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Genetically engineered insulin - class-XII

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Insulin has 51 amino acids arranged in

  1. Single polypeptide

  2. Two polypeptides of 21 and 30 amino acids

  3. Two polypeptides of 25 and 26 amino acids

  4. Three polypeptides having 15, 16 and 20 amino acids


Correct Option: B

After removal of signal peptide, the secretory protein involved in formation of insulin is known as

  1. Preinsulin

  2. Proinsulin

  3. Postinsulin

  4. Prepinsulin


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The insulin mRNA is translated as a single chain precursor called preproinsulin, and removal of its signal peptide during insertion into the endoplasmic reticulum generates proinsulin. Insulin and free C peptide are packaged in the Golgi into secretory granules which accumulate in the cytoplasm.

So, the correct answer is 'Proinsulin.'

Assertion: Humilin synthesizes in the form of proinsulin.

Reason: C - peptide is not seen in mature insulin.

  1. A and R both are correct. Where R is explanation of A

  2. A and R both are correct. Where R is not explanation of A

  3. A is correct white R is correct

  4. A is incorrect white R is correct


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Insulin in human body is synthesized in the form of proinsulin . Proinsulin is a molecule which has 24 amino acids , B-chain peptide , C-chain peptide and A-chain peptide . The C-chain peptide of precursor insulin molecule has two amino acids . In mature insulin the C-chain peptide is cleaved off which results in the joining of A-chain peptide and B-chain peptide and form its active form. 

So the correct answer is ' A and R both are correct . Where R is the explanation of A ' .

Genetically engineered human insulin is called as

  1. Humulin

  2. Haematin

  3. Hybridoma

  4. Hybrid


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Humulin is the genetically engineered insulin produced by inserting human insulin gene into a host cell (E. coli) which was then allowed to grow and reproduce normally. The inserted human DNA lead them to produce a synthetic version of human insulin. Hybrid is a offspring of two genetically dissimilar animals or plants which carries genetic material from both parents and express new specific genetic characteristics. The dark bluish or brownish pigment obtained by the oxidation of haeme that has contain iron in the ferric state is known as haematin. Hybridomas are the hybrids produced by introducing specific antigen into a mouse to collect antibody-producing cells. These cells are then fused with myeloma cell to produce hybridomas which multiply indefinitely and thus provide infinite source of a specific antibody. 

Diabetes is caused due to the deficiency of insulin in the blood.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high.
  • Glucose comes from the foods you eat. Insulin is a hormone secreted by the pancreas that helps the glucose get into your cells to give them energy. With type 1 diabetes, your body does not make insulin.
  • Hence diabetes is caused due to the deficiency of insulin in the blood is a true statement.
  • So, the correct answer is 'True'.

Scientists have been able to splice the eukaryotic gene for the production of human insulin into the genome of bacterial cells and induce those bacteria to express the gene and produce insulin. This suggests which of the following?

  1. Prokaryotic cells many have evolved from eukaryotic cells.

  2. DNA is a universal molecular carrier of genetic information for all life on the planet.

  3. Bacteria cells naturally produce and use insulin.

  4. Humans have a symbiotic relationship with certain species of bacteria living in their intestines that produce insulin.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

All prokaryotic as well as eukaryotic organisms are made of double stranded DNA, that has the same type of nitrogen bases. The difference lies in the number and the arrangement of nitrogen bases 

So, the correct answer is 'DNA is a universal molecular carrier of genetic information for all life on the planet.'

Human insulin can be mass produced using genetically modified bacteria. The human insulin gene is added to a bacteria strain, and the bacteria will produce the human protein. This process demonstrates that

  1. Bacteria have mechanisms for identifying and translating foreign DNA.

  2. DNA is functionally identical in all organisms.

  3. Humans and bacteria are closely related.

  4. Humans are prokaryotic.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Human insulin can be mass produced using genetically modified bacteria, human insulin gene is added to the bacterial plasmid, which replicates and produces the protein. DNA in all organisms is chemically same but functionally different.
So, the correct answer is 'Bacteria have mechanisms for identifying and translating foreign DNA'

Humulin is

  1. A form of chitin

  2. A powerful antibiotic

  3. A new digestive enzyme

  4. Human insulin


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Humulin was the first medication produced using modern genetic engineering techniques in which actual human DNA is inserted into a host cell (E. coli). The host cells are then allowed to grow and reproduce normally, and due to the inserted human DNA, they produce a synthetic version of human insulin.

What is used in production of insulin by genetic engineering?

  1. Rhizobium

  2. Saccharomyces

  3. Mycobacterium

  4. Escherichia


Correct Option: D

Multiple Choice Question

Which one of the following is now being commercially produced by biotechnological procedures?

  1. Nicotine

  2. Morphine

  3. Quinine

  4. Insulin


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Biotechnology refers to technology used to manipulate DNA. The procedures are often referred to as genetic engineering. DNA is the genetic material of all living organisms and all organisms use the same genetic code. Genes from one kind of organism can be transcribed and translated when put into another kind of organism. For example, human and other genes are routinely put into bacteria in order to synthesize products for medical treatment and commercial use. Human insulin, human growth hormone, and vaccines are produced by bacteria.

Globular protein of ~ 6kDaconsisting of 51 amino acids arranged in two polypeptide chains held by disulphide bridge is

  1. Insulin

  2. Fibrinogen

  3. Glucagon

  4. Keratin


Correct Option: A

Genetic engineering has helped in production of

  1. Thyroxine

  2. Insulin

  3. Parathormone

  4. Epinephrine


Correct Option: B

Which one of correct?

  1. Centromere is found in animal cells which produces aster during cell division

  2. Insulin gene is present in every body cell

  3. Nucleosome is formed of nucleotides

  4. DNA has a core of eight histones


Correct Option: B

Maturation of proinsulin into insulin takes place after

  1. Joining of c-peptide

  2. Removal of c-peptide

  3. Removal of disulphide bridge

  4. Addition of disulphide bridge


Correct Option: B

Recombinant DNA bearing ampicillin resistance gene is passed in E. coli. The latter are spread on agar plates containing ampicillin. Then

  1. Both transformed and untransformed cells die

  2. Both transformed and untransformed cells grow

  3. Transformed recipient cells grow and untransformed cells die

  4. Transformed recipient cells die and untransformed cells grow


Correct Option: C

Escherichia coli having plasmids for production of human insulin is cultured in medium containing __________.

  1. Glucose

  2. Maltose

  3. Lactose

  4. Sucrose


Correct Option: C

Some of the steps involved in the production of humulin are given below. Choose the correct sequence
(i)   Synthesis of insulin gene artificially
(ii)  Culturing recombinant E. coli in bioreactors
(iii) Purification of humulin
(iv) Insertion of human insulin gene into a plasmid
(v)  Introduction of recombinant plasmid into E.coli
(vi) Extraction of a recombinant gene product from E. coli

  1. ii, i, iv, iii, v, vi

  2. i, iv, v, ii, vi, iii

  3. i, iii, v, vi, ii, iv

  4. iii, v, ii, i, vi, iv


Correct Option: B

In the technique of recombinant insulin production, the genes for $\alpha$- and $\beta$ - polypeptides were inserted into the plasmid by the side of __________.

  1. Antibiotic resistance gene

  2. Lac Z promoter gene

  3. $\beta$-galactosidase gene

  4. Ori


Correct Option: C

Human insulin is being commercially produced from transgenic species of _____________.

  1. E. coli

  2. Brassica napus

  3. Bacillus thuringiensis

  4. Agrobacterium


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Human insulin is produced from genetically engineered E.coli. By using genetic engineering or recombinant DNA technology, insulin-producing genes from human beings have been transferred into E.coli. bacteria, which produced insulin called 'humulin' for clinical use. This type of insulin was produced commercially by an American pharmaceutical firm Eli Lily on 5th July, 1983.


So, the correct answer is 'E.coli'.

Identify the wrong statement with reference to the structure of human insulin :

  1. Insulin is synthesised as a pre-hormone which contains an extra stretch called C-peptide

  2. A and B chains are combined by disulphide bonds to form humulin

  3. Human insulin is made up of 51 amino acids arranged in two polypeptide chains

  4. In these, chain A is made up of 30 amino acids and chain B is made up of 21 amino acids


Correct Option: D

What is the advantage of clinical use of humulin over use of conventional ox or pig insulin __________________.

  1. It does not cause immunological problems

  2. It is cheaper for the patient

  3. It is produced by E. coli in our intestine

  4. There is no advantage


Correct Option: A

Find out the wrong statement :

  1. Human protein used to treat emphysema is $\alpha$-1-antitrypsin.

  2. Human insulin is being commercially produced from a transgenic species of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

  3. Rosie, the first transgenic cow produced human protein enriched milk.

  4. Cry Ab endotoxin obtained from Bacillus thuringiensis is effective against corn borers.

  5. Genetically modified bacterium used as biopesticide is Bacillus thuringiensis.


Correct Option: B

Which of the following companies started selling $Humulin$  in the year 1983?

  1. Ell Lilly

  2. Genetech

  3. GEAC

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In 1983, Eli Lilly an American company, first prepared two DNA sequences corresponding to A and B chains of human insulin and introduced them in plasmids of Escherichia coil to produce insulin and chains. Chains A and B were produced separately, extracted and combined by creating disulphide bonds to form human insulin (humulin).

Which of the following statements regarding the structure of proinsulin and mature insulin are not correct?
(i) Proinsulin is made up of three polypeptide chains A, B, and C.
(ii) C-polypeptide chain with 33 amino acids is removed prior to insulin formation.
(iii) Mature insulin is made up of 51 amino acids and arranged in two polypeptide chains-A and B.
(iv) Polypeptide chain A has 30 amino acids and polypeptide chain B has 21 amino acids.
(v) Polypeptide chains A and B are interconnected by only one S-S linkage.

  1. (i) and (ii)

  2. (iii) and (iv)

  3. (iv) and (v)

  4. (iii), (iv) and (v)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Human insulin is made up of 51 amino acids arranged in two polypeptide chains: A, having 21 amino acids and B, with 30 amino acids. The two polypeptide chains are interconnected by two disulphide bridges. The two polypeptide chains are interconnected by two disulphide briges. The hormone develops from a storage product called pronsulin. Proinsulin has three chains: A, B and C, C-chain with 33 amino acids is removed prior to insulin formation.
So, the correct answer is '(iv) and (v)'.

Insulin is a/an.

  1. Polysaccharide

  2. Protein

  3. Amino acid derivative

  4. Lipid


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Insulin is a large popylpeptide hormone and is insoluble in lipids, therefore, it cannot enter the target cell. It acts at the cell surface. It operates through extracellular membrane bound receptor, a heterotetrameric protein (extrinsic protein) on the target cell.

Human insulin is being commercially produced from a transgenic species of 

  1. Mycobacterium

  2. Rhizobium

  3. Saccharomyces

  4. Escherichia


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In 1983, Eli Lilly an American company, first prepared two DNA sequences corresponding to A and B chains of human insulin and introduced them in plasmids of Escherichia coil to produce insulin and chains. Chains A and B were produced separately, extracted and combined by creating disulphide bonds to form human insulin (humulin).

__________ is a globular protein of $\sim 6\, kDa$ consisting of $51$ amino acids, arranged in $2$ polypeptide chains held together by disulphide bridge.

  1. Insulin

  2. Keratin

  3. Glucagon

  4. Fibrinogen


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Insulin is composed of two peptide chains referred to as the A chain and B chain. A and B chains are linked together by two disulfide bonds, and an additional disulfide is formed within the A chain. In most species, the A chain consists of 21 amino acids and the B chain of 30 amino acids.

Although the amino acid sequence of insulin varies among species, certain segments of the molecule are highly conserved, including the positions of the three disulfide bonds, both ends of the A chain and the C-terminal residues of the B chain. These similarities in the amino acid sequence of insulin lead to a three dimensional conformation of insulin that is very similar among species, and insulin from one animal is very likely biologically active in other species. Indeed, pig insulin has been widely used to treat human patients.

So the correct option is 'Insulin'.

Pick up correct matching set of scientists in field of biotechnology.

   List I    List II
 A  Cohen  1  Structure of insulin
 B  Sharpey-Schafer  2  Biofuel cells
 C  F. Sanger  3  Established bacterial gene banks
 D  V. B. D. Skermman  4  Totipotency in plants
     5  Coined insulin
  1. A- 2, B- 5, C- 1, D- 3

  2. A- 3, B- 5, C- 1, D- 4

  3. A- 3, B- 5, C- 1, D- 2

  4. A- 2, B- 1, C- 5, D- 3


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
A biofuel uses living organisms to produce electricity. Biofuel cell is the cell that uses the enzymatic reaction to produce electricity. It was given by the Cohen in 1931.
Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer was an English physiologist.
He is regarded as a founder of endocrinology. Schafer coined the word "insulin" after theorising that a single substance from the pancreas was responsible for diabetes mellitus.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1958 was awarded to Frederick Sanger "for his work on the structure of proteins, especially that of insulin".
V.B.D. Skermman established bacterial gene banks.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.

One important achievement of genetic engineering has been the production of

  1. Interferon

  2. Human insulin

  3. Cephalosporin

  4. Vinoblastine


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Genetic engineering, also called as genetic modification, is the direct manipulation of an organism's genome using biotechnology. Human insulin is the name which describes synthetic insulin which is laboratory grown to mimic the insulin in humans. Human insulin is laboratory created by growing insulin proteins within E. coli bacteria (Escherichia coli). In the production of human insulin by bacteria, the human insulin gene is incorporated into the genetic material of these microorganisms. The mutant bacteria multiply forming lineages of insulin-producing bacteria. 

The first hormone artificially produced by culturing bacteria is

  1. Insulin

  2. Thyroxine

  3. Testosterone

  4. Adrenalin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Human insulin is the synthetic insulin which is grown in the laboratories. Human insulin is laboratory created by growing insulin proteins within E.coli bacteria (Escherichia coli). The newly constructed plasmids containing the transplanted genetic material are introduced into a benign E. coli bacterial strain. Once inside the bacteria, the genes are activated by the bacteria to form the protein chains found in insulin

So, the correct answer is 'Insulin'

Genetically engineered bacteria have been used in the commercial production of 

  1. Thyroxine

  2. Testosterone

  3. Human insulin

  4. Melatonin


Correct Option: C

Genetically engineered bacteria have been used in commercial production of

  1. Thyroxin

  2. Testosterone

  3. Human insulin

  4. Melatonin


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In the 1980s, researchers used genetic engineering to manufacture a human insulin. In 1982, the Eli Lilly Corporation produced a human insulin that became the first approved genetically engineered pharmaceutical product. Human insulin is grown in the lab inside common bacteria. Escherichia coli is by far the most widely used type of bacterium used. Synthesizing human insulin is a multi-step biochemical process that depends on basic recombinant DNA techniques and an understanding of the insulin gene. DNA carries the small segment of the DNA, the insulin gene, which codes for the protein insulin. Manufacturers manipulate the biological precursor to insulin so that it grows inside simple bacteria.

Cyanogen bromide is employed in ____________.

  1. Genetic finger printing

  2. Tissue culture

  3. Synthesis of humulin

  4. Hybridoma technology


Correct Option: C

During the processing of proinsulin into mature insulin

  1. C-peptide is added to proinsulin

  2. C-peptide is removed from proinsulin

  3. B-peptide is added to proinsulin

  4. B-peptide is removed from proinsulin.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Insulin is used for diabetes which is synthesised by a pro-hormone present in humans. The prohormone needs to be processed to become a fully mature and functional hormone as it contains an extra stretch called the C peptide which is not present in the mature insulin. 

So, the correct option is 'Option B' .

Some of the steps involved in the production of humulin are given. Choose the correct sequence (i) Synthesis of gene (DNA) for human insulin artificially (ii) Culturing recombinant E.coli in bioreactors (iii) Purification of humulin (iv) Insertion of human insulin gene into plasmid (v) Introduction of recombinant plasmid into E. coli (vi) Extraction of recombinant gene product from E. coli.

  1. ii, i, iv, iii, v, vi

  2. i, iii, v, vi, ii, iv

  3. i, iv, v, ii, vi, iii

  4. iii, v, ii, i, vi, iv


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The correct sequence is

1.Synthesis of the gene for human insulin artificially.
2.Insertion of human insulin.
3.Introduction of recombinant plasmid into E.coli
4. Culturing recombinant E.coli in bioreactors.
5.Extraction of a recombinant gene product from E.
6.Purification of Humulin.
So, the correct option is 'i, iv, v, ii, vi, iii'.

Which of the following statements is not correct? 

  1. Insulin used for diabetic patients was earlier extracted from pancreas of slaughtered cattle and pigs which was more efficient than that the genetically engineered insulin

  2. PCR technique is applied to detect HIV in Suspected AIDS patients and to detect mutations in genes in suspected cancer patients

  3. Bone marrow transplantation requires periodic infusion of genetically engineered lymphocytes

  4. Bio-remediation is the one of the applications of biotechnology


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Earlier, insulin used for curing diabetes used to be extracted from pancreas of slaughtered pigs and cattle. This insulin was slightly different from human insulin and caused some undesirable side effects such as allergy. Genetically engineered insulin is a far more efficient.

Select the correct options to fill up the blanks.
(i) ___enzymes is crucial for the immune system to function and its absence is caused by the deletion of a gene.
(ii) Insulin consists of _
and _that are linked together by _.
(iii) Transgenic mice are being used to test the safety of the __.
(iv)
___involves silencing of a specific mRNA due to a complementary dsRNA molecule that binds to and prevents translation of the mRNA. 

  1. (i) Adenosine deaminase (ii) A-chain, B-chain, disulfide bridges (iii) polio vaccine (iv) RNAi

  2. (i) RNAi (ii) A-chain, B-chain, disulphide bridges (iii) adenosine deaminase (iv) polio vaccine

  3. (i) Adenosine deaminase (ii) A-chain, B-chain, hydrogen bonds (iii) polio vaccine (iv) RNAi

  4. (i) RNAi (ii) A-chain, B-chain, non-covalent bridges (iii)polio vaccine (iv) adenosine deaminase


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • Adenosine deaminase enzymes is crucial for the immune system to function and its absence is caused by the deletion of a gene. It is cured by the gene therapy.
  • Insulin consists of chain A and chain B that are linked together by disulphide bridges. 
  •  Transgenic mice are being used to test the safety of the polio vaccine.
  • RNAi involves silencing of a specific mRNA due to a complementary dsRNA molecule that binds to and prevents translation of the mRNA. 
So, the correct option is 'Option A' .

The first step in production of insulin using E.coli is

  1. Isolation of mRNA transcribing for insulin pancreas cell.

  2. Isolation of nucleotides transcribing for insulin from pancreas cell.

  3. Isolation of gene producing insulin from human DNA.

  4. Attachment of gene producing insulin from human DNA to plasmid using ligase.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Scientists synthesized in the laboratory genes for the two insulin "A" and "B" chains. This is accomplished by chemically linking together small pieces of DNA sequence and then joining them in a specific manner to form complete genes. Once the genes were synthesized, they are attached into circular DNA strands called as plasmids. The newly constructed plasmids containing the transplanted genetic material were introduced into a benign E. coli bacterial strain.

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