TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 40234


Assertion (A): In the absence of beta-mercaptoethanol, a multimeric protein linked by disulfide bridges will migrate as a single large band.

Reason (R): beta-mercaptoethanol acts by oxidizing the thiol groups of cysteine residues to form stable covalent bonds.

#Applied Microbiology
  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).
  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false
  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.