MBBS First Year Biochemistry Paper-ll Important Question Bank
Essay Questions:
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- Write in detail about the absorption, transport, daily requirement and deficiency Manifestation of Iron.
- Write in details about the initiation, elongation and termination of transcription. Give an account of post transcriptional processing.
- Describe the role of plasma and renal buffers in maintaining acid base homeostasis
- What is cloning? Mention the various types of cloning. Describe in detail the steps involved in recombinant DNA technology.
- Enumerate the liver function tests and how Vanden Bergh test distinguishes different types of jaundice.
- Describe the metabolism of tyrosine. Name the inborn errors associated with this pathway
- What are the functions of sodium in the body? What is the reference range for levels of serum sodium? Describe the working of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system to maintain optimal amounts of sodium in the body. Briefly discuss disorders associated with derangements in sodium homeostasis.
- With the help of a figure, describe the process by which DNA replication takes place in a cell.
- Describe the role of the kidney to maintain the pH of blood. What are the compensatory mechanisms the kidney will adopt to maintain pH in the presence of metabolic acidosis?
- List the parameters that are commonly used in clinical practice as indicators to assess the functions of the liver. Explain the basis of the use of these parameters in assessment of liver function. Briefly discuss medical conditions in which these parameters become abnormal.
- What is the normal pH of blood. Describe the various mechanisms which maintain it? Mention the acid base disorders.
- Describe the catabolism of Heme in the body. Explain the different types of jaundice. How do you investigate a case of jaundice?
- Explain Protein synthesis in detail. Add a note on drugs that inhibit protein synthesis
- Name the Aromatic Aminoacids. Add a note on physiologically important derivatives of tyrosine.
- Discuss in detail the replication of DNA. Mention the inhibitors of replication.
- Describe recombinant DNA technology. Explain the different techniques with its application.
- What is the reference range for serum uric acid? What is the source of uric acid in the body? What is its ultimate fate? Discuss causes of abnormalities in levels of serum uric acid.
- Describe in detail about the Synthesis of Tyrosine and its metabolic endproducts.
- Describe in detail about the formation and transport of ammonia in our body. Add a note on Urea cycle
- What is a Buffer? Describe in detail about the Renal Regulation of Blood pH.
- What is polymerase chain reaction? Write a note on the steps involved in PCR and its applications.
- Name the important buffer systems in the body. Describe in detail the role of lungs and kidneys in maintenance of acid base balance.
- Brief about the conversion of phenylalanine to tyrosine. Describe in detail about phenylketonurias.
- Write briefly the mechanisms by which the pH of the body fluids is regulated. Add a note on acid base disturbances with examples.
- Write in detail about ammonia production, transport and disposal. Add a note on disorders of urea cycle.
- Describe the primary, secondary, tertiary and quatenary structure of proteins.
- Explain the biochemical basis of clinical features of porphyrias.
- Name the Plasma Proteins. Explain the role of Albumin and other Transport Proteins.
- Write in details about the Importance, Applications and Steps of Polymerase Chain Reaction.
- What is the normal pH of blood? Discuss how the pH of blood is maintained.
- Discuss the metabolism of Phenylalanine. Write a note on the inborn error associated with Phenylalanine.
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Short Answer Questions:
- Competitive inhibition of enzyme activity
- Biochemical features seen in blood and urine of a patient with hemolytic anemia
- Functions of Vita –C
- Anaplerotic role of citric acid cycle
- Isoenzymes of Lactate dehydrogenase and their significance
- Functions, Deficiency Symptoms of Vita Thiae
- Calcium homeostasis and its disorder
- Metabolic adaptation in Fed state
- What are the various muco polysaccharides Add a note
- on hyaluronic acid
- Line Weaver Burk's Plot and its significance
- Enzymes, coenzymes, inhibitors of Pyruvate
- Dehydrogenase Reaction
- Alcohol metabolism
- Fredrickson's classification of hyperlipprotenemias
- Mention the types of heteropolysaccharides and their functions
- Cardiolipin
- Mention the types of fatty acid oxidation
- What are the products of Arachidonic acid?
- Carnitine
- Anomerism
- How Haemoglobin binds to oxygen
- Km Value and its significance
- Bronze Diabetes
- WHO criteria for Diagnosis of Diabetes mellitus
- Zellweger's syndrome
- Active form of Vita D and its biochemical role
- Catabolism of Hemoglobin
- Protein energy malnutrition
- Ketogenesis
- Fatty acid synthase complex
- Glycogen Metabolism
- Enzyme inhibition
- Glycosylated hemoglobin
- Oxidation phosphorylation
- Regulation of blood glucose
- Zymogen
- Name two zinc containing enzymes
- Ferritin
- Define Km
- Functions of selenium
- What are cytochromes?
- Brown adipose tissue
- Lactose intolerance
- Define respiratory quotient
- Functions of Vita K
- Role of Niacin as Coenzyme
- Classification of hyperlipidemias and their clinical importance
- Sphingolipidoses
- Biochemical role of Vita C
- Cori's cycle and Glucose Alanine cycle
- High Density Lipoprotein cycle
- Glycogenolysis
- Isomerism in carbohydrates
- Balanced Diet
- Fructose intolerance
- Markers for lysosomes and mitochondria
- Fluorosis
- Role of Apo CII
- Define metalloenzymes with examples
- Pulmonary surfactant – Structure and clinical importance
- Iodine number and its importance
- What is the function of Lipoprotein lipase?
- Structure of lecithin
- Net Protein Utilization
- Chondroitin sulphate - Structure
- Double Reciprocal plot
- Alkaline phosphatase as a diagnostic tool
- What are the different forms of calcium in blood?
- RDA and functions of lodine
- Why Arachidonic acid is not considered 'purely' an essential fatty acid?
- Define Gluconeogenesis and explain the various steps
- Formation and fate of Pyruvate
- Biological value of Proteins
- Enumerate the compounds derived from cholesterol and mention their biochemical functions
- Synthesis and regulation of Porphyrins
- Structure and functions of Mitochondria
- Reverse Cholesterol Transport and Anti - Atherogenic effect of HDL
- Wald's Visual Cycle and Deficiency Manifestation of Vita A
- IsoEnzymes - Definition and Examples
- Iron – Dietary sources, factors affecting dietary iron absorption, transport and
- storage, causes and clinical features of Iron deficiency anemia
- Lactic acidosis
- Explain why B deficiency causes macrocytic anemia
- How are dietary lipids distributed after digestion and absorption?
- Phospholipids
- Types, functions, tissue specificity and physiological relevance of glucose
- transporters relevant to insulin secretion and action
- Importance of HbAc testing
- Wernicke-Karsakoff syndrome
- What is the effect of non-competitive inhibition of Km and Vmax?
- Schematic representation of the electron transport chain
- Carnitine transport
- Vita K cycle
- Metabolic basis of role of aspirin as an anti-platelet agent
- Importance of HbAc testing
- Wernicke-Karsakoff syndrome
- What are metalloenzymes? Give two examples
- What is glycemic index? Mention two examples of high glycemic index food
- Limiting aoacids with examples
- Mechanism of action of methotrexate and dicoumarol
- Fluorosis
- Hemochromatosis
- Serum lipid profile
- Refsum's disease
- Essential pentosuria
- Lecithin sphingomyelin ratio
- Biochemical functions of Vita B
- Functions of calcium
- Glucose transporters
- Von Gierke disease
- Metabolism in adipose tissue during starvation
- Functions of endoplasmic reticulum
- Dietary fiber
- Physiological importance of glycogenolysis
- Define BMR Give its value
- Antiatherogenic role of high density lipoprotein cholesterol
- IUBMB classification of enzymes
- Cori cycle
- Suicide inhibition of enzymes
- Importance of brown fat
- Importance of sphingomyelin
- Significance of hexose mono phosphate shunt
- Galactosemia
- Dietary fiber
- Reverse cholesterol transport
- Iron absorption
- Uncouplers of electron transport chain
- Beriberi
- Niemann-Pick disease
- Any two mucopolysaccharides –location and its functions
- Rapoport Luebering shunt
- Glycated hemoglobin
- Essential fatty acids
- Reactions catalyzed by biotin
- Anti-oxidant vitas and erals
- Wilson's disease
- What is the effect of non-competitive inhibition of Km and Vmax?
- Schematic representation of the electron transport chain
- Carnitine transport
- Vita K cycle
- Metabolic basis of role of aspirin as an anti-platelet agent
- Active Transport with Examples
- Iron - Dietary sources, factors affecting dietary iron absorption, transport and
- storage, causes and clinical features of Iron deficiency anemia
- Metabolism of Ketone Bodies
- Write important difference between Ricketes and Ostomalacia
- What is the role of gamma - Carboxylation in coagulations
- Name the enzyme defect in Niemann Pick disease Gaucher disease
- Name two components of metabolic syndrome
- Name the enzyme defect in Pentosuria
- Name of the defect in Refsum's Disease
- Name of difference between Coenzyme and Cofactor
- Insulin and its Clinical importance
- Name a Vth complex of ETC
- Define active site of enzymes
- Glycosidic Bond and Clinically important Glycosides
- Name two Functions of endo plasmic recticulum
- Name three essential fatty acids
- Name the enzyme require for Glucuronidation of bilirubin
- Daily requirement of Vita A for an adult
- Name the defect in Menke's disease
- Name the enzyme defect in Von-gierke's disease
- Name one Role of Phospholipase A
- Name three vitas involved in PDH complex
- Fatty Liver-Causes including role of Lipotrophic Factors
- Vita C-Sources, RDA, Functions and Deficiency Manifestations
- PDH
- Dyslipidemias
- Apolipoproteins
- Metabolism of Adipose tissue in fasting condition
- Fate of Oxaloacetate
- Liver Enzymes
- Functions of Magnesium
- Dietary fibres
- Cytochrome P Functions of Phospholipids
- Suicide Inhibition
- Causes for Abnormal GTT Curves
- Biologically important peptides
- Biological value of proteins
- Competitive enzyme inhibition
- Carnitine
- Fatty liver
- Inhibitors of Citric acid Cycle
- Cholesterol lowering action of FIBRATES
- One Carbon compound
- Functions of Copper
- Biochemical alteration in PEM Protein Energy Malnutrition
- Conjugations
- Stereoisomerism
- Actions of Insulin
- Hyperglycemic Hormones
- Glycolysis in RBC
- Shuttle pathways across mitochondrial membranes
- Ocular changes in vita A deficiency
- Amphipathic lipids
- Kwashiorkor
- Enzymes in diagnosis of Myocardial infarction
- Biochemical functions of zinc
- Hormones that regulate blood calcium level
- Mechanism of cyanide poisoning
- Metabolism of glucose–phosphate
- Lipoprotein lipases
- Cori cycle
- Bile salts –Synthesis & biological role
- Write briefly about calcium homeostasis
- Coenzymic role of Pyridoxine
- Factors regulating blood calcium
- Wilson's disease
- Define isoenzymes and give two examples
- Specific dynamic action
- Chemiosmotic theory
- Von Gierke's disease
- Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
- lonophores
- Oral glucose tolerance test
- Deficiency manifestations of vita D
- Biochemical functions of Iron
- What is the function of mitochondria in a cell?
- What is the mechanism of action of statins? What is the therapeutic use of this group of drugs?
- List dietary sources and biochemical functions of vita C in the body
- Explain the mechanism of action of cyanide as a poison
- List good dietary sources of iodine What is the function of this eral in the body?
- Enzyme defect and commonest clinical feature in von Gierke's disease?
- What is meant by glycaemic index of food?
- List differences between marasmus and kwashiorkor?
- Role of carnitine in beta-oxidation of fatty acids
- Covalent modification of enzymes in regulation of enzyme activities
- Lactose intolerance
- What is the importance of the pentose phosphate pathway in the body?
- Gluconeogenesis, with reference to definition, substrates, sites and importance in the Body
- Role of vita D in the body
- Causes of iron deficiency and manifestations of such deficiency
- Isoenzymes, with reference to definition, examples and clinical importance
- Passive Transport Mechanisms
- Briefly explain the chemiosmotic hypothesis of Mitchell
- What is meant by dietary fibre? Explain its importance in one's diet
- Explain the folate trap hypothesis
- What is surfactant? Explain its importance in the body in health and disease
- Explain, with a diagram, the fluid mosaic model of cell membranes
- What are good dietary sources of iron?
- Explain how iron is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract
- Explain how the activity of an enzyme is affected by the pH of the medium
- What are the functions of calcium in the body?
- Describe the functions and deficiency manifestations of vita A
- Explain the mechanism of action of cyanide as a poison
- List differences between hexokinase and glucokinase
- Give examples of drugs that act as inhibitors of enzyme and name the enzyme that each one inhibits
- Explain the role of, bisphosphoglycerate in supply of oxygen to tissue
- List differences between foetal and adult forms of haemoglobin
- Why do patients with cholelithiasis often pass clay-coloured stools?
- What is meant by the metabolic syndrome? What is the significance of this condition?
- Write two functions & RDA of pyridoxine
- List differences between marasmus and kwashiorkor?
- Give two examples of substrate level phosphorylation
- Thyroid function Tests
- Recombinant DNA Technology
- Structure of DNA
- Post transcriptional modifications
- Functions of albumin
- Electrophoresis and its applications
- Causes for respiratory acidosis
- Renal mechanism of maintaining Acid Base Balance
- Purine Salvage pathway
- Lac Operon concept
- Enzyme defect in aPhenylketonuria b Alkaptonuria
- DNA polymerase enzyme
- Types of mutations
- Reverse Transcriptase
- Inhibitors of RNA synthesis
- Features of Genetic Code
- Gout
- Name Renal Function Tests
- Denaturation of proteins
- Name enzymes that are increase in hepatic jaundice
- Transamination reaction and its significance
- Homocystinuria
- Bicarbonate buffer system
- Hyperkalemia
- Define electrophoresis and mention its applications
- Renal tubular function tests
- Urinary findings in jaundice
- Methemoglobin
- Structure of immunoglobulin
- Regulation of heme synthesis
- Operon concept
- Define PCR and mention its four applications
- Essential amino acids
- Structure of tRNA
- Restriction endonucleases
- Post-translational modifications of proteins
- What is creatine clearance? Write the normal value of it
- Sources of ammonia in the body and its metabolism
- Functions of glycine in the body
- Heavy metal poisonings
- Disorders associated with potassium homeostasis
- Functions of nucleotides
- List applications of electrophoresis in medicine
- List the different types of immunoglobulins
- Outline the reaction by which deoxynucleotides are formed in a cell from
- ribonucleotides
- Explain the anti-neoplastic effect of methotrexate
- List the biochemical abnormalities seen in phenylketonuria
- What are the compensatory changes that occur in response to respiratory acidosis?
- Outline the mechanism of action of glucagon
- What is reference range of sodium Write causes of hyponatremia
- What is the function of cytochrome P in the body?
- Structure of mRNA
- Liver function tests
- ELISA
- Isoelectric pH of proteins
- Wilson's Disease
- Laboratory diagnosis of Phenylketonuria
- Chloride shift
- DNA repair mechanism
- Plasma buffers
- Gene Therapy
- Functions of Albumin
- Oratic Aciduria
- Laboratory investigations in different types of Jaundice
- Structure of DNA
- Paper Chromatography
- Transmethylation Reactions
- Pancreatic function Tests
- Alkaptonuria
- Acute Intermittent Porphyria
- Sickle cell Disease
- Bile salts
- Renal Glomerular function tests
- Anion Gap
- Okazaki fragments
- Laboratory investigations in different types of Jaundice
- Structure of DNA
- Paper Chromatography
- Transmethylation Reactions
- Pancreatic function Tests
- Alkaptonuria
- Acute Intermittent Porphyria
- Sickle cell Disease
- Bile salts
- Renal Glomerular function tests
- Anion Gap
- Okazaki fragments
- Write about post transcriptional processing Mention about post transcriptional inhibitors
- Describe about the various patterns of diseases in protein electrophoresis
- Carcinoid syndrome
- Write about urea cycle disorders
- Write about acute phase and negative acute phase protein
- What are the derivatives of aromatic amino acids? Write about serotonin
- High anion gap metabolic acidosis
- Write about alpha I antitrypsin and diseases associated with it
- Important functions of serine
- Types of DNA repair mechanism Write in detail about any one repair mechanism
- OXPHOS Oxidative phosphorylation diseases
- Hybridoma technology & its application
- DNA repair mechanism
- Glutathione
- Tests to assess renal tubular function
- Polymerase chain reaction
- Metabolic acidosis
- Applications of electrophoresis
- Lesch-Nyhan's syndrome
- Products formed from glycine
- Maple syrup urine disease
- Inhibitors of transcription
- Histamine
- Gamma amino butyric acid
- Phase II reaction of xenobiotics
- Functions of parathormone
- Nitric oxide
- Post translational modifications with examples
- Blotting techniques
- Classify jaundice based on liver function tests
- Structure of collagen
- Classes of Immunoglobulins
- Structure of tRNA
- Lead poisoning
- Secondary hyperuricemias
- Draw normal protein electrophoretic pattern
- Secondary structure of proteins
- Classification of aminoacids based on metabolic fate
- Hartnup's disease
- Microalbuminuria and its importance
- Reactive oxygen species
- DNA fingerprinting
- Tests done to assess synthetic functions of liver
- Properties of genetic code
- Respiratory acidosis
- Importance and applications of recombinant DNA technology
- Proteinuria
- Importance of transamination reaction
- Causes of secondary gout
- Enzymes as tumour markers
- Point mutation
- Denaturation reactions of proteins
- Cystinosis
- Melatonin
- Normal value of plasma osmolality and urine osmolality
- Orotic aciduria
- Cell cycle
- Renal function tests
- Metabolism of catecholamines
- Metabolic alterations induced by alcohol metabolism
- Functions of proteins and enzymes involved in DNA replication
- Tests done to assess biosynthetic functions of liver
- Cystinuria
- Transamination
- Principle of electrophoresis technique
- Four synthetic analogues of purine and pyrimidine bases used as therapeutic agent
- DNA finger printing
- Oxygen dissociation curve of hemoglobin
- Markers of cholestasis
- Henderson - Hasselbalch equation
- Laboratory diagnosis of multiple myeloma
- Mechanism of action of allopurinol
- Mutation
- Types, properties and functions of different classes of immunoglobulins
- Congenital jaundice
- Genomic library
- Products formed from tryptophan
- Name one disease related to point Mutations
- Name enzymes of Pancreatic injury
- Uric Acid levels in a Male b Female
- Write formula to calculate Anion gap
- BMI value in a Normal Individual b Obesity
- Restriction Endo nuclear sticky – Meaning
- Name the defect Dubin – Johnson syndrome
- Name the Amino Acids involved in Polyamines
- Name Anti Oxidant Vitamins, Anti Oxidant Mineral
- Role of poly 'A' Tail
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Balanced Diet and Glycemic Index
- Proteinuria -Types and Characteristic Protein present in urine in each type Gene Therapy
- Name lab test to detect sickle cell disease
- Name differences of B form and A form DNA
- Name lab test to detect sickle cell disease
- Name differences of B form and A form DNA
- Collagen
- ABG and Interpretation of Results
- Genetic Code
- Compounds derived from Glycine and their functions
- Hyperammonemias
- Copper metabolism and its applied aspects
- Telomerase and its application
- Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
- Inhibitors of Purine nucleotide biosynthesis
- Metabolic Acidosis
- Absorption of dietary Iron
- Biochemical features of Cancer cells
- Conjugation reactions in Xenobiotics
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