Download KUHS MBBS 1st Year 2010 Scheme 105001 February 2023 Biochemistry Paper I Question Paper

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2010 Scheme



Q.P. Code: 105001







Reg. No.: .....................

First Professional MBBS Degree Supplementary Examinations

February 2023



Biochemistry ? Paper I

Time: 3 Hours

Total Marks: 50



Answer all questions to the point neatly and legibly ? Do not leave any blank pages between
answers ? Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space



Answer all parts of a single question together ? Leave sufficient space between answers

Draw table/diagrams/flow charts wherever necessary

Essay

(10)

1. What are ketone bodies. How are they formed in the body. Describe the role of ketone

bodies in starvation and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.

(1?+3+ 5?)

Short essays

(2x5=10)

2. Describe HMP Shunt pathway. Add a note on the significance of this pathway

3. Describe in detail the reactions of transamination and oxidative deamination. Add a

note on the significance of these reactions

Short notes

(5x3=15)

4. Nutritional classification of protein with examples

5. Define isoenzymes. Discuss the clinical significance of different isoenzyme variants of

creatine kinase

6. Role of cytochromes in Electron transport chain

7. Cori's Cycle

8. Fatty liver and lipotropic factors

Answer briefly

(5x2=10)

9. What are amphipathic lipids. Add a note on its significance

10. Lactose intolerance

11. Give two examples for therapeutic uses of enzyme

12. Biologically Important peptides

13. Uronic acid pathway
Give precise answers:

(5x1=5)

14. Enzyme defect in (a) Alkaptonuria (b) Von Gierke's Disease

15. Give the marker enzymes for (a) Mitochondria (b) Peroxisomes

16. Give an example for substrate level phosphorylation

17. Give an example for oxidoreductases. Write one reaction catalyzed by oxidoreductase

18. Give an example for anaplerotic reaction

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