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Lipids, Fats, and Biochemistry

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Lipids, fats, and biochemistry explore the structure and function of biological molecules. This includes fatty acids, cholesterol, trans-fats, and cellular membranes. Questions on this topic frequently appear in science sections of competitive government exams.

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Lipids, Fats, and Biochemistry Questions

Multiple choice bio-chemistry lipids functions of lipids biomolecules: chemical constituents of living cells biochemistry

What is true of membrane lipids and proteins?

  1. None can flip-flop

  2. Both can flip-flop

  3. Proteins can flip-flop but lipids cannot.

  4. Lipids flip-flop but proteins rarely flip-flop

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Lipid bilayer of the cell membrane contains hydrophilic head groups facing outward and hydrophobic tails facing each other. The transport of phospholipids and lipid-linked oligosaccharides is difficult to achieve due to this bipolar nature. The transmembrane lipid transporter proteins called flippases transport lipids across cell membrane through transverse diffusion by flipping their orientation. Floppases transport in reverse direction. In mammals, this affects various processes such as blood coagulation, immune recognition, and programmed cell death.Most protein molecules do not flipflop due to their extensive polar regions, which are unfavorable in the hydrophobic core of the membrane.

Option D is correct.

Multiple choice bio-chemistry lipids functions of lipids biomolecules: chemical constituents of living cells biochemistry

Why tails of lipids in the membrane are towards inner part?

  1. The tails is non-polar hydrocarbon and so, protected with an aqueous environment

  2. The tail is polar hydrocarbon and so, is protected from aqueous environment

  3. The non-polar or hydrophobic hydrocarbon trails of lipid, being on inner side ensure their protection from aqueous environment.

  4. The tail is hydrophilic so, it tends to be located in the aqueous inner side of membrane

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The tails of the lipids are made up of fatty acids. These are non-polar hydrophobic so they tend to arrange away from the cytoplasmic face as well as the extracellular face. So, they avoid aqueous medium by arranging themselves towards the inner part of the cell membrane.

Hence, the correct answer is 'The non-polar or hydrophobic hydrocarbons tails of lipid, being on inner side ensure their protection from the aqueous environment.

Multiple choice bio-chemistry lipids functions of lipids biomolecules: chemical constituents of living cells biochemistry

Which of the following can be traced in phospholipids of brain tissue and soybeans?

  1. Phosphoglycerides

  2. Phosphoinositides

  3. Cholesterol

  4. None of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Phosphoinositides make up a small fraction of cellular phospholipids, They play a fundamental role in controlling membrane-cytosol interfaces, regulation of membrane traffic and the permeability and transport functions of membranes. They are found in brain tissue in animals and soybean seeds. Thus the correct answer is option B.

Multiple choice zoology excretion in living organisms excretion - animals human excretory system and products excretory system and products excretion - plants excretion in plants

Ketone bodies consist of

  1. Nicotinic acid, folic acid and ascorbic acid

  2. Acetone, beta hydroxybutyryl CoA and if acetoacetic acid

  3. Acetoacetic acid acetone and beta hydroxybutyric acid

  4. Acetic acid, acetone and beta hydroxybutyric acid

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Ketone bodies are byproducts in the metabolism of fat. During starvation or fasting conditions the liver synthesizes glucose through a process called gluconeogenesis. Gluconeogenesis is a metabolic pathway that results in the generation of glucose from fat. During gluconeogenesis, the ketone bodies are formed as byproducts where the product is glucose. The Kerone bodies consist of acetoacetic acid, acetone and beta-hydroxybutyric acid.

So, the correct answer is 'Acetoacetic acid, acetone and beta-hydroxybutyric acid'.

Multiple choice bio-chemistry our health disease and its treatment manifestation and treatment of disease treatment of disease

Statins used for lowering blood cholesterol level are extracted from

  1. algae

  2. bacteria

  3. viruses

  4. yeast

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Statins are products of fermentation by yeast Monascus purpureus which resemble mevalovate and are competitive inhibitors of $\beta - hydroxy-\beta - methylglutaryl$ or HMG CoA reductase.This inhibits cholesterol synthesis. Statins are, therefore, used in lowering blood cholesterol, e.g., lovastatin, pravastatin, simvastatin. 

Multiple choice biology locomotion and movements introduction to locomotion skeleton and joints movement in animals

Epicuticle in exoskeleton is made up of

  1. Lipoprotein

  2. Chitin

  3. Polysaccharide

  4. Fructolipase

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
  • The exoskeleton of animals within the phylum Arthropoda mainly consists of a coating called the cuticle.
  •  On the exterior surface of the cuticle is a thin, waxy layer called the epicuticle. 
  • The epicuticle is formed of three layers; the inner layer is the cuticulin, which is made from lipoproteins. Hence, Epicuticle in exoskeleton is made up of Lipoprotein
  • So, the correct answer is 'Lipoprotein'.
Multiple choice bio-chemistry digestive system of human digestive system- glands mouth and buccal cavity digestive glands

A lubricant mucin, in saliva, is made up of

  1. Polyunsaturated fats

  2. Actin and myosin

  3. Glycoproteins

  4. Phospholipids

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
A. Polyunsaturated fats are the fats in which hydrocarbon chain has two or more double bonds.
B. Actin and myosin are the protein filaments which help in muscle contraction.
C. Proteins associated with carbohydrates i.e. sugars attached to them, are called glycoproteins.
D. Lipids that contain a phosphate group, are called phospholipids.
The lubricant mucin in saliva is a glycoprotein. 
So, the correct answer is 'Glycoproteins'.
Multiple choice bio-chemistry lipids derived lipids biomolecules: chemical constituents of living cells cell membrane

Sterols are not fats but solid alcohols. These are put as lipids because they form

  1. Fats and fatty acids

  2. Triglycerides

  3. Cholesterol

  4. Ester and fatty acids

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Sterols are classified as lipids because they are hydrophobic and soluble in organic solvents. Cholesterol is the most well-known sterol and serves as a fundamental component of cell membranes.

Multiple choice bio-chemistry lipids derived lipids biomolecules: chemical constituents of living cells cell membrane

Which of the following is a major substrate for synthesis of fats?

  1. Acetyl- CoA

  2. Pyruvate

  3. Glycogen

  4. None of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Fatty acids are components of the phospholipids that make up the bulk of the lipid bilayers of all cellular membranes. It is synthesized by cytosolic acetyl-CoA  through carboxylation by acetyl-CoA carboxylase into malonyl CoA. This conversion occurs primarily in the liver, adipose tissue and lactating mammary glands, where the fatty acids are combined with glycerol to form triglycerides

So, the correct answer is option A.

Multiple choice bio-chemistry lipids derived lipids biomolecules: chemical constituents of living cells cell membrane

Stability of the plasma membrane is enhanced by _________ .

  1. cholesterol molecules

  2. phospholipids

  3. glycoproteins

  4. glycolipids

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Cholesterol helps to keep the membrane stable. This stability is maintained  as: At high temperatures, cholesterol reduces membrane fluidity by restraining the movement of phospholipids. At low temperatures, cholesterol gives solidification of the membrane because it prevents the close packing of phospholipids.

So, the correct answer is 'cholesterol molecules'