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 elements is not visible in the maps of X-ray crystallography?

A. Nitrogen
B. Carbon
C. Oxygen
D. Hydrogen
Answer» E.
2.

Which of the following terms is not related to X-ray crystallography?

A. Electron density maps
B. Diffraction pattern
C. Synchrotrons
D. Magnetic field
Answer» E.
3.

The term “electron density maps” is related to which of the following technique?

A. Optical microscopy
B. NMR spectroscopy
C. cryo-electron microscopy
D. X-ray crystallography
Answer» E.
4.

Which among the following is not a technique to determine the structure of a protein?

A. X-ray crystallography
B. NMR spectroscopy
C. cryo-electron microscopy
D. Mass spectrometry (MS-MS)
Answer» E.
5.

What is highly conserved among the homologous proteins over evolutionary time?

A. Protein sequence
B. DNA sequence
C. DNA structure
D. Protein structure
Answer» E.
6.

Which among the following is not a structural database?

A. PDB
B. MMDB
C. Nucleic acid database
D. CATH
Answer» E.
7.

Which of the following is a structural database?

A. CATH
B. SCOP
C. VAST
D. PDB
Answer» E.
8.

Serine is always present on the surface of protein.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
9.

Which of the following options contain only those amino acids that are likely to be present in the interior of a protein?

A. Arg, Val, Met
B. Asp, Met, Phe
C. Lys, Phe, Val
D. Val, Met, Phe
Answer» E.
10.

Which of the following options contain only those amino acids that are likely to be present on the surface of a protein?

A. Arg, Met, Lys
B. Met, Leu, Asp
C. Lys, Leu, Val
D. Arg, Asp, Lys
Answer» E.
11.

Which among the following residues is most likely to be present in the interior of a protein?

A. Arg
B. His
C. Asp
D. Val
Answer» E.
12.

Which among the following residues is most likely to be present on the surface of a protein?

A. Val
B. Leu
C. Ile
D. Arg
Answer» E.
13.

In the tertiary structure of protein, the non-polar residues tend to occur in the protein interior and polar residues on the exterior.

A. False
B. True
Answer» C.
14.

Which among the following structure of a protein describes the folding of its secondary structural elements and specifies the position of every atom in a protein, including those of side chains?

A. Primary structure
B. Secondary structure
C. Quaternary structure
D. Tertiary structure
Answer» E.