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  • Question
  • Cellulose fibers resemble with the protein structure in the form of


  • Options
  • A. ?-sheets
  • B. ?-helices
  • C. ?-turns
  • D. None of these

  • Correct Answer
  • ?-sheets 


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    • 1. Storage polysaccharide made by animals is

    • Options
    • A. amylopectin
    • B. glycogen
    • C. cellulose
    • D. collagen
    • Discuss
    • 2. What is present in the stomach to prevent self-digestion?

    • Options
    • A. Mucus
    • B. acid
    • C. Enzymes
    • D. hormones
    • Discuss
    • 3. In lysozyme catalysis, which of the following does not contribute?

    • Options
    • A. The abnormally high pKa of Glu35
    • B. The strained conformation of the D sugar
    • C. Formation of a covalent intermediate at Asp52
    • D. Formation of a covalent intermediate at Ser195
    • Discuss
    • 4. Gluconeogenesis requires a higher amount of ATP equivalents as compared to that produced by glycolysis because

    • Options
    • A. gluconeogenesis releases energy as heat
    • B. glycolysis releases energy as heat
    • C. glycolysis occurs in the mitochondria while gluconeogenesis occurs in the cytosol
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. Two major products of pentose phosphate pathway are

    • Options
    • A. nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and ribose 5-phosphate
    • B. flavine adenine dinuclueotide and glucose 5-phosphate
    • C. FAD and CoA
    • D. NADPH and NAD
    • Discuss
    • 6. A catabolic intermediate which stimulates phosphofructokinase would stimulate

    • Options
    • A. gluconeogenesis
    • B. glycolysis
    • C. glycogen synthesis
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. During vigorous exercise, pyruvate produced by glycolysis is converted to

    • Options
    • A. acetate
    • B. lactate
    • C. monosodium phosphate
    • D. pyruvic acid
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following can act as precursors for gluconeogenesis?

    • Options
    • A. Lactate
    • B. Glycerol
    • C. Alanine
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. The cells dependent solely on glucose as an energy source are

    • Options
    • A. muscle cells
    • B. brain cells
    • C. kidney cells
    • D. liver cells
    • Discuss
    • 10. Hexokinase activity in glycolysis is inhibited by

    • Options
    • A. glucose 6- phosphate
    • B. fructose 6-phosphate
    • C. fructose 1,6 biphosphate
    • D. phosphofructokinase
    • Discuss


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