Amino Acid and Protein Synthesis German 10/25/16 TEST #3 Flashcards
What are the 5 true non essential amino acids?
- Alanine
- Asparagin
- Sering
- Aspartate
- Glutamate
What are the 6 conditionally essential amino acids?
- Arginine
- Cysteine
- Glutamine
- Glycine
- Proline
- Tyrosine
Do you find an explicit long term amino acid storage system in the body?
NO
What are two amino acids sources?
- Diet
- Synthesis from glucose and CAC
There are seven precursors used for amino acids synthesis, which three are found in glycolysis?
- 3-Phosphoglycerate
- Phosphoenolpyruvate
- Pyruvate
There are seven precursors used for amino acid synthesis, which two are found in the pentose phosphate pathway?
- Ribose-5-phosphate
- Erythrose 6-phosphate
There are seven precursors used for amino acid synthesis which two are found in the CAC?
- Oxaloacetate
- Alpha-ketoglutarate
What provides the carbon backbones for amino acid synthesis?
Glucose
What precursor is glutamate involved with?
-A-Ketoglutarate
What precursor is glutamine involved with?
-A-Ketoglutarate
What precursor is alanine involved with?
-Pyruvate
What precursor is serine involved with?
-3-phosphoglycerate
What precursor is proline involved with?
-A-Ketoglutarate
What precursor is glycine involved with?
3-phosphoglycerate
What precursor is aspartate involved with?
-Oxaloacetate
What precursor is Lysine involved with?
-Oxaloacetate
What precursor is histidine involved with?
-Ribose 5-Pathway
What precursor is tryptophan involved with?
- Phosphoenol pyruvate
- Erythose 4-phosphate
What precursor is phenylalanine involved with?
- Phosphoenol pyruvate
- Erythrose 4-phosphate
What precursor is threonine involved with?
Oxaloacetate
What precursor is arginine involved with?
-A-Ketoglutarate
What precursor is cysteine involved with?
-3-phosphoglycerate
What precursor is leucine involved with?
-Pyruvate
What precursor is Isoleucine involved with?
-Pyruvate
What precursor is methionine involved with?
-Oxaloacetate
What precursor is valine involved with?
-Pyruvate
What precursor is tyrosine involved with?
- Phosphoenolpyruvate
- Erythrose 4-phosphate
What precursor is asparagine involved with?
-Oxaloacetate
What is the main form that DNA is usually found in?
-Nucloesome form
What are introns?
-Non-coding regions that are spliced from mRNA
What are exons?
-Encodes for amino acid sequence