Pir Mehr Ali Shah

Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi

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Mid Exam /Spring 2021 (Paper duration 12 hours)
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Course No.: BCH-701 Course Title:Biochemistry

Total Marks: 12 Date of Exam: 30-04-2021
Degree: M. Sc (Hon) Plant Pathology Semester:2nd Section:A
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Name of the Teacher: Dr. Nadia Faqir
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Answer the following questions.

Q. NO. 1. From the pentapeptide shown below; (Marks 2)

Glu-Met-Arg-Cys-Gly

A. Name the carboxyl terminal residue____________

B. Write the sequence using one letter abbreviations___________
C. Give the name of acidic R chain residue_________
D. Give the name of amino acid residue that can cross link
polypeptides_________

Q.No.2. There is a protein that has only one subunit. Would it have a quaternary
structure? Explain. (Marks 1)
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Q.No. 3. Water molecule is neutral but different parts of this molecule have slight
charges. Explain why? (Marks 2)
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Q.No.4.What is the structural representation of an amino acid molecule? Explain the

importance of –R group in an amino acid. (Marks 2)
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Q. No 5. Polar molecules can easily dissolve in water. Explain why? (Marks 2)

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Q.No. 6. Carefully read the following sentences and rewrite after correction. (Marks 3)

1. Hydrogen bond is an electrostatic attraction between a hydrogen covalently bonded to

an electronegative atom and another hydrogen atom.
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2. Theoretically a single water molecule can form only one hydrogen bond.
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3. The amino acids more likely to be found in a proteins interior away from aqueous
solvent molecules are Val, Leu, Ile, Met and His.
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4. The action of disrupting the three dimensional shape of a protein is termed as

hydrolysis.
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5. The bonds in protein structure that are not broken on denaturation are disulfide bonds.
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6. The amino acid which is not found in alpha helix structure of protein is Glutamic acid.
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