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The end product of purine metabolism in humans is
Biochemistry Pharmacist Competitive Exams
Q. The end product of purine metabolism in humans is
Ans → Uric acid
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Q. The amino acids required for the synthesis of purines and pyrimidines are
Ans → Glutamine and aspartate
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Q. The disorder in which the patients have an irresistible urge to bite their fingers and lips is
Ans → Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
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Q. The ‘parent’ nucleotide synthesized in the biosynthesis of purines is
Ans → Inosine monophosphate
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Q. The amino acid that contributes to the synthesis of more than half of the pyrimidine ring
Ans → Aspartate
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Q. The regulatory enzyme in the pyrimidine biosynthesis in animals is
Ans → Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase II
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Q. Name the enzyme associated with hyperuricemia
Ans → PRPP synthetase, HGPRT , Glucose 6-phosphatase
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Q. An enzyme of purine metabolism associated with immunodeficiency disease
Ans → Adenosine deaminase
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Q. The nitrogen atoms in the purine ring are obtained from
Ans → Glycine , Glutamine , Aspartate
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Q. A full agonist is an agonist that produces the largest maximal response of any known agonist that acts on the same receptor.
Ans → Full Agonist
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Q. Name an inflammatory response that involves both the brain and the membranes that surround it
Ans → meningoencephalitis
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Q. The mechanism by which regulatory T cells inhibit self-reactive immune responses in T cells that have already exited the thymus
Ans → peripheral tolerance
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Q. Name adaptive immunity mediated by antibodies produced by B cells
Ans → humoral immunity
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Q. The vitamin that is regarded as a vitamin in search of a disease
Ans → Vitamin E (tocopherol)
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Q. Cholesterol synthesis is controlled by feedback inhibition of the enzyme
Ans → HMG CoA reductase
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Q. An individual capable of transmitting a pathogen to another individual without becoming infected
Ans → passive carrier
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Q. Cellulose is not digested in humans due to lack of the enzyme that hydrolyses
Ans → β-Glycosidic bonds
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Q. Process of agglomeration that converts fine powders or granules of bulk drugs and excipients into small, free-flowing, spherical, or semi-spherical units, referred to as pellets.
Ans → pelletization
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Q. The products obtained by the action of pancreatic lipase on triacylglycerols are
Ans → 2-Acylglycerol and free fatty acids
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Q. a substance that, when added to a reaction mixture, changes (speeds up) the rate of attainment of equilibrum in the system without itself undergoing a permanent chemical change.
Ans → catalyst
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Q. Acetyl CoA from the mitochondria is transported into the cytosol after its conversion to
Ans → Citrate
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Q. A herpes infection of the newborn, generally caused by infection during birth
Ans → neonatal herpes
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Q. A group of common sexually transmitted viruses that may be associated with genital warts or with cervical cancer
Ans → human papillomavirus (HPV)
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Q. The clones of cell produced by fusing a normal B cell with a myeloma cell that is capable of producing monoclonal antibodies indefinitely
Ans → hybridoma
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Q. Virus, therapeutic serum, toxin, antitoxin, or analogous product applicable to the prevention, treatment, or cure of diseases or injuries in humans and/or animals.
Ans → biological product
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Q. An aromatic molecule or ion possesses aromaticity. Aromaticity is the special property of planar (or nearly planar) cyclic, conjugated systems having (4n+2) conjugated pi electrons.
Ans → aromatic
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Q. Name the term that refers to a polar molecule or portion of a molecule capable of strong attraction to water molecules
Ans → hydrophilic
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Q. The major dietary energy sources, besides their involvement in cell structure and various other functions is
Ans → Carbohydrates
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Q. Used to describe when symmetric parts of a molecule are not super imposable on one another.
Ans → chirality
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Q. The number of particles (atoms or molecules) in one mole of any pure substance.
Ans → Avogadro's constant
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Q. A hydrocarbon that can undergo addition reactions, meaning it contains a double or a triple bond.
Ans → Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
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Q. Small number of cells added to medium to start a culture is commonly called
Ans → inoculum
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Q. Anti-tuberculosis drug, isonicotinic acid hydrazide (INH) leads to the deficiency of vitamin
Ans → Pyridoxine (B6)
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Q. Release of a drug from a dosage form that it is not immediate
Ans → modified release
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Q. The stage of replication during which various proteins bind to the origin of replication to begin the replication process
Ans → initiation of DNA replication
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Q. Procedure for estimating the concentration or biological activity of a substance by measuring its effect on a living system compared to a standard system
Ans → bioassay
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Q. An instrument that measures the degree of absorption (or emission) of electromagnetic radiation by a substance.
Ans → spectrophotometer
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