C785 BIOCHEMISTRY PREASSESSMENT
Assumingf100%freactionfefficiency,fhowfmanyfDNAfcopiesfarefcreatedfafterfthefcompletio
nfofffourfcompletefPCRfcycles?f-fanswers--16
WhatfisftheffunctionfoffDNAfpolymerasefinfthefprocessfoffPCR?f-fanswers--
ItfrecognizesfthefprimersfandfusesfthefavailablefdNTPsftofreplicateftheftemplatefDNAfseq
uence.
WhatfarefpossiblefbloodftypesfoffthefparentsfoffafpatientfwithfbloodftypefAB?f-fanswers--
AfandfB
115f116f117f118f−fAminofAcidfNumberf
TyrfGlyfThrfProf−fAminofAcidfSequencef
TACfGGGfACAfCCAf−fDNAfSequencef
Whatfisfthefaminofacidfinfpositionf118fthatfresultsffromfafsinglefnucleotidefinsertionfimmed
iatelyffollowingfthefthreefguaninesfthatfencodefforfglycinef116?f-fanswers--Thr
Infsickle-
cellfdisease,fthefglutamicfacidf(Glu)fatfpositionfnumberfsevenfisfmutatedftofvalinef(Val).f
Whatfchangefinfcodonsfcorrespondsftofthisfmutation?f-fanswers--GAAftofGTA
WhichftypefoffmammalianfDNAfdamagefrepairfrequiresfthefpresencefoffthefchromosomeft
hatfisfhomologousftofthefdamagedfchromosome?f-fanswers--Recombination
Xerodermafpigmentosumf(XP)fisfafrecessivefgeneticfdiseasefthatfoccursfwhenfoneforfmor
efoffthefgenesfthatfperformfnucleotidefexcisionfrepairfarefnonfunctional.f
WhyfdofXPfpatientsfhavefafmuchfhigherfincidencefoffskinfcancerfthanfthefgeneralfpopulati
on?f-fanswers--Thefmutationfratefoffallfotherfgenesfisfhigherfdueftoffailureftofrepair.
WhichfmRNAfsequencefresultsfinfafpolypeptidefthatfcontainsfthreefaminofacids?f-
fanswers--5'f-fCUUfGAUfACUfUAGf-f3'
WhichftemplatefstrandfDNAfsequencefwouldfresultfinfthefaminofacidf(Ser)?f-fanswers--5'f-
fCGAf-f3'
, WhatfisfthefcomplementaryfsequencefforftheffollowingfDNAfsequence?f
5'f-fGCCfATCfTCGfAATf-f3'f-fanswers--5'f-fATTfCGAfGATfGGCf-f3'
StudiesfhavefshownfthatfincreasedfexpressionfofftwofgenesfcalledfSIRT1fandfSIRT2fisfas
sociatedfwithfchronicfexposureftofcocainefandfcontributesftofdrugfaddiction.f
WhatfdifferencefinfthefregionsfoffthefSIRT1fandfSIRT2fgenesfinfpeoplefaddictedftofcocain
efincreasesftheirfexpression?f-fanswers--Thefnucleosomesfbecomefmorefwidelyfspaced.
WhatfoccursfduringfthefprocessfoffalternativefsplicingfoffmRNA?f-fanswers--
Alternatefcombinationsfoffexonsfwithinfthefsamefgenefareflinkedftogether.
Whichfforcefisfmostfinfluentialfinfdeterminingftheftertiaryfstructurefoffafprotein?f-fanswers--
Hydrophobicfeffect
Givenftheffollowingfaminofacidfstructure,fwhatfisfthefstrongestfintermolecularfforcefitfwoul
dfparticipatefinftofstabilizefafproteinfstructure?f-fanswers--Hydrogenfbond
Whatfisfthefnamefofflarge,ffunctionalfproteinfstructuresfcomposedfoffsmallerfproteinsfwithf
multiplefsubunitsf-fanswers--Quaternaryfstructure
Whichfstructuralflevelfshowsfthefgreatestfdifferencefwhenfreplacingfdenaturedfproteinsfwit
hfafdenaturedfsinglefsubunitfprotein?f-fanswers--Tertiary
Whichflevelfoffproteinfstructurefisfestablishedfthroughfthefdehydrationfsynthesisfoffpeptide
fbonds?f-fanswers--primary
Whichfsituationfwouldfmostflikelyfleadftofafpermanentfalterationfoffproteinffunction?f-
fanswers--
Afmutationfthatfsubstitutesfafhydrophobicfaminofacidfwithfafhydrophilicfaminofacid
Givenftheffollowingfaminofacidfstructure,fwhatfisfthefstrongestfintermolecularfforcefitfwoul
dfparticipatefinftofstabilizefafproteinfstructure?f-fanswers--hydrogenfbond
Whatfisfthefnamefofflarge,ffunctionalfproteinfstructuresfcomposedfoffsmallerfproteinsfwithf
multiplefsubunits?f-fanswers--quarternaryfstructure
Pepsin,fthefenzymefthatfcatalyzesfthefbreakingfoffpeptidefbonds,fhasfthefhighestfactivityfi
nfthefacidicfenvironmentfoffthefstomach.f
WhatfprocessfisfdisruptedfafterfafpatientfingestsfexcessivefantacidfthatfneutralizesfthefpHf
offthefstomach?f-fanswers--Proteinfcatabolism
Assumingf100%freactionfefficiency,fhowfmanyfDNAfcopiesfarefcreatedfafterfthefcompletio
nfofffourfcompletefPCRfcycles?f-fanswers--16
WhatfisftheffunctionfoffDNAfpolymerasefinfthefprocessfoffPCR?f-fanswers--
ItfrecognizesfthefprimersfandfusesfthefavailablefdNTPsftofreplicateftheftemplatefDNAfseq
uence.
WhatfarefpossiblefbloodftypesfoffthefparentsfoffafpatientfwithfbloodftypefAB?f-fanswers--
AfandfB
115f116f117f118f−fAminofAcidfNumberf
TyrfGlyfThrfProf−fAminofAcidfSequencef
TACfGGGfACAfCCAf−fDNAfSequencef
Whatfisfthefaminofacidfinfpositionf118fthatfresultsffromfafsinglefnucleotidefinsertionfimmed
iatelyffollowingfthefthreefguaninesfthatfencodefforfglycinef116?f-fanswers--Thr
Infsickle-
cellfdisease,fthefglutamicfacidf(Glu)fatfpositionfnumberfsevenfisfmutatedftofvalinef(Val).f
Whatfchangefinfcodonsfcorrespondsftofthisfmutation?f-fanswers--GAAftofGTA
WhichftypefoffmammalianfDNAfdamagefrepairfrequiresfthefpresencefoffthefchromosomeft
hatfisfhomologousftofthefdamagedfchromosome?f-fanswers--Recombination
Xerodermafpigmentosumf(XP)fisfafrecessivefgeneticfdiseasefthatfoccursfwhenfoneforfmor
efoffthefgenesfthatfperformfnucleotidefexcisionfrepairfarefnonfunctional.f
WhyfdofXPfpatientsfhavefafmuchfhigherfincidencefoffskinfcancerfthanfthefgeneralfpopulati
on?f-fanswers--Thefmutationfratefoffallfotherfgenesfisfhigherfdueftoffailureftofrepair.
WhichfmRNAfsequencefresultsfinfafpolypeptidefthatfcontainsfthreefaminofacids?f-
fanswers--5'f-fCUUfGAUfACUfUAGf-f3'
WhichftemplatefstrandfDNAfsequencefwouldfresultfinfthefaminofacidf(Ser)?f-fanswers--5'f-
fCGAf-f3'
, WhatfisfthefcomplementaryfsequencefforftheffollowingfDNAfsequence?f
5'f-fGCCfATCfTCGfAATf-f3'f-fanswers--5'f-fATTfCGAfGATfGGCf-f3'
StudiesfhavefshownfthatfincreasedfexpressionfofftwofgenesfcalledfSIRT1fandfSIRT2fisfas
sociatedfwithfchronicfexposureftofcocainefandfcontributesftofdrugfaddiction.f
WhatfdifferencefinfthefregionsfoffthefSIRT1fandfSIRT2fgenesfinfpeoplefaddictedftofcocain
efincreasesftheirfexpression?f-fanswers--Thefnucleosomesfbecomefmorefwidelyfspaced.
WhatfoccursfduringfthefprocessfoffalternativefsplicingfoffmRNA?f-fanswers--
Alternatefcombinationsfoffexonsfwithinfthefsamefgenefareflinkedftogether.
Whichfforcefisfmostfinfluentialfinfdeterminingftheftertiaryfstructurefoffafprotein?f-fanswers--
Hydrophobicfeffect
Givenftheffollowingfaminofacidfstructure,fwhatfisfthefstrongestfintermolecularfforcefitfwoul
dfparticipatefinftofstabilizefafproteinfstructure?f-fanswers--Hydrogenfbond
Whatfisfthefnamefofflarge,ffunctionalfproteinfstructuresfcomposedfoffsmallerfproteinsfwithf
multiplefsubunitsf-fanswers--Quaternaryfstructure
Whichfstructuralflevelfshowsfthefgreatestfdifferencefwhenfreplacingfdenaturedfproteinsfwit
hfafdenaturedfsinglefsubunitfprotein?f-fanswers--Tertiary
Whichflevelfoffproteinfstructurefisfestablishedfthroughfthefdehydrationfsynthesisfoffpeptide
fbonds?f-fanswers--primary
Whichfsituationfwouldfmostflikelyfleadftofafpermanentfalterationfoffproteinffunction?f-
fanswers--
Afmutationfthatfsubstitutesfafhydrophobicfaminofacidfwithfafhydrophilicfaminofacid
Givenftheffollowingfaminofacidfstructure,fwhatfisfthefstrongestfintermolecularfforcefitfwoul
dfparticipatefinftofstabilizefafproteinfstructure?f-fanswers--hydrogenfbond
Whatfisfthefnamefofflarge,ffunctionalfproteinfstructuresfcomposedfoffsmallerfproteinsfwithf
multiplefsubunits?f-fanswers--quarternaryfstructure
Pepsin,fthefenzymefthatfcatalyzesfthefbreakingfoffpeptidefbonds,fhasfthefhighestfactivityfi
nfthefacidicfenvironmentfoffthefstomach.f
WhatfprocessfisfdisruptedfafterfafpatientfingestsfexcessivefantacidfthatfneutralizesfthefpHf
offthefstomach?f-fanswers--Proteinfcatabolism