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The document provides information about a joint MD program between the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at Palestine Polytechnic University. It includes an exercise with 5 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of clinical chemistry and protein structure. The questions cover topics like amino acid properties, vitamins, protein catabolism pathways, collagen composition, and protein structure levels.

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Select The Most Accurate Answer: 1. Which of The Following Sentences Is NOT Correct?

The document provides information about a joint MD program between the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at Palestine Polytechnic University. It includes an exercise with 5 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of clinical chemistry and protein structure. The questions cover topics like amino acid properties, vitamins, protein catabolism pathways, collagen composition, and protein structure levels.

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Joint MD Program

College of Medicine and Health Sciences


Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU)

Exercise 1 Clinical Chemistry Chapter 2 Protein 12.06.2020 Dr Salamah Alwahsh

Select the most accurate answer

1. Which of the following sentences is NOT correct?

A. Aspartate and glutamate have a negative net charge at pH 7.0 in their R groups
B. Tryptophan and tyrosine are significantly more polar than phenylalanine because of the
tyrosine hydroxyl group and the nitrogen of the tryptophan indole ring
C. Serine is an essential amino acid
D. Isoleucine produces both glucose and ketone bodies as an energy source

2. One of the following regarding Niacin is NOT correct

A. is a major component of NAD and NADP, two coenzymes involved in cellular metabolism
B. is a vitamin that acts as an antioxidant and plays a role in cell signaling and DNA repair
C. Deficiency of niacin is characterized by skin problems, dementia and diarrhea
D. is one of the eight B-complex water-soluble vitamins
E. is also called vitamin B6

3. One of the following regarding Niacin is NOT correct

A. Amino acids released from protein catabolism are metabolised rapidly if they are not
immediately required for protein synthesis
B. Some proteins are catabolised by the proteasome after being tagged with ubiquitin, others via
lysosomal pathways
C. Transamination is a reversible reaction involved transaminases that require a coenzyme
derived from vitamin B6
D. Glycine and proline are the most abundant amino acids in the structure of collagen
E. Tyrosine is a modified amino acid
F. None of the above

4. One of the following sentences is NOT correct

A. Myoglobin is a globular protein


B. The highest concentration of cystine can be found in keratin
C. Histidine is a precursor for a mediator of allergies and inflammation
D. Aromatic amino acids, proline, leucine are most compatible with an α-helical secondary structure
E. Hydroxy proline is an amino acid that is normally part of collagen is not synthesized in
scurvy (why?)

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Joint MD Program
College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU)

5. One of the following sentences is CORRECT

A. Myoglobin is a monomer, and is made of a single polypeptide chain, and its highest level of
protein structure is tertiary
B. Denaturation reactions are strong enough to break the peptide bonds, affecting the
primary structure of a protein
C. Some antibiotics (e.g., Gramicidin), neurotransmitters (e.g., dopamine, and serotonin),
and hormones (e.g., somatostatin) are peptides
D. enzymes are fibrous proteins
E. Both A and C
F. Both B and D

The end

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