LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ZOOLOGY

TS 31

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2007

ZO 2810 – BIOCHEMISTRY

 

 

 

Date & Time: 21/04/2007 / 1:00 – 4:00      Dept. No.                                          Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

Part A                                                 (Answer all)                                                    10 X 2 = 20

1. What are colloids?
2. Comment on “muta-rotation”.
3. Differentiate I order reaction from II order reaction.
4. Write a note on “Enolization”.
5. Comment on GOUT & Scurvey
6. What is “amphoteric nature”?
7. Comment on Tautomerization
8. Write a note on V max and 1/2 V max
9. What are isomers? Give an example
10. Bring out the classification of amino acids.

 

Part B                                                 (Answer any four)                             4 X 10 = 40

 

11. What are co –enzymes ? Describe .
12. Describe the following:
    1. Denaturation of proteins
    2. Hydrolysis of proteins

 

13. Describe the process of biosynthesis of nucleotides.
14. Bring out Michaelis-Menton equation
15. Describe the biochemistry of nucleic acids.
16. Explain the biochemistry of lipids.

 

 

Part C                                                 (Answer any two)                              2 X 20 = 40

 

17. Discuss in detail the nucleotide degradation pathways
18. Write an essay on the biochemistry of vitamins
19. Form an essay on the energy pathways of carbohydrate metabolism
20. Describe the molecular separation techniques.

 

 

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