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#Question id: 10760


Following are some statements of secondary metabolites of terpenes in plants is incorrect?

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology
  1. terpenes are generally insoluble in water
  2. Terpenes are formed by the fusion of five-carbon isoprene units
  3. They are biosynthesized from acetyl-CoA or glycolytic intermediates
  4. Terpenes are synthesized by malonic acid pathway and mevalonic acid pathway

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#Question id: 14090

#Section 7: Recombinant DNA technology and Other Tools in Biotechnology

Which of the following is an example of a primary protein sequence database?

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#Question id: 4133

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Which of the following statements about aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases is false?

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#Question id: 19530

#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

If air consists of 77% by weight of nitrogen and 23% by weight of oxygen calculate:
(i) the mean molecular weight of air,
(ii) the mole fraction of oxygen,
(iii) the concentration of oxygen in mole/m3 and kg/m3  if the total pressure is 1.5 atmospheres and the temperature is 25 °C.

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#Question id: 14430

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

Which is not correctly match, effect of process variables on mass transfer characteristics?
Process variable                     mass transfer characteristics
P. P/V                              -          oxygen transfer rate
q. Impeller tip speed     -          mixing time
r. Reynolds                     -          number shear rate 

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#Question id: 14397

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

A purified hydrolytic enzyme (Mr 150 000) is available with the description: Gives a Vmax of 3 200 units/mg protein under optimal conditions. How many nmol of enzyme are there in 1 mg