Download KUHS MBBS First Year 2015 Feb 106001 Biochemistry Paper II Question Paper

Q.P.Code 106001

First Professional MBBS Degree Supplementary Examinations - February 2015

BIOCHEMISTRY - PAPER II

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Time: 3 hrs

Max marks: 50

• Answer all questions
• Draw diagrams wherever necessary

Essay (10)

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1. What is transcription. Enumerate the steps in transcription and add a note on post transcriptional modifications (2+4+4=10)

Short essays (2x5=10)

2. How purine nucleotides are degraded. Add a note on abnormalities due to excessive purine catabolism. (3+2=5)
3. Biochemical functions and deficiency manifestations of vitamin B12 (3+2=5)

Short notes (5x3=15)

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4. Detoxification by conjugation
5. What are the salient features of genetic code
6. Respiratory acidosis
7. Name any two trace elements and mention the biological functions of each of them
8. Functions of albumin

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Answer briefly (5x2=10)

9. Salvage pathway of purine synthesis
10. Urea clearance test
11. Restriction enzymes
12. Acute intermittent porphyria

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13. Principle of radioimmunoassay

Give precise answers (5x1=5)

14. Folate trap
15. Define BMR
16. What is ceruloplasmin.

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17. Oncogenes
18. What is the normal serum level range of sodium and potassium

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