Ques. 1AIPMT 2000
Enzymes are not found in
- fungi
- algae
- virus
- cyanobacteria.
Answer
(3) virus
Solution
As per NCERT, viruses are inert outside a living cell; they have no cellular structure and no metabolism of their own.
⇒ A virus uses the enzymes and machinery of the host cell to multiply.
∵ Fungi, algae and cyanobacteria are living cells with their own metabolic enzymes.
∴ Enzymes are not found in viruses.
Answer: (3)