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Which of the following is the simplest amino acid?

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Important Questions on Chemical Constituents of Living Cells

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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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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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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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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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Which one of the following amino acids is least likely to be in the core of a protein?
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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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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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Match the following:

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

Select the correct option:

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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

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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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Which one of the pairs of amino acids contains two chiral centres?
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Which one of the following is the most abundant protein in the animals?
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As the age advances, there is a gradual thinning of hair in human males. This is mainly because of lowered