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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

       B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION –MATHS & PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY

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THIRD SEMESTER – November 2008

PB 3204/PB 3202 – BIOINFORMATICS – I

 

 

 

Date : 13-11-08                     Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

PART A

 

Answer ALLl the questions                                                                                                             (20 marks)

 

  1. Choose the best answer (5X1=5)

 

  1. The database for retrieving information on genetic disorders in man is
  2. a) OMIM b) OMIA c) Medline Plus           d) Pubmed
  3. Basic proteins of chromosomes are
  4. a) histones b)histidine c)globin           d)globulin

3.7-Methyl guanosine is added to the nucleotide sequence in

a)5’ end           b) 3’ end          c)intron            d) exon

  1. ORF finder translates the sequence in
  2. a) 6 frames b) 5 frames c) 64 frames    d) 20 frames
  3. A software for identifying restriction site is
  4. a) Neb Cutter b)Rasmol c)Cn3D           d)GRAIL

 

  1. State whether the following true or false (5X1=5)

 

  1. Rough endoplasmic reticulum is the region of protein synthesis.
  2. RefSeq serves as a standard for genomic analyses.
  3. Entrez is a SRS of NCBI.
  4. Rosalind Franklin provided X-ray crystallographic data of DNA to Watson and Crick for elucidating double helical model.
  5. One letter code of Tryptophan is G.

 

III. Complete the following                                                                                                              (5X1=5)

 

  1. Pubchem substance is a ___________ database.
  2. KEGG is a________ database.

13.__________ is compatible with Rasmol.

  1. Lalign is a ________ alignment tool.
  2. Shannon’s Noise in replication refers to _________.

 

  1. Answer the following, each not exceeding 50 words. (5X1=5)

 

  1. Mention any two differences between prokaryote and eukaryote.
  2. Differentiate BLAST and FASTA.
  3. What is a Protein Motif.?
  4. What is MapViewer?
  5. Write about Composite Databases.

 

 

 

 

 

PART  B

                                                                                                                       

Answer any five of the following, each not exceeding 350 words.                                                (5X8=40)

 

Draw diagrams and flowcharts wherever necessary.

 

  1. Explain the primary databases in detail.
  2. What is PDB and what are its features?
  3. Discuss about Human Genome Project and the genesis of bioinformatics tools.
  4. Write about enzyme databases and its features.
  5. How is the GenBank flatfile organized and write about header and features table?
  6. Briefly discuss about DNA replication.
  7. Write about proteomic tools including Compute pI/MW and Signal P.
  8. How is the protein secondary structure organized into Alpha helix and Beta strands?

 

PART C

 

Answer the following, each not exceeding 1500 words                                                                 (2X20=40)

Draw diagrams and flowcharts wherever necessary.

 

  1. a) Elaborate upon BLAST, its parameters, types and applications

 

(OR)

 

  1. b) Align the following sequences using Needleman Wunsch algorithm

Seq 1: ACTCG

Seq 2: ACAGTAG

 

  1. a) Discuss about protein signature prediction by defining Motif, Domain, Family and Signature .List the

databases from which the details can be retrieved.

 

(OR)

 

  1. b) Explain the structure visualization tools including Homology Modeling.

 

 

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