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  • Question
  • In the normal breakdown of phenylalanine, it is initially degraded to


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

  • Correct Answer
  • tyrosine 


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    • 1. A person with phenylketonuria cannot convert

    • Options
    • A. phenylalanine to tyrosine
    • B. phenylalanine to isoleucine
    • C. phenol into ketones
    • D. phenylalanine to lysine
    • Discuss
    • 2. 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
    • 3. 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
    • 4. A person suffering from phenylketonuria on consumption food containing high phenylalanine may lead to the accumulation of

    • Options
    • A. phenylalanine
    • B. phenylpyruvate
    • C. tyrosine
    • D. isoleucine
    • Discuss
    • 5. A person with phenylketonuria will convert

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    • A. phenylalanine to phenylpyruvate
    • B. phenylalanine to isoleucine
    • C. phenylpyruvate to phenylalanine
    • D. tyrosine to phenylalanine
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following amino acids is considered as both ketogenic and glucogenic?

    • Options
    • A. Valine
    • B. Tryptophan
    • C. Lysine
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Transaminase enzymes are present in

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    • A. liver
    • B. pancreas
    • C. intestine
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. An example of the oxidative deamination is

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    • A. glutamate = hexanoic acid + NH3
    • B. aspartate + ?-ketoglutarate = glutamate + oxaloacetate
    • C. glutamate = ?-ketoglutarate + NH3
    • D. aspartate + hexanoic acid = glutamate + Oxaloacetate
    • Discuss
    • 9. Oxidative deamination is the conversion of an amino

    • Options
    • A. group from an amino acid to a keto acid
    • B. acid to a carboxylic acid plus ammonia
    • C. acid to a keto acid plus ammonia
    • D. group from an amino acid to a carboxylic acid
    • Discuss
    • 10. Tyrosine is degraded to acetoacetyl CoA and fumarate and is described as a

    • Options
    • A. glucogenic amino acid
    • B. ketogenic amino acid
    • C. ketogenic and glucogenic amino acid
    • D. keto-gluco amino acid
    • Discuss


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