What is substrate chanelling in Kreb’s cycle? Explain.
See Answer →Write the mechanism of conversion of G-3-P into pyruvate.
See Answer →What are coupling reactions? Explain their significance in biochemical reactions.
See Answer →Name and describe the experiment which proved that ‘DNA is the material that communicates the genetic information’.
See Answer →Differentiate between nucleosides and nucleotides and illustrate your answer.
See Answer →What are phospholipids? Describe in brief the different classes of phospholipids.
See Answer →Describe the structural and functional basis of classification of lipids.
See Answer →What is Michaelis-Menton equation? Describe its significance in affecting the rate of an enzymatic reaction.
See Answer →Explain the physiological aspect of specificity of enzyme action that distinguishes it from the non-enzyme part in a catalyst.
See Answer →Describe the covalent interactions involved in protein folding.
See Answer →Describe in brief the Merrifield solid phase synthesis of peptides.
See Answer →How is peptide bond formed? Explain the stereochemistry of a peptide bond
See Answer →Consider the following set of processes, with the length of the CPU burst time given in milliseconds.
| Process | Burst time | Priority |
| P1 | 8 | 3 |
| P2 | 3 | 1 |
| P3 | 4 | 4 |
| P4 | 7 | 2 |
| P5 | 6 | 5 |
The processes are assumed to have arrived in the order P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5 and
all of them have arrived at time 0.
a. Draw corresponding Gantt charts illustrating the execution of these processes using FCFS, SJF, SRTN, Priority based scheduling/even-driven scheduling and Round Robin (quantum=2) scheduling algorithms.
b. What is the turnaround time of each process for each of the scheduling algorithm in (a)?
c. What is the waiting time of each process for each of the scheduling algorithm in (a)?
d. Which of the schedules in (a) results in minimal average waiting time (overall processes)?
Describe the behaviour of amino acids in acidic and basic medium. What is the significance of their Zwitterionic Nature?
See Answer →How are amino acids represented? Explain with the help of an example. Describe in brief the configuration of amino acids.
See Answer →What is milk sugar? How is it formed? Explain giving the reaction.
See Answer →Write a reaction that is used in distinguishing an aldose from a ketose. How does an aldose react with phenylhydrazine? Give the reaction involved and explain.
See Answer →What do capital letters D and L signify in the context stereochemistry of monosaccharides? Explain with the help of an example.
See Answer →How are lysosomes formed in the cells. Describe their role within the cell.
See Answer →Differentiate between a prokaryotic and a eukaryotic cell in terms of their structure.
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