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2013 biochem endterm Flashcards

1
Q

Which of the following zygomens is activated by autocatalysis in our body?
A) Pepsinogen
B) Chymotrypsinogen
C) Proelastase

A

A) Pepsinogen

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How does our body appose ketoacidosis during prolonged starvation?
A) increase production of ketone bodies
B) increase activity of urea cycle
C) increase release of ammonia from glutamine by the kidneys
D) Increase lipogenesis

A

C) increase release of ammonia from glutamine by the kidneys

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Where can you find complex carbohydrates in the plasma membrane?
A) Inner core
B) extracellular surface
C) Core leaflet
D) Intracellular surface
A

B) extracellular surface

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Phenylketonuria is what type of inborn error of metabolism?
A) amino acid metabolism
B) carbohydrate metabolism
C) lipid metabolism
D) purine metabolism
E) pyrimidine metabolism
A

A) amino acid metabolism

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5
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What kind of mutation is mostly found in phenylalanine hydroxylase in PKU?
A) Deletion 
B) Missense 
C) Insertion 
D) Splice
A

B) Missense

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Cystic fibrosis is what type of inborn error of metabolism?
A) amino acid metabolism
B) carbohydrate metabolism
C) lipid metabolism
D) purine metabolism
E) pyrimidine metabolism
A

A) amino acid metabolism

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7
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What is the genetic cause of cystic fibrosis?
A) Missense 
B) Insertion 
C) Deletion 
D) Splice
A

C) Deletion

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What is the use of ketones bodies during prolonged starvation?
A) Energy production in the brain
B) Energy production in the liver
C) Gluconeogenesis

A

A) Energy production in the brain

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Which of the following can be converted to 2-deoxyribose?
A) Adenosine
B) AMP 
C) ATP 
D) ADP
A

D) ADP

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10
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What produces ketone bodies during prolonged starvation ( >21 days)?
A) Glycerol from adipose
B) fatty acids from adipose
C) Lactic from RBC
D) Branches chain amino acids from skeletal muscle

A

B) fatty acids from adipose

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What increases the fluidity in the plasma membrane?
A) Cis-unsaturated fatty acids
B) Trans-unsaturated fatty acids
C) Integral proteins

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A) Cis-unsaturated fatty acids

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12
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What is the most common product of transamination reactions?
A) Alanine 
B) Pyruvate 
C) Leucine
D) Glutamate
E) Trytophan
A

D) Glutamate

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13
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What is the characteristic of aminotransferase?
A) must have glutamine or alpha-ketoglutarate
B) always net production of glutamate
C) can’t catalyze essential amino acids
D) uses pyridoxal phosphate as a cofactor

A

D) uses pyridoxal phosphate as a cofactor

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14
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What carbohydrates is used in both de-novo synthesis of purine & salvage pathways?
A) Ribose-5-phosphate
B) Phosphribosylpyrophosphate
C) Adenosine

A

B) Phosphribosylpyrophosphate

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What is the most acidic phospholipid in the cell?
A) cardiolipin
B) sphingomyelin
C) PS 
D) PC
A

A) cardiolipin

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16
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Which of these is a feature of Trans fats?
A) Absence in the mother’s milk
B) good substrate for lipase
C) Long half life
D) Can’t be absorbed by small intestine
E) Rapid degradation in the saliva
A

C) Long half life

17
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which set of desaturases are present in our body?
A) ∆ 4,5,6,9 desaturases
B) ∆ 3,5.6.9 desaturases
C) ∆ 4,6,9,12 desaturases

A

A) ∆ 4,5,6,9 desaturases

18
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which lipase needs a colipase?
A) pancreatic lipase 
B) phospholipase C 
C) hepatolipase
D) hormone sensitive lipase
A

A) pancreatic lipase

19
Q 
What facilitates the packing of good cholesterol into HDL?
A) Cardiolipin
B) Leukotrienes
C) Phosphotidylcholine
D) LCAT
A

D) LCAT

20
Q

What is the effect of prolonged trans-fat consumption?

a. Suppressing the activity of LDL receptors
b. Activating the activity of LDL receptors

A

a. Suppressing the activity of LDL receptors

21
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Inhibition of which protein function results in an increase in HDL cholesterol & decrease in LDL cholesterol simultaneosly?
A) ApoE receptor
B) CETP 
C) INSIG
D) LDL receptors
E) SCAP
A

B) CETP

22
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Which of these substances cannot be absorbed from the GI tract?
A) Trans Fatty acid
B) Olestra
C) cis fatty acid

A

B) Olestra

23
Q 
Which substance enhances the oxidation of odd-chain fatty acid? 
A) ATP
B) Citrate
C) Vitamin B12
D) NAD+
A

C) Vitamin B12

24
Q

What is the normal physiological function that will be affected if we block farnesylation of RAS protein to slow down cancer rate?
A) Alpha oxidation
B) Beta oxidation
C) glycosyl phosphatiydl inositol formation
D) HDL receptor acylation
E) Cholesterol formation

A

E) Cholesterol formation

25
Q 
What is the main regulator of the
Pentose Phosphate Pathway?
A) NADP+/NADPH 
B) AMP/ATP
C) NAD+/NADH
D) Glucose 6-Phosphate
A

A) NADP+/NADPH

26
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The lack of fructokinase causes fructose intolerance even though hexokinase catalyzes the phosphorylation of fructose. What property of hexokinase causes fructose intolerance?
A) high Km for fructose
B) low Vmax
C) feedback inhibition by fructose 6 phosphate
D) feedback inhibition by glucose 6 phosphate

A

A) high Km for fructose

27
Q 
What is produced in Fenton reaction?
A) Hydroxyl radical
B) Hydrogen peroxide 
C) Superoxide radical 
D) Peroxinitrite
A

A) Hydroxyl radical

28
Q 
What are ketone bodies used for?
A) Energy production in the brain 
B) Energy production in the liver
C) Gluconeogenesis in the kidney
D) Fatty acid synthesis in adipose tissue
A

A) Energy production in the brain

29
Q 
What increases respiration?
A) ADP
B) NADH
C) FADH2
D) queinone
A

A) ADP

30
Q

What product of PPP is critical for antioxidants function in the cell?
A) NADPH
B) ATP
C) Ribose-5-phosphate

A

A) NADPH

31
Q

What property of the enzyme that catalyzes the first step of glycolysis allows the liver to buffer blood glucose?
A) high Km
B) inhibition by ATP
C) inhibition by glucose-6-phosphate
D) activation by fructose 1,6 bisphosphate

A

A) high Km

32
Q 
What is the free electron carrier in the inner mitochondrial membrane?
A) coenzyme A 
B) FADH2
C) NADH2
D) Fe-S chain
A

A) coenzyme A

33
Q

How are 2 phases of glycolysis synchronized?
A) feedback inhibition of PFK-1
B) feed-forward activation of pyruvate kinase
C) feedback inhibition of Pyruvate dehydrogenase
D) phosphorylation of PFK-1

A

B) feed-forward activation of pyruvate kinase

34
Q

What is the function of Acyl CoA synthase?

A

Activate fatty acids for metabolic reactions

35
Q 
What is increased when uncouplers are expressed?
A) ATP synthesis
B) Glucogenesis
C) Proton gradient
D) Thermogenesis
A

D) Thermogenesis

36
Q

Pyruvate carboxylase is activated by acetyl CoA. The effect is:
A) pyruvate oxidation
B) activation of gluconeogenesis

A

B) activation of gluconeogenesis

37
Q 
From which component are ketone bodies produced?
A) Acetyl CoA 
B) Lactate
C) Glucose 
D)Triacylglycerol
A

A) Acetyl CoA

38
Q

What is the endogenous source for ROS in aerobic organisms?
A) Radiation
B) Quinones
C) Respiration

A

C) Respiration

39
Q

Patients with peroxisomal disorders can’t break down which of the following?
A) very long chain fatty acids (C=20)
B) fatty acids with branches on Beta Carbon
C) short chains of fatty acid

A

A) very long chain fatty acids (C=20)

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