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Question

Lactose is composed of ________ and glucose.

The correct answer is

Galactose

Lactose is formed by the linkage of two simpler sugars: glucose and galactose. The bond between glucose and galactose in lactose is a glycosidic bond.

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Important Questions from Biomolecules

  1. The chemical name of Vitamin D 3is:

  2. Which of the following food comes under complex carbohydrate?

    I. Potatoes

    II. Sweets

    III. Pasta

    IV. Wheat

  3. Following are the pKa's of the ionizable groups in lysine

    pKa 1 = 2.16 (α - carboxylic group)

    pKa 2  = 9.06 (α - amino group)

    pKa 3  =  10.54 (ε - amino group)

    Which one of the following options represents the pl of lysine?

  4. How many hydrogen bonds involving the backbone CO and NH can be observed in an α‐helix consisting of 15 amino acid residues?

  5. In eukaryotic cells, covalently attached lipids help to anchor some water soluble proteins to the plasma membrane. One group of cytosolic proteins are anchored to the cytosolic face of membrane by a fatty acyl group (e.g. myristate or palmitate). These groups are generally covalently attached to which amino acids present at the N‐terminus of the polypeptide chain?

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