1.question Bank - IGMCRI (Biochemistry)
1.question Bank - IGMCRI (Biochemistry)
1.question Bank - IGMCRI (Biochemistry)
Enzymology
1. Classification
2. Factors affecting Enzyme Activity
3. Various types of Enzyme Inhibition
4. Allosteric Regulation
5. Co-enzyme
6. Active Site
7. Km value
8. Iso-enzymes
9. Enzymes of diagnostic importance
10.Oxygenases-Mixed function oxygenases
Clinical Enzymology
Chemistry of Carbohydrates
1. Classification of carbohydrates
2. Structure of starch and glycogen/ Homopolysaccharides
3. Glycosaminoglycans / Mucopolysaccharides
4. Disaccharides
5. Non-Reducing Property of Sucrose
6. Glycosides
7. Dietary fibers
8. Anomers
9. Epimers
10. Mutarotation
1. Components of ETC
2. Structure of Mitochondria
3. Chemiosmotic Theory
4. ATP Synthase
5. Inhibitors and Uncouplers of ETC
Carbohydrate Metabolism
1. Glycolysis
2. Glycogenolysis
3. Gluconeogenesis
4. TCA Cycle
5. Anaploretic Reactions of CA
6. HMP Shunt Pathway and Substrate Level Phosphorylation
7. HMP Shunt Pathway, Uronic Acid Pathway, Sorbitol Pathway – Clinical
Significance
8. Lactose Intolerance
9. Fructosuria
10. Galactosemia
11. Glycogen storage disorders
12. Hemolytic Anemia
Chemistry of Lipids
1. Classification of lipids
2. Compound Lipids / Phospholipids
3. Liposomes
4. Iodine number
5. Saponification number
6. Rancidity
7. Eicosanoids
8. Essential Fatty Acids
9. Significance of PUFA
10. RDS / DPL
1. Lipid Profile
2. Digestion and Absorption of Lipids
3. Role of Bile salt in Lipid digestion and absorption
4. Steatorrhea
5. Chyluria
6. Beta-Oxidation
7. Oxidation of palmitic acid and its energetics
8. Refsum’s Disease
9. Peroxisomal oxidation- Significance
10. Fatty Liver and Lipotropic Factors
11. Ketogensis and Ketolysis
12. Multi-enzyme complex
13. Malabsorption syndrome
14. Cholesterol Biosynthesis- with Regulation and Inhibition
15. Rate limiting enzymes of Cholesterol synthesis & Beta oxidation
16. HDL & LDL metabolism
17. Reverse Cholesterol Transport
18. Bile Acid Synthesis
19. Hypercholestrolemia
20. Obesity & Dyslipidemia
21. NSAID
22. Fared Wall’s Formula
Tabular Column
No. Parameter Normal Value Pre-Hepatic Hepatic Post-Hepatic
Jaundice Jaundice Jaundice
Chemistry of Proteins
1. Classification of proteins
2. Biologically important peptides
3. Primary structure of proteins
4. Secondary structure of proteins
5. Secondary structure of collagen
6. Denaturation of protein
Protein Metabolism
1. Glycine
2. Glycine-Serine-Choline Cycle
3. Methionine
4. Branched Chain Amino Acids Catabolism
5. Phenylalanine/Tyrosine
6. Trans-sulfuration reaction
7. Polyamines
8. Special products of
a) Glycine
b) Tyrosine
c) Phenylalanine
9. Diseases
a) Homocystinuria
b) Maple Syrup Urine Disease
c) Phenylketonuria
d) Alkaptonuria-Garrod’s Tetrad
e) Albinism
f) Carcinoid Tumours
g) Hartnup’s Disease
Plasma Proteins
Hemoglobin
Heme Metabolism
Mineral Metabolism
1. Calcium
2. Iron
3. Copper – Abnormal Metabolism
4. Zinc – Dependant Enzymes, Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
5. Fluoride – Fluorosis
6. Selenium
7. Enzymes containing Metals Examples
1. Vitamin A
2. Vitamin D
3. Vitamin E – Selenium sparing effect
4. Vitamin K – Functions and GCG Synthesis
1. Thiamine – Beriberi
2. Riboflavin – Co-enzyme activity and deficiency manifestation
3. Niacin – Co-enzyme activity, Pellagra Hartnup’s Disease, Carcinoid
Syndrome
4. Pyridoxine
5. Pantothenic Acid – Gopalan’s Burning Foot Syndrome
6. Biotin – Carboxylation Reactions, Avidin
7. Folic Acid – Transmethylation reaction, Anemia, Antagonists
8. Cyanocobalamin
9. Ascorbic Acid
Energy Metabolism and Nutrition
1. BMR
2. SDA
3. Dietary Fibre
4. Biological value of protein. Nutritional basis for ingesting pulses and
cereals
5. Protein Energy Malnutrition
1. Salvage Pathway
2. Analogues as Purine synthesis inhibitors
3. Assembly of Purine Ring
4. Gout - Hyperuricemia
5. Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
6. SCID
7. Anti-cancer agents acting on Purine and Pyrimidine
Molecular Biology
1. Replication
2. Transcription
3. Post-transcriptional modification
4. Translation
5. Post-translational modification
6. rDNA technology
7. Role of Histones
8. hnRNA
9. Reverse transcriptase
10.Restriction Endonucleases
11.Cell Cycle
12.DNA Polymerase in DNA synthesis and repair
13.Mutation – Defintion, Types, Point Mutation, Xeroderma pigmentosum
Cancer Biochemistry
Miscellaneous