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A peptide bond is formed by _________ of water molecules between two amino acids.

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Important Questions on Biomolecules

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If the acidic, basic and hydrophobic residues of proteins are considered to be red, green and blue in colour, respectively, then a globular protein in aqueous solution would have
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Which one of the following amino acids is least likely to be in the core of a protein?
MEDIUM
Match the compounds of Column I with their functions in Column II.
  Column -I   Column -II
1 Trypsin p Fights infectious agents
2 GLUT-4 q Is an intercellular ground substance
3 Collagen r Works as an enzyme
4 Antibody s Enables glucose transport into cells
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Which ONE of the following is likely to occur upon heating a solution of eukaryotic protein from 20°C to 95°C?
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Which one of the pairs of amino acids contains two chiral centres?
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Match the following lists.
  List-I   List-II
(A) Glycerol (I) Phospholipid
(B) Aromatic amino acid (II) Lower melting point
(C) Lecithin (III) Trihydroxypropane
(D) Gingelly oil (IV) Tryptophan
The correct match is:
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Which of the following is the least likely to be involved in stabilizing the three-dimensional folding of most proteins?
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Among the following, identify the zwitterionic form
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Match the following:

(a) Aquaporin (i) Amide
(b) Asparagine (ii) Polysaccharide
(c) Abscisic acid (iii) Polypeptide
(d) Chitin (iv) Carotenoids

Select the correct option:

MEDIUM

Match the following

(a) Inhibitor of catalytic activity (i) Ricin
(b) Possess peptide bonds (ii) Malonate
(c) Cell wall material in fungi (iii) Chitin
(d) Secondary metabolite (iv) Collagen

Choose the correct option from the following

MEDIUM

Given below are two statements:

Statement I: A protein is imagined as a line, the left end represented by first amino acid (C-terminal) and the right end represented by last amino acid (N-terminal).

Statement II: Adult human haemoglobin, consists of 4 subunits (two subunits of α type and two subunits of β type).

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Amino acid analysis of two globular protein samples yielded identical composition per mole. Which one of the following characteristics is necessarily identical for the two proteins?
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How many different proteins consisting of 100 amino acids can be formed from 20 different amino acids?
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Identify the functions of these proteins respectively:

List I List II
i) Trypsin A) Enables glucose transport into cells
ii) Receptor B) Enzymes
iii) Insulin C) Intercellular ground substance
iv) GLUT-4 D) Hormone 
v) Collagen E) Taste receptor
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In primary structure of protein, the protein thread showed helix with four amino acids S-C-Y-E and a naphthalene structure in amino acid Y. In such condition what will be the direction of helix and what are the positions of amino acids
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Identify the basic amino acid from the following.
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Which one of the following is the most abundant protein in the animals?