Module 2

• Identify the simplest amino acid among the 20

  common amino acids.

  Glycine
• Identify the type of chemical reaction in the

  conversion of fructose-1,6-bis-phosphate to

  glyceraldehyde-3-P and dihydroxyacetone

  phosphate.

  Aldol cleavage
• Identify the site of the initial stage of protein

  synthesis

  Nucleus
• Select the class to which Prostaglandins belong.

  Fatty acid
• Select the enzyme that hydrolyzes bacterial cell

  wall.

  Lysozyme
• Identify the essential fatty acids for humans.

  Linoleic acid (omega-6) and alpha-Linolenic

  acid (omega-3)
• Analyze which enzyme in the Tricarboxylic Acid

  Cycle catalyzes the condensation of oxaloacetate

  and acetyl-CoA.

  Citrate synthase
• Select the coenzyme that is required by

  aminotranferases.

  Pyridoxal phosphate
• Classify the nucleoside monophosphate kinase

  Transferase
• Select the hormones that control glycogen

  metabolism.

  Epinephrine, glucagon, insulin
• Find the complementary base pairs in DNA

  molecules.

  Adenine- Thymine Cytosine— Guanine
• Determine the chemical test for

  monosaccharides.

  Benedict’s test
• Identify the step in the DNA synthesis when DNA

  polymerase plays a role.

  Elongation
• Identify the test for reducing sugars.

  Fehling’s test
• Select the category to which D-glucose and Dmannose belong.

  Epimers
• Classify the carbohydrates starch, Cellulose, and

  Inullin.

  Homoglycans
• Select the statements that characterizes

  Flavonoids

  These are aglycones of flavonol glycosides
• Find the pairs that are NOT correctly matched.

  Lobelia inflata – hyoscine
• Select the statements that characterizes taxanes

  Taxanes were originally identified from

  plants of the genus Taxus
• Classify the alkaloid ergotamine

  Indole
• Evaluate which compound is converted to

  cholecalciferol

  7-dehydrocholesterol
• Analyze which oil is suitable for painting

  Linseed oil
• Identify the biological source of Paclitaxel.

  Taxus brevifolia
• Determine the intermediate product formed, In

  the biosynthesis of fatty acids, when malonyl-CoA

  reacts with Acetyl-CoA the product undergoes

  reduction and elimination of carbon dioxide.

  Butyryl-CoA
• Select the correct triad of “health food”s.

  Symphytum officinale – Comfrey –

  hepatotoxic
• Establish the type of organic compounds that

  are biosynthesized by the Shikimic acid pathway.

  Aromatic compounds
• Select the plant used as an antidiabetic

  Banaba
• Classify Lavender oil and Oil of Wintergreen

  Esters
• Analyze and identify the plant growth and

  metabolic inhibitor, acts as an antagonist to

  gibberellic acid, and increases the tolerance of

  plants to stress.

  Abscisic acid
• Find the statement that does NOT describe

  resins and their combinations.

  Resins are soluble in water
• Find the scientific name of Bignay

  Antidesma bunius
• Choose the organelle, found close to the endoplasmic reticulum, which receives and acts on proteins and membrane lipids to further modify them and then passes these on to other parts of the cell through budding vesicles.

  Golgi apparatus
• Identify the rest reagent for the presence of

  alkaloids which is a solution of potassium bismuth

  iodide and gives and orange colored precipitate.

  Dragendoff’s
• Identify the nucleotide which is responsible for

  transcribing the complementary DNA message.

  mRNA
• Select the pair that is NOT correctly matched.

  Coca- local analgesic
• Find the examples of transport and storage

  proteins.

  Hemoglobin, myoglobin, serum albumin
• Identify the precursors of gluconeogenesis.

  Glycerol, lactate, pyruvate, glycogenic

  amino acids
• Analyze the mechanism or catalytic strategy

  employed by carbonic anhydrase.

  Achievement of a high absolute rate of

  reaction that is suitable for integration with

  other physiological processes.
• Find the statement that is NOT correct about

  the chemical composition of glycosides.

  The sugar component is called aglycone,

  and the non-sugar component, glycone
• Analyze which enzyme in the Tricarboxylic Acid

  Cycle catalyzes the carboxylation of pyruvate to

  give oxaloacetate.

  Pyruvate carboxylase