The secondary structure of a protein refers to
α-helical backbone
hydrophobic interactions
sequence of α-amino acids
sequence of α-amino acids
The term anomers of glucose refers to
isomers of glucose that differ in configurations at carbons one and four (C-1 and C-4)
a mixture of (D)-glucose and (L)-glucose
enantiomers of glucose
enantiomers of glucose
The pyrimidine bases present in DNA are
cytosine and adenine
cytosine and guanine
cytosine and thymine
cytosine and thymine
In both DNA and RNA, heterocyclic base and phosphate ester linkages are at
Insulin production and its action in the human body are responsible for the level of diabetes. This compound belongs to which of the following categories?
A co- enzyme
An antibiotic
A hormone
A hormone
ADP and ATP differ in the number of
phosphate units
ribose units
adenine base
nitrogen atom
A.
phosphate units
ADP or Adenosine diphosphate is an organic compound composed of adenosine and two phosphate groups. ATP or Adenosine triphosphate is an organic compound having three phosphate groups. Thus, both differ in number of phosphate units.
The number of amino acids and number of peptide bonds in a linear tetrapeptide (made of different amino acids) are respectively.
4 and 4
5 and 5
5 and 4
4 and 3
In DNA, the consecutive deoxynucleotides are connected via
phosphodiester linkage
phosphomonoester linkage
phosphotriester linkage
amide linkage