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Proteins fulfil several functions in living system . An example of a protein which acts as a hormone is

A

Casein

B

Oxytocin

C

Trypsin

D

Keratin

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B
Oxytocin hormone secreted by posterior pituitary gland plays an important role in child birth and milk ejection for feeding baby.
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ERRORLESS-BIOMOLECULES -NCERT BASED QUESTIONS (Proteins, Amino Acids and Enzymes)
  1. Which one of the following is an essential amino acid?

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  2. Which of the following proteins is globular?

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  3. Proteins fulfil several functions in living system . An example of a ...

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  4. Proteins are found to have two different types of secondary structures...

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  5. Which amino acid has imidazole ring

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  6. Which amino acids has an aromatic ring ?

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  7. Which part of the protein molecule is responsible for function and act...

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  8. Sanger's reagent is used for the identification of:

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  9. Proteins are hydrolysed by enzymes into

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  10. Proteins when heated with cone. HNO3 gives a yellow colour. This Is

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  11. Which compound can exist in a dipolar (zwitter ion) state

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  12. The pK(a1) and pK(a2) of an amino acid are 2.3 and 9.7 respectively. T...

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  13. On hydrolysis, proteins give :

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  14. Which of the following amino acid is neutral?

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  15. Denaturation of proteins

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  16. For alpha -amino acids having the structure R-underset(NH(2))underset(...

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  17. Amino acids usually exist in the form of Zwitter ions. This mean that ...

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  18. There are 20 naturally occuring amino acids. The maximum number of tri...

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  19. At pH 4, glycine exists as

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  20. Protein can be most easily removed from

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