VMMC VMMC Medical Solved Paper-2010

  • question_answer
    Cytochrome is light absorbing pigment.

    A) yellow

    B) lipid soluble quinine

    C) energy storing compound

    D) all of the above

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Cytochromes are proteins with characteristic strong absorption of visible light, due to their iron-containing haeme prosthatic group. Mitochondria contains three classes of cytochromes designated as, a, b and c. Each type of cytochrome in its reduced state has three absorption bands in the visible range. Ubiquinone (also called coenzyme-Q) is a lipid soluble benzoquinone with a long isoprenoid side chain. Ubiquinone can accept one electron to become semiquinone radical or two electrons to form ubiquinol \[(Q{{H}_{2}})\]. ATP is an energy storing compound of cell. It is also called as energy currency of the cell.


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