Quiz on Amino acid Properties

This quiz is designed to assess your basic knowledge about ‘amino acid properties’ with questions like which of the amino acid is a alpha helix breaker? Choose the best answer from the four options given. When you've finished answering as many of the questions as you can, scroll down to the bottom of the page and check your answers by clicking ' Score'.  Percentage score will be displayed along with right answers.
Quiz on Amino acid Properties
1. Which of the the following amino acid is a 'alpha helix breaker'?
alanine
phenyl alanine
proline
histidine
2. Generally, naturally occurring amino acids are
D type
L type
Both D and L type
none of these
3. Which of the following amino acid is a good buffer at pH 7?
glycine
histidine
arginine
asparagine
4. Neurotransmitter serotonin is synthesized from the amino acid
glycine
tryptophan
valine
histidine
5. The most abundant amino acid in collagen is
proline
glycine
hydroxyproline
arginine
6. Melanin is synthesized by the oxidation of amino acid
tyrosine
threonine
phenylalanine
tryptophan
7. Gamma-Amino Butyric acid (GABA, inhibitory neurotransmitter in brain is synthesized from
aspartate
glutamate
asparagine
serine
8. Amino acids that does not undergo transamination include
lysine
threonine
proline
all of the these
9. Which of the following statement is false about glycine?
simplest amino acid
optically active
inhibitory neurotransmitter
alpha helix breaker
10. All the following amino acids are involved in glycosylation except
serine
threonine
asparagine
alanine
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