate antiviral responses in nearby cells as well as the cells secreting the interferons
Ans → interferons
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Q. An agent able to produce positively charged hydrogen ions (H+). [Since the hydrogen ion is a bare proton, it usually exists in a solvated form (such as H3O+).]
Ans → acid
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Q. Proteins that participate in ribosome assembly during initiation
Ans → initiation factors
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Q. Process in which powder particles are made to aggregate to larger particles called granules.
Ans → granulation
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Ans → granulocytes
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Ans → Geometric isomerism (cis-trans isomerism)
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Q. Small edible package made usually from gelatin or other materials that can be filled with drugs (solids or liquids) to produce a unit dose, mainly for oral use.
Ans → capsule
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Q. Under physiological condition, the DNA structure is predominantly in the form
Ans → β-Form
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Q. The process by which proteins lose their 3-D (tertiary and secondary) structure by application of an external stress, most often heat.
Ans → Denatured
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Q. Solid substances that are not crystals. These solids consist of randomly oriented molecules. Solids without definite shape consist of randomly oriented molecules.
Ans → amorphous
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Q. The glycosaminoglycan that serves as a lubricant and shock absorbant of joints
Ans → Hyaluronic acid
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Ans → PRPP synthetase, HGPRT , Glucose 6-phosphatase
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Ans → lincosamides
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Ans → passive immunity
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Ans → quinolines
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Ans → pharmaceutics
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Ans → bioequivalence
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Ans → catalytic cracking
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Ans → Polymers
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Ans → minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)
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Ans → limiting reagent
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Ans → saturated
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