Explore topic-wise MCQs in Protein Engineering.

This section includes 14 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Protein Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Which of the following is a uracil derivative nucleotide?

A. 3-methyl cytidine
B. Lysidine
C. Inosine
D. Pseudouridine
Answer» E.
2.

Which among the following sequence is present at the 3’ terminal of all tRNA?

A. CCC
B. CAC
C. ACC
D. CCA
Answer» E.
3.

Wobble pairing occurs in which of the following positions?

A. All positions
B. First position
C. Second position
D. Third position
Answer» E.
4.

Who proposed the wobble hypothesis?

A. Louis Pasteur
B. Gregor Mendel
C. Francis Collins
D. Francis Crick
Answer» E.
5.

In the protein synthesis, which of the following interaction results in attachment of correct amino acid?

A. Amino acid – tRNA interaction
B. Amino acid – anticodon interaction
C. Amino acid – codon interaction
D. Codon – anticodon interaction
Answer» E.
6.

Which of the following amino acid is known as the 21st amino acid?

A. Pseudouridine
B. Dihydrouridine
C. Lysidine
D. Selenocysteine
Answer» E.
7.

Proteins are made by incorporating standard amino acids. How many standard amino acids are there in nature?

A. 19
B. 22
C. 21
D. 20
Answer» E.
8.

Which of the following enzymes attach amino acids to tRNA?

A. Amino acyl-tRNA reductase
B. Amino acyl-tRNA synthase
C. Amino acyl-tRNA ligase
D. Amino acyl-tRNA synthetase
Answer» E.
9.

Which of the following shape is assumed by the tertiary structure of tRNA?

A. O shaped
B. I shaped
C. T shaped
D. L shaped
Answer» E.
10.

Where in the structure of tRNA, occurs a site of greatest variability?

A. Anticodon loop
B. D arm
C. Tψ Cloop
D. Variable arm
Answer» E.
11.

ψ is the symbol of which amino acid?

A. Psuedocytosine
B. Pseudoguanidine
C. Pseudoadenine
D. Pseudouridine
Answer» E.
12.

The amino acid carried by the tRNA is covalently attached to its 5’ terminal end?

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
13.

Almost all known tRNA can be schematically arranged in which of the following secondary structures?

A. Planar
B. Beta-sheet
C. Helical
D. Cloverleaf
Answer» E.
14.

Which of the following is also known as the “adaptor” molecule?

A. hnRNA
B. rRNA
C. mRNA
D. tRNA
Answer» E.