4/8 biochem review Flashcards
Amino acids necessary for purine synthesis:
She’s not PUR(e)ine if she GAGs.
- Glycine
- Aspartate
- Glutamine
- carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 = which reaction?
- carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 2 = which reaction?
CPS1 = urea cycle CPS2 = pyrimidine synthesis
mycophenolate
- mech:
- same mech as which other drug?
- inhibit IMP dehydrogenase.
- ribavirin.
ribavirin
- mech:
- same mech as which other drug?
- inhibit IMP dehydrogenase.
- mycophenolate.
hydroxyurea
-mech:
-inhibits ribonucleotide reductase, inc. HbF.
Azathioprine & 6-MP
-mech:
-inhibit PRPP amidotransferase (de novo purine synth).
PRPP amidotransferase
- what does it do?
- what inhibits it?
- PRPP => IMP (purine synth).
- inhibited by IMP, AMP, GMP, azathioprine, 6-MP.
*inhibited by purines bc thats what it makes.
IMP dehydrogenase
- whats it do?
- what inhibits it?
- IMP => GMP (purine synth).
- mycophenolate, ribavirin.
Orotic aciduria
- which step in which pathway is messed up?
- Tx:
- pyrimidine synth: orotic acid => UMP.
- uridine monophosphate (basically just give UMP so you skip the step w/the faulty enzyme).
Which bases does xanthine oxidase convert to xanthine and then uric acid?
Guanine & hypoxanthine.
HGPRT
- this enzyme converts what to what?
- its products have neg. feedback on what enzyme?
Guanine & hypoxanthine = bases.
-HGPRT adds a ribose & phosphate to these bases and makes nucleotide monophosphates = GMP & IMP.
-GMP & IMP (& AMP) have (-) feedback on amidotransferase of purine synthesis. You’re salvaging purines so no need to make more.
Adenosine deaminase deficiency
- adenosine deaminase catalyzes which reaction?
- what builds up in this enzyme deficiency?
- build up of this inhibits what enzyme?
- Adenosine => inosine.
- Excess ATP and dATP imbalances nucleotide pool via feedback inhibition of ribonucleotide reductase, prevents DNA synthesis and thus dec. lymphocyte count.
Genetic code:
-which AAs are only coded by one codon?
-methionine and tryptophan encoded by only 1 codon (AUG and UGG, respectively).
Genetic code is universal except where?
human mitochondria.
Prok. vs Eukaryote.
-which one has multiple origins of replication?
-eukaryote.
DNA Pol
-builds in what direction?
5’ => 3’
-you add things to the 3’ hydroxyl group.
Which prok. DNA Pol has 5’ to 3’ exnuclease?
-what does it use it for?
DNA Pol I
-excise RNA primers.
Telomerase
-An ____ dependent _____ polymerase.
RNA dep. DNA polymerase.
*so its a reverse transcriptase.
Purine => purine or pyr => pyr mutation: called what?
transition
purine => pyrimidine or pyr => pur mutation: called what?
transversion
Ataxia telangiectasia
- whats dysfunctional here?
- what are these pts vulnerable to?
Nonhomologous end joining: method for fixing ds breaks.
*ionizing radiation causes ds breaks.
Incoming nucleotide for DNA synth: how many phosphates does it have?
3
mRNA read in what direction?
5’ to 3’
Protein synthesis in what direction?
N-terminus to C-terminus.
Why is template DNA strand laid out in a 3’ to 5’ direction?
You synthesize 5’ to 3’ so polymerase reads 3’ to 5’.
Sense strand
- coding/non-coding strand?
- template/new strand?
sense = coding = new.
tRNA
- what is at the 3’ end?
- function of 3’ end?
- in relation to 3’ end, where is anti-codon?
- CCA at 3′ end along with a high % of modified bases.
- The amino acid is covalently bound to the 3 ′ end of the tRNA. “CCA Can Carry Amino acids”.
- Anticodon end is opposite 3′ aminoacyl end.
tRNA
-T-arm: whats its special base? whats its function?
- T-arm: pseudouridine, necessary for tRNA-ribosome binding.
- D-arm: contains dihydrouracil residues necessary for tRNA recognition by the correct aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase.
Mischarged tRNA
-does it read the wrong codon? or does it charge w/wrong AA?
-A mischarged tRNA reads usual codon but inserts
wrong amino acid.
Ribosomal subunits
- euk:
- prok:
- Eukaryotes: 40S + 60S = 80S (Even).
- PrOkaryotes: 30S + 50S = 70S (Odd).
I-cell disease
- whats the problem here?
- Sxs:
- inherited lysosomal storage disorder.
- failure of the Golgi to phosphorylate mannose residues on glycoproteins. proteins are secreted extracellularly rather than delivered to lysosomes.
- Results in coarse facial features, clouded corneas, restricted joint movement, and high plasma levels of lysosomal enzymes. Often fatal in childhood.
Peroxisome
-catabolizes what?
Very-long-chain FAS, branched-chain FAs, and AAs.
nucleus pulposus
-what type of collagen?
type 2.
Alport syndrome
-defective type __ collagen.
type 4.
Collagen
-disulfide bond formation & triple helix formation happens in which compartment of the cell?
RER
Osteogenesis imperfecta
-most common form has what inheritance pattern?
auto dom.
Skin elasticity: marfans or Ehlers danlos?
Ehlers Danlos
Agarose gel electrophoresis:
-separates by ____.
Size separation of PCR products (smaller molecules travel further).
Indirect ELISA
-testing for a specific _____ in pts blood.
Ab
*just like indirect Coombs was an Ab screen.
Direct ELISA
-testing for a specific _____ in pts blood.
Antigen.
Karyotype
-what phase are chromosomes in?
metaphase
Locus heterogeneity
-define:
Mutations at different loci can produce a similar
phenotype (ie. Albinism).
Allelic heterogeneity
-define:
Different mutations in the same locus produce the same phenotype (ie. beta-thal).
Heteroplasmy
-define:
Presence of both normal and mutated mtDNA, resulting in variable expression in mitochondrial inherited disease.
-so if you see a disease that is maternally inherited and she has 2 kids with varying degrees of the disease phenotype, think heteroplasmy.
Uniparental disomy:
-heterodisomy: explain what it is and if its a meiosis 1 or 2 problem.
-heterodisomy: you get one parents homologous
chromosomes. Called hetero bc your mom gives you
her homologous chroms, one from her mother and one
from her father. Homologous chromosomes separate
at end of meiosis 1.
-sister chromatids separate at end of meiosis 2.
What gets separated at end of meiosis 1?
homologous chromosomes
What gets separated at end of meiosis 2?
sister chromatids
X-linked dominant disorder
-name one:
Hypophosphatemic rickets—aka vitamin D–resistant rickets.
-Inherited disorder resulting in phosphate wasting at proximal tubule. Results in rickets-like presentation.
Auto Dom Disorders:
-mnemonic:
Very Powerful DOMINANT (5)Humans FAP
- VHL disease/Von-willebrand disease
- Pseudo-hypoparathyroidism
- Dystrophia Myotonica (myotonic dystrophy)
- Osteogenesis imperfecta/Osler-Weber Rendu
- Marfan
- Intermittent porphyria (acute)
- Neurofibromatosis
- Achondroplasia/ADPKD
- Noonan syndrome
- Tuberous sclerosis
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Huntingtons Disease
- HCM
- Hereditary spherocytosis
- HNPCC
- FAP
ADPKD
- PKD1 which chrom?
- PKD2 which chrom?
- PKD1 = chrom 16.
- 16 letters in “polycystic kidney”.
- PKD2 = chrom 4.
Marfans
-which direction does the lens usually sublux?
Typically upward and temporally.
ret gene
-associated w/which diseases?
MEN 2A & 2B.
Cystic fibrosis
- inheritance pattern:
- which chrom?
- most common mutation?
- Auto recessive.
- chrom 7.
- commonly a deletion of Phe508.
Cystic fibrosis
-where will the protein be retained?
RER
Cystic fibrosis
-Tx:
- N-acetylcysteine to loosen mucus plugs (cleaves disulfide bonds within mucus glycoproteins).
- dornase alfa (DNAse) to clear leukocytic debris.
X-linked recessive disorders
-mnemonic:
A = Alport syndrome B = Brutons Agammaglobinemia C = CGD D = Duchenne MD (& Becker) E = Ehlers Danlos F = Fragile-X syndrome/ Fabry disease G = G6PD deficiency H = Hemophilia A & B/Hunter Syndrome. ... Oh = Ocular albinism/OTC def. Wait = Wiskott Aldrich Lester is Here = Lesch Nyhan.
Duchenne MD
-common cause of death?
Dilated cardiomyopathy is common cause of death.
myotonia = abnormally slow relaxation of muscle.
-classic case here is someone that has a hard time
letting go of a doorknob.
-which disease could it be?
Myotonic MD
-or ion channel myopathies (less common).
Fragile X syndrome
-mnemonic:
Can Grow Gonads (CGG repeat).
X chrom = woman, so fragile X = not a lot of woman in you so everything is manly and BIG, like big jaw, big nuts, and big mitral valve (which then can prolapse).
Downs syndrome
- 95% of cases due to what problem?
- does this problem happen in meiosis 1 or 2?
-95% of cases due to meiotic nondisjunction of
homologous chromosomes.
-homologous chroms separate in meiosis 1.