Download DNB 2015 Dec BIOCHEMISTRY II Question Paper

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FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2015
POSSESSION / USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
BIOCHEMISTRY

PAPER ? II
BIO/D/15/03/II
Time : 3 hours
Max. Marks : 100

Important instructions:

? Attempt all questions in order.
? Each question carries 10 marks.
? Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
? Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
? Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
? Answer all the parts of a single question together.
? Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
? Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:

1. a) Classify lipoprotein and state their characteristics.
b) List the functions of Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA).

5+5
2. Describe the role of vitamin K. What are good sources of this
vitamin? List deficiency manifestations and explain the biochemical
basis for these.

2+2+6
3. a) Clinical significance of copper.
b) Two genetic disorders of copper metabolism in reference to
defective genes and copper metabolism.

2+(4+4)
4. What are different types of Glycogen storage diseases? Explain why
a patient with Von-Gierke?s disease presents with hyperuricemia.

5+5

5. a) Explain Folate trap.
b) Role of folic acid and vitamin B
12
in megaloblastic and pernicious
anemia, respectively.

4+(3+3)
6. a) Classify hormones on the basis of their mechanism of action.
b) Write about the hormones that are transported by plasma
proteins.

4+6
7. a) Transamination reaction.
b) Chemiosmotic theory of oxidative phosphorylation.
c) TCA cycle as a metabolic hub.

2+4+4


8. Write major metabolic fates of pyruvate and acetyl CoA in mammals.
Describe various adaptive changes if fasting is prolonged to the state
of starvation.

4+6
9. a) Define reactive oxygen species.
b) Role of anti-oxidant vitamins in prevention of oxidative damage.

2+8
10. What is meant by protein energy malnutrition (PEM)? What are the
types of PEM? Briefly describe the clinical and biochemical features
of each type.
2+2+6

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