(A) Type I
(B) Type IIa
(C) Type IIb
(D) Type V
Tag: Biochemistry Mcqs
All of the following statements about Tangier disease are true except?
(A) It is a disorder of HDL metabolism
(B) Its inheritance is autosomal recessive
(C) Apoproteins A-I and A-II are not synthesised
(D) Plasma HDL is increased
Abetalipoproteinaemia occurs due to a block in the synthesis of?
(A) Apoprotein A
(B) Apoprotein B
(C) Apoprotein C
(D) Cholesterol
Lovastatin is a?
(A) Competitive inhibitor of acetyl CoA carboxylase
(B) Competitive inhibitor of HMG CoA synthetase
(C) Non-competitive inhibitor of HMG CoA
reductase
(D) Competitive inhibitor of HMG CoA reductase
Lovastatin and mevastatin lower?
(A) Serum triglycerides
(B) Serum cholesterol
(C) Serum phospholipids
(D) All of these
All the following statements about brown adipose tissue are true except?
(A) It is rich in cytochromes
(B) It oxidizes glucose and fatty acids
(C) Oxidation and phosphorylation are tightly
coupled in it
(D) Dinitrophenol has no effect on it
Release of free fatty acids from adipose tissue is increased by all of the following except?
(A) Glucagon
(B) Epinephrine
(C) Growth hormone
(D) Insulin
After entering cytosol, free fatty acids are bound to?
(A) Albumin
(B) Globulin
(C) Z-protein
(D) None of these