ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE Flashcards
Alkaline Phosphatase ALSO KNOWN AS
A. Alkaline Orthphosphoric Phosphohydrolase
b. Alkaline Orthophosphoric Monoester Phosphohydrolase
c. Alkaline Orthophosphoric Monoester Phosphohydroxide
b. Alkaline Orthophosphoric Monoester Phosphohydrolase
A hydrolase which catalyzes the hydrolysis of the phosphomonoester bonds at an alkaline pH
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE
Optimum pH of alkaline phosphatase
a. 10-15
b. 9-10
b. 9-10
Liberates inorganic phosphate from an organic phosphate ester with
production of alcohol
a. acid phosphatase
b. alkaline phosphatase
b. alkaline phosphatase
activator of alkaline phosphatase
a. NaCl
b. Mg2+
Mg2+
reaction Alkaline Phosphatase
a. ALCOHOL + PHOSPHATE ION+NAD
B. ALCOHOL + PHOSPHATE ION+NADH
C. ALCOHOL + PHOSPHATE ION
C.ALCOHOL + PHOSPHATE ION
The 4 major sources of ALP
- Liver
- Intestine
3.Placenta (among pregnant women) - Bone (osteoblast)
renal tissues/ kidney
“LIP BR”
Among healthy individuals, the predominant alkaline phosphatase present in healthy sera is derived from the _______ & _____.
a. liver and bones
b. skeletal and renal
a. liver and bones
AP is used for the evaluation of hepatobiliary disorders such as ____
a. Osteitis deformans
b. Obstructive disease of liver and biliary duct
. Obstructive disease of liver and biliary duct
T OR FALSE
alkaline phosphatase is liver specific
FALSE NOT LIVER SPECIFIC
example of cofactor that enhances the enzyme activity by altering the spatial configuration of the active site of enzyme/ enzyme-substrate binding
process
a. coenzyme
substrate
c. activator
c. activator
Elevated ALP IS CORRELATED WITH
A. bone disorders and cardiac disorders
b. hepatobiliary and bone disorders
b. hepatobiliary and bone disorders
assay used in alkaline phosphatase
a. Regan ALP
b. Nagao ALP
c. szasza
d. Bowers and McComb
d. Bowers and McComb
Based on molar absorptivity of p-nitrophenol
a. Cherry Crandall
b. Tietz
c. Roy and Hillman
d. Bowers and McComb
d. Bowers and McComb
the color reaction of ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE UNDER BOWERS AND McComb
a. red
b blue
c. yellow
c. yellow