100 Biochemistry Exam 1 Questions
with correct answers
Which of the following is found in RNA but not DNA
A) Uracil
B) Guanine
C) Deoxyribose
D) Phosphate
E) Adenine >>>>Uracil
Which of the following amino acids
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100 Biochemistry Exam 1 Questions
with correct answers
Which of the following is found in RNA but not DNA
A) Uracil
B) Guanine
C) Deoxyribose
D) Phosphate
E) Adenine >>>>Uracil
Which of the following amino acids exhibits significant ultraviolet absorption above 250
nm?
A) Alanine
B) Tyrosine
C) Methonine
D) Glycine
E) All of the above >>>>Tyrosine
Collagen fibers have a high content of which amino acids?
A) histidine, tyrosine, and proline
B) proline, hydroxyproline, and tyrosine
C) Alanine, phenalanine, and isoleucine
D) Cysteine, Methionine, and Phenalenine
E) Glycine, proline, and hydroxyproline >>>>glycine, proline and hydroxylproline
At neutral pH (7)
A) the carboxyl group exists as -COOH, and the amino group exists as -NH3+
B) the carboxyl group exists as -COO-, and the amino group exists as -NH3+
C) the carboxyl group exists as -COO-, and the amino group exists as -NH2-
D) the carboxyl group exists as -COOH, and the amino group exists as -NH2-
E) None of the above >>>>the carboxyl group exists as -COO-, and the amino group
exists as -NH3+
The basic structural unit of collagen, tropocollagen, has the following structure:
A) triple stranded extended helix
B) Beta-pleated sheet
C) Right handed alpha-helix
D) Left handed alpha helix
E) A mix of alpha helicies and beta pleated sheets >>>>triple stranded helix
Which of the following amino acids has the largest tendency to destabilize alpha
helicies?
A) Arginine
B) Proline
C) Tyrosine
D) Serine
E) Histidine >>>>proline
In a DNA double helix, the two DNA chains are held together by:
A) Covalent bonds between the pair of bases
B) Hydrogen bonds between the pair of bases
C) Ionic bonds
D) Osmotic Interactions
E) None of the aboce >>>>Hydrogen Bonds
In DNA, guanine pairs with
A) Adenine
B) Cytosine
C) Thymine
D) Guanine
E) Uracil >>>>Cytosine
Which of the following amino acids are neutral and polar at pH=7
A) Tyrosine
B) Serine
C) Asparagine
D) Threonine
E) All of the above >>>>all of the above
The partial double bond character of the peptide bond:
A) restricts rotation around the C-N bond
B) Allows rotation around the C-N bond
C) Restricts rotation around the Ca-C bond
D) Restricts rotation around the Ca-N bond
E) allows free rotation around C-N and C-C bonds >>>>restricts rotation around the C-N
bond
Which of the following amino acids has a sulfur atom
A) lecuine, serine
B) methionine, cysteine
C) aparagine, glutamine
D) arginine, lysine
E) tyrosine, phenylalanine >>>>B) methionine, cysteine
Which of the following is true about buffer systems?
A) they are typically made up of a strong acid and strong base mixed together
B) The pH will vary greatly in the region of the titration curve where [HA]=[A-]
C) They will have an area on their titration curve where the greatest buffering capacity
exists
D) They will vary greatly in pH as acid or base is added
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