DUMET Medical DUMET Medical Solved Paper-2008

  • question_answer
    In the origin of life, microspheres are moot primitive protobiont, which have a membrane of

    A)  lipid and proteins

    B)  lipid

    C)  carbohydrates   

    D)  fats

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Protobionts are prebiotic chemical aggregates having one or   more properties of living systems. Microspheres are small spheroidal biochemical aggregates with covering  membrane. Microspheres formed, when a mixture of organic compounds was mixed  with cool water. The covering membrane can be of the lipid bilayer if the mixture contains lipids and corresponding to cell membrane. Sidney Fox (1950) heated a dry mixture of ammo  acids to \[{{130}^{o}}-{{180}^{o}}C\]. It formed proteins or polypeptides. The latter were cooled in water. It produced protenoid microspheres of 1-2 \[\mu m\] diameter which. could grow, constrict and divide.


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