Course No: BIO 1101 Course Name: Basic Biochemistry Full marks: 30 Time: 2 hours Answer any Five

Date 08-08-10
1. a. Classify carbohydrates with examples. b. What do you mean by epimers and anomers? c. Describe Fehlings test for reducing action of sugars. 2. a. Define polysaccharides and mention biologically important polysaccharides of plant and animal origins. b. Differentiate between starch and glycogen. c. Show that bacterial cell wall contains a heteropolysaccharide. 3. a. Define lipids. b. Write notes on the following terms in lipids. i. Iodine number ii. Rancidity c. Write down the chemical structures of the following fatty acids: i. palmitic acid ii. Linolenic acid iii. Arachidonic acid. 4. a. What is protein? b. Delineate primary and secondary structure of protein. c. Describe Ninhydrin test. Why does Proline give different color than other amino acids? 5. a. Define nucleotide, nucleic acids and gene. B. Write down the chemical structures of following compounds: i. Purine bases ii. Pyrimidine bases c. Differentiate between DNA and RNA. 6. a. Describe the important feature of Watson-Crick model of DNA b. Briefly describe different types of RNA. 7. Explain the following statementsa. Glucose is a reducing sugar. b. HDL-cholesterol is termed as good cholesterol. c. Adenine always pairs with Thymine in DNA double helix. d. Cellulose can not be digested in human system. 8. Write short notes on (any three): a. Essential amino acids b. Zwitterion c. Disaccharides d. Denaturation of protein e. Prostaglandins