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प्रश्न
Define α-amino acids.
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उत्तर
α-Amino acids are carboxylic acids having an amino (–NH2) group bonded to the α-carbon, that is, the carbon next to the carboxyl (–COOH) group.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Give scientific reasons:
α-Amino acids have high melting points compared to the corresponding amines or carboxylic acids of comparable molecular mass.
Give scientific reasons:
On boiling egg albumin becomes opaque white.
Write the names and schematic representations of all the possible dipeptides formed from alanine, glycine and tyrosine.
Draw a neat diagram for the following:
Secondary structure of protein
In the process of denaturation, there is NO change in the structure following protein.
Write the structure of Zwitterion of alanine.
Complete the following reaction.
\[\ce{H2N - CH2 - COOH + H2N - CH2 - CH2 - COOH ->[-H2O] ?}\]
Define peptide bond.
Write industrial application of enzyme catalysis.
Draw the structure of Haworth formula of sucrose.
Explain the primary structure of proteins.
From the following identify the INCORRECT match with respect to the different structures of proteins.
Nucleotide differs from a nucleoside as it has ______
Histones are involved in packaging of DNA into structural units called ______.
Purine and pyrimidine bases are placed regularly along the DNA molecules at a distance of ______
Read the following statements and select the correct option.
- In quaternary structure, the peptide chains are much looped, twisted, and folded back on themselves due to formation of hydrogen bonds.
- When a protein has more than two polypeptide subunits their arrangement in space is called secondary structure.
Identify the option that correctly describes the amphoteric nature of proteins.
Identify 'P' and 'Q' in the following table.
| Proteins | Role |
| immunoglobulin | P |
| Q | Blood clotting |
Identify (i) and (ii) and select the correct option.
i. Protein portion of the enzyme is called the ____________.
ii. Non-protein constituent binding to the enzyme is called as the ____________.
The optically inactive amino acid is ____________.
The conjugate acid of \[\ce{CO^2-_3}\] is ____________.
Identify the enzyme X in the following reaction.
\[\ce{H2O2(aq) ->[x] H2O(l) + \frac{1}{2} O2(g)}\]
Identify the enzyme that catalyses the reaction of CO2 with water in huma body.
Which among the following amino acids has lowest molar mass?
For the conversion of oxygen to ozone in the atmosphere, nitric oxide in gaseous phase acts as ______.
β-pleated sheets of polypeptide chains are present in ______.
Which of the following amino acids has \[\ce{Me - S - CH2 - CH2 -}\] group in the side chain?
The side chain R in cysteine is ____________.
The enzyme which converts maltose to glucose is ______.
The amino acid having −CH3 as side chain is ____________.
Which of the following is the simplest amino acid?
The basic amino acid is ____________.
The molecular weight of hemoglobin is ______ Daltons.
The number of proteins in an average human cell is over ______.
The most abundant cellular protein is ______.
Proteins attached with a prosthetic group are called ______ proteins.
A protein is a sequence of amino acids. The end of the polypeptide chain of -NH2 end and at -COOH end are respectively called ______.
An iron-containing red protein is ______
Identify basic amino acid from following.
Which of the following amino acids has –CH2OH group in its side chain?
Which among the following amino acids has the lowest molecular mass?
Which among the following is a globular protein?
Identify the side chain –R present in amino acid lysine.
The central dogma of molecular genetics states that the genetic information flows from:
In a protein, various amino acids linked together by ____________.
Among the following the achiral amino acid is:
Which of the following statement is not correct?
Give the differences between the primary and secondary structure of proteins.
Define enzymes.
Denaturation of proteins leads to loss of their biological activity by:
Which of the following amino acid is basic in nature?
The amino acid, which is basic in nature is ______.
Amino acids in a protein molecule, are linked by a peptide bond. Which of the following correctly shows the reaction of forming peptide bonds?
Write a short note on peptide bond.
Write a short note on peptide bond.
Define the term Protein.
Write a short note on peptide bond.
Write a short note on peptide bond.
Write the Zwitter ion structure of alanine.
Write a short note on a peptide bond.
Write the Zwitter ion structure of alanine.
Write a short note on peptide bond.
Short Answer Question.
Write the Zwitter ion structure of alanine.
Write a short note on peptide bond.
Write a short note on peptide bond.
Which from following is an essential amino acid?
Which from following amino acids contains heterocyclic ring at a side chain (R) group?
The number of amino groups in the amino acids present in amides is ______.
