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  • Question
  • A person with phenylketonuria will convert


  • Options
  • A. phenylalanine to phenylpyruvate
  • B. phenylalanine to isoleucine
  • C. phenylpyruvate to phenylalanine
  • D. tyrosine to phenylalanine

  • Correct Answer
  • phenylalanine to phenylpyruvate 


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    • 1. Transamination is the transfer of an amino

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    • A. acid to a carboxylic acid plus ammonia
    • B. group from an amino acid to a keto acid
    • C. acid to a keto acid plus ammonia
    • D. group from an amino acid to a carboxylic acid
    • Discuss
    • 2. A best described ketogenic amino acid is

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    • A. lysine
    • B. tryptophan
    • C. valine
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. A glucogenic amino acid is one which is degraded to

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    • A. keto-sugars
    • B. either acetyl CoA or acetoacetyl CoA
    • C. pyruvate or citric acid cycle intermediates
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following is the best described glucogenic amino acid?

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    • A. Lysine
    • B. Tryptophan
    • C. Valine
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. Histidine is degraded to ?-ketoglutarate and is described as a

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    • A. gluco amino acid
    • B. glucogenic amino acid
    • C. ketogenic amino acid
    • D. keto-gluco amino acid
    • Discuss
    • 6. A person suffering from phenylketonuria on consumption food containing high phenylalanine may lead to the accumulation of

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    • A. phenylalanine
    • B. phenylpyruvate
    • C. tyrosine
    • D. isoleucine
    • Discuss
    • 7. Transamination is the process where

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    • A. carboxyl group is transferred from amino acid
    • B. ?-amino group is removed from the amino acid
    • C. polymerisation of amino acid takes place
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. Lysine is degraded to acetoacetyl CoA and is described as a

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    • A. ketogenic amino acid
    • B. glucogenic amino acid
    • C. keto-gluco amino acid
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. A person with phenylketonuria cannot convert

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    • A. phenylalanine to tyrosine
    • B. phenylalanine to isoleucine
    • C. phenol into ketones
    • D. phenylalanine to lysine
    • Discuss
    • 10. In the normal breakdown of phenylalanine, it is initially degraded to

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    • A. fumarate
    • B. tyrosine
    • C. lysine
    • D. phenylpuruvate
    • Discuss


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