Biochemistry
Protein Structure & function
Exam Yield
| Probability of getting 1 Question from this chapter | 58% |
| Ease of Revision | 8.2 / 10 |
You may score 4 marks, if you are very strong in your Protein Biochemistry.
Probably difficult to revise.
Question Pattern
A rather busy Chapter. Too much content to cover for the yield.
Questions can be from disparate areas – like collagen disorders, the mechanistics of Protein folding, etc.
Recent Questions
Questions on this chapter from recent NEET and AIIMS examinations have been about
- Chaperones assist in
- Structural organization of proteins – Overview
- Interactions stabilizing the tertiary structures of globular proteins
- Quaternary structure – Basics
- Menkes disease – Clinical Features
- Rossman fold-associated NADH domain is found in
- AA part of alpha helix
- Collagen – Types & Functions
- Homologous replacement of AA
- Glycoprotein classification
- Function of the proteasome
Suggested Revision
- Protein-misfolding diseases
- Protein structure
- Methods to study 3-D structure of proteins
- Types of Chromatography
- Disorders of Glycoproteins – Overview
- Denaturation of proteins
- Disorders of Collagen metabolism – Overview
- Transport proteins