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Structure and Properties of Amino Acids problems


  • 1. Which of the following amino acids can form hydrogen bonds with their side (R) groups?

  • Options
  • A. Asparagine
  • B. Aspartic acid
  • C. Glutamine
  • D. All of these
  • Discuss
  • 2. Which of the following is a nonstandard amino acid?

  • Options
  • A. Cysteine
  • B. Isoleucine
  • C. Hydroxyproline
  • D. Histidine
  • Discuss
  • 3. Coomassie Blue stains the proteins by reacting with

  • Options
  • A. arginine residues
  • B. free c-termini
  • C. peptide bonds
  • D. aromatic ring
  • Discuss
  • 4. The isoelectric point of an amino acid is defined as the pH

  • Options
  • A. where the molecule carries no electric charge
  • B. where the carboxyl group is uncharged
  • C. where the amino group is uncharged
  • D. of maximum electrolytic mobility
  • Discuss
  • 5. The sequence of letters 'WYQN' will represent

  • Options
  • A. Tryptophan, tyrosine, glutamic acid, asparagine
  • B. Tryptophan, tyrosine, glutamine, asparagine
  • C. Tryptophan, glutamine, tryptophan, asparagine
  • D. Glutamine, tyrosine, tryptophan, aspartic acid
  • Discuss
  • 6. Which of the following is an essential amino acid?

  • Options
  • A. Tryptophan
  • B. Methionine
  • C. Lysine
  • D. All of these
  • Discuss
  • 7. Protein fluorescence arises primarily from which residue?

  • Options
  • A. Arginine
  • B. Tryptophan
  • C. Tyrosine
  • D. Phenylalanine
  • Discuss
  • 8. D-Alanine and L-Alanine are technically known as

  • Options
  • A. anomers
  • B. enantiomers
  • C. epimers
  • D. polymer
  • Discuss
  • 9. Which of the following is not the hydrophobic and aromatic amino acid?

  • Options
  • A. Phenylalanine
  • B. Tyrosine
  • C. Tryptophan
  • D. None of these
  • Discuss
  • 10. When the amino acid alanine (R-group is CH3) is added to a solution with a pH of 7.3, alanine becomes

  • Options
  • A. a cation
  • B. nonpolar
  • C. a zwitterions
  • D. an isotope
  • Discuss

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