All Free Biochemistry MCQs with Answers

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  • A. Translation
  • B. Mutation
  • C. Transcription
  • D. Conjugation

Explanation: Translation is the stage in which ribosomes read the codons of messenger RNA and assemble the corresponding amino acid sequence into a…

Correct answer: Translation
  • A. Glutamine
  • B. Glycine
  • C. Glutamic acid
  • D. Lysine

Explanation: Glycine combines with succinyl-CoA in the first committed step of haem synthesis to form δ-aminolevulinate.

Correct answer: Glycine
  • A. Protein foldingConsult A Nutritionist
  • B. Electron transport chain
  • C. Transport of ATP
  • D. Intracellular proteolysis

Explanation: Ubiquitin is attached to selected proteins, marking them for degradation by the 26S proteasome and thereby supporting intracellular…

Correct answer: Intracellular proteolysis
  • A. Collagen
  • B. Albumin
  • C. Globulin
  • D. Hemoglobin

Explanation: Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body because it forms the main structural framework of skin, bone, cartilage, tendons…

Correct answer: Collagen
  • A. Phenyl alanine
  • B. Tyrosine
  • C. Tryptophan
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Tyrosine is converted to catecholamines, including adrenaline, and is also incorporated into thyroxine produced by the thyroid gland.

Correct answer: Tyrosine
  • A. Epinephrine
  • B. Dopamine
  • C. Tyrosine
  • D. Phenylalanine

Explanation: Dopamine is hydroxylated by dopamine beta-hydroxylase to form norepinephrine.

Correct answer: Dopamine
  • A. Decreased rate of glucose uptake by cells
  • B. Lipolysis
  • C. Gluconeogenesis
  • D. Deposition of chondroitin sulfate

Explanation: Somatomedin, mainly IGF-1, mediates growth hormone effects on cartilage by promoting matrix formation, including deposition of chondroitin…

Correct answer: Deposition of chondroitin sulfate
  • A. Rhodopsin
  • B. Laminin
  • C. Eutactin
  • D. nidogen

Explanation: Nidogen, laminin and eutactin are basement-membrane components involved in its structural organization.

Correct answer: Rhodopsin
  • A. Unfolding occurs
  • B. Biological activity is retained
  • C. Sequence of amino acids remain the same
  • D. Disruption of secondary structure occurs

Explanation: Denaturation unfolds a protein and disrupts its secondary and higher-order structures, while usually leaving the amino-acid sequence…

Correct answer: Biological activity is retained
  • A. E - Cadherins
  • B. Fibronectin
  • C. Laminin
  • D. Tenascin

Explanation: Laminin is a major basement-membrane glycoprotein with domains that bind extracellular-matrix components and cell-surface receptors such…

Correct answer: Laminin
  • A. Albumin
  • B. Fibrinogen
  • C. Globulin
  • D. Prothrombin

Explanation: Albumin is the most abundant plasma protein and the main contributor to colloidal osmotic, or oncotic, pressure because it is plentiful…

Correct answer: Albumin
  • A. 6 gms
  • B. 60 gms
  • C. 120 gms
  • D. 250 gms

Explanation: An adult generally requires about 0.8 g of protein per kilogram of body weight daily, which is approximately 50 to 60 g for an average…

Correct answer: 60 gms
  • A. Beta Globulin
  • B. Alpha 1 globulin
  • C. Albumin
  • D. Gamma Globulin

Explanation: Albumin migrates fastest toward the anode during serum protein electrophoresis because it has a high net negative charge and small size.

Correct answer: Albumin
  • A. Denatured state
  • B. Molecular aggregation
  • C. Precipitation
  • D. Quaternary structure

Explanation: Quaternary structure describes the association of two or more folded protein subunits, which may be identical or different.

Correct answer: Quaternary structure
  • A. Histone
  • B. Collagen
  • C. Hyaluronic acid binding protein
  • D. FibrinogenOrder DNA Kits

Explanation: Histones are basic proteins rich in lysine and arginine, allowing them to bind negatively charged DNA and package it into chromosomes.

Correct answer: Histone
  • A. Alanine
  • B. Tryptophan
  • C. Tyrosine
  • D. Leucine

Explanation: Tyrosine is the precursor of both thyroid hormones, including thyroxine, and catecholamines such as dopamine, noradrenaline and…

Correct answer: Tyrosine
  • A. Ornithine
  • B. Glutamine
  • C. Phenylalanine
  • D. Tryptophan

Explanation: Hartnup disease impairs intestinal and renal transport of neutral amino acids, especially tryptophan, so tryptophan is lost in urine.

Correct answer: Tryptophan
  • A. Ferric ions
  • B. Vinyl groups
  • C. Histidine
  • D. Pyrrole rings

Explanation: Hemoglobin contains ferrous iron, Fe2+, within heme, not ferric iron, Fe3+.

Correct answer: Ferric ions
  • A. Alanine
  • B. Glycine
  • C. Histidine
  • D. Leucine

Explanation: Heme synthesis begins when glycine combines with succinyl-CoA to form aminolevulinate, which ultimately leads to protoporphyrin IX.

Correct answer: Glycine
  • A. Pyridine nucleotides
  • B. Riboflavin containing nucleotides
  • C. Metal containing flavoproteins
  • D. Iron-porphyrin proteinsConsult A Nutritionist

Explanation: Cytochromes are electron-transfer proteins containing a heme group, so they are iron-porphyrin proteins.

Correct answer: Iron-porphyrin proteinsConsult A Nutritionist