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प्रश्न
Find out and make a list of proteins used as therapeutic agents. Find other applications of proteins (e.g., cosmetics, etc.)
उत्तर १
- Proteins like as thrombin, fibrinogen, enkephalins, diastase, renin, insulin, oxytocin, vasopressin, antigens, and antibodies are utilised as therapeutic agents.
- Additionally, proteins are utilised in biological buffers, research methods, the dairy and textile industries, and cosmetics.
उत्तर २
Proteins used as therapeutic agents are as follows:
- Thrombin and fibrinogen: They help with blood clotting.
- Antigen (antibody) – It helps in blood transfusion.
- Insulin – It helps in maintaining blood glucose level in the body.
- Renin – It helps in osmoregulation.
- Proteins are also commonly used in the manufacture of cosmetics, toxins, and biological buffers.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Can you describe what happens when milk is converted into curd or yoghurt from your understanding of proteins.
The most basic amino acid is ______.
Proteins perform many physiological functions. For example some functions as enzymes. One of the following represents an additional function that some proteins discharge?
Assertion: Amino acids can be essential or nonessential.
Reason: Nonessential are those which our body cannot make, while essential are those which our body can make.
Match List - I with List - II.
| List - I | List - II | ||
| (a) | Protein | (i) | C = C double bonds |
| (b) | Unsaturated fatty acid |
(ii) | Phosphodiester bonds |
| (c) | Nucleic acid | (iii) | Glycosidic bonds |
| (d) | Polysaccharide | (iv) | Peptide bonds |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Match List - I with List - II.
| List - I | List - II | ||
| (a) | Protein | (i) | C = C double bonds |
| (b) | Unsaturated fatty acid | (ii) | Phosphodiester bonds |
| (c) | Nucleic acid | (iii) | Glycosidic bonds |
| (d) | Polysaccharide | (iv) | Peptide bonds |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
When more than one polypeptide chains are assembled together then called ______.
Enzymes are biocatalysts. They catalyse biochemical reactions. In general they reduce activation energy of reactions. Many physico-chemical processes are enzyme mediated. Which of the following reactions is not engyme-mediated in biological system?
Select an appropriate chemical bond among ester bond, glycosidic bond, peptide bond and hydrogen bond and write against the following.
Protein ______
The structure of a protein that is unaffected by heating is ______.
Seliwanoff test and Xanthoproteic test are used for the identification of ______ and ______ respectively.
