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What is the diff bet essential and non essential aa

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We get essential aa from our diet. We can’t get non essential aa from our diet–> we can synthesize them ourselves

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What are the essential aa

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Aromatics:

  1. Phe
  2. Trp

Basic:

  1. Lys
  2. His
  3. Arg (insufficient in infants)

Branched chain

  1. Ile
  2. Leu
  3. Val
  4. Thr
  5. Met (can be recycled)
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What can be made from the transamination rxns?

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  1. Alanine (pyruvate)
  2. Aspartate (oxaloacetate)
  3. Glutamate (alpha KG)
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What are the non essential aa

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  1. Serine
  2. Cysteine
  3. Glycine
  4. Proline
  5. Tyrosine
  6. Alanine
  7. Aspartate
  8. Glutamate
  9. Asparagine
  10. Glutamine
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What is a precursor to the production of urea

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argenine; regenerate ornithine to restart cycle

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What is a pseudo essential aa

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argenine and methionine. Argenine bec essential when you have + N for ex in pregnant women and infants and you dont have this cycle to generate argenine. Methionine can be recycled in met homocysteine pathway.

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What are the two reactions that require B12 as a cofactor

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  1. homocysteine pathway to form Met and THF

2. methylmalonylCoA –> succinyl CoA

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Synthesis of non essential aa require ____ and ATP

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NADPH

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3 ____is required to make serine which condenses with _____ to make cysteine. It gets demethoxylated and become glycine

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PG; homocysteine;

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Pyruvate can directly transaminate to:

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Alanine

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Oxaloacetate can transanimtate to ______to make asparagine

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aspartate

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alpha KG can transaminate to _____ to make ______.

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glutate; glutamine.

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Phenylalanine + hydroxylase forms:

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tyrosine

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3 Phosphoglycerate is the starting point for which aa?

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  1. Serine
  2. Glycine
  3. Cysteine
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Folate = ______ for glycine

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methyl group acceptor

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Once you have serine you can condense it with _____ to make cystathionine and rehydrate it with _____ to make ______

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cystathione B synthase; cystathione gamme lyase; cysteine

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Serine + _____ form cysteine

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homocysteine.

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cysteine has a backbone from serine and S group from:

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homocysteine

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If your deficient in cystathione synthase you will have an excess of _____ in your system which is prominent in cardiovascular disease.

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homocysteine. It can result from THF, B12, or B6 deficiencies.

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Asparagine synthesis uses ___as N donor

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glutamine

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Glutamine is the main repository for _____. Reversal of reaction produces ____

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NH3. Glutamate

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What are the different ways to make glutamate?

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  1. Transamination of alpha KG
  2. Oxidative deanimation via glutamate dehydrogenase
  3. Glutamine can be hyrolyzed with glutaminase
  4. Several amino acids convert to Glu: Proline, Argenine/ornithine, Histidine
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How do you make proline?

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Catabolized to glutamate. The reversal of this reaction is the synthesis of proline.

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How is tyrosine made?

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By hydroxylation of phenylalanine; catalyzed by phenylalanine hydroxylase (which is deficient in PKU; requires tetrahydrobiopterin and NADPH)

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what are some biological molecules derived from aa
1. GABA 2. Histamine 3. Thyroid hormones 4. norepinephrine 5. glutathione 6. creatine 7. serotonin 8. acetylcholine
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Removal of COO- requires the enzyme _____ which uses ___ as a cofactor
decarboxylase; pyridoxine (vitamin B6)
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addition of OH requires the enzyme ____ _____ which requires _____ and ____as a cofactor
hydroxylases and oxidases; tetrahydrobiopterin, and ascorbate
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addition of methyl group requires the enzyme ____ which uses ____ and ____ as a cofacfor
methyl transferase; tetrahydrofolate, SAM
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Nuerotransmitter signals are _____. Some are degraded of altered in synaptic cleft which include ____ via acetylcholinesterase and norepinephrine via _____ _____. Some neurotransmitters are endocytosed, such as ____.
transient; acetylcholine; monoamine oxidase; serotonin
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Acetylcholine is derived from:
serine
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choline + acetyl coA makes;
acetylcholine
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serine turns into ____when you take off carbon dioxide which can turn into choline by methylating it via SAM
ethanolamine
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What are some things that target acetylcholine metabolism
1. Botox: block Ach secretion 2. Cognex: slows acetylcholinesterase - potentiates it. Drug used for alzheimers 3. Sarin: blocks acetylcholinesterase. Once acetyl choline is released you get rigid convulsions. 4. Atropine: blocks acetylcholine receptor.
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What is GABA derived from
glutamate (it gets decarboxylated via glutamate decarboxylase)
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GABA is an _____neurotransmitter. It acts by increasing ____ permeability of post synaptic neuron
inhibitory; K+
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GABBA is deficient in ______ and epilepsy
Huntington's chorea. Spasticity is in common. Things are hyper firing bc their not being more negatively charged.
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GABA inhibition in brain is potentiated by
valium, librium, and alcohol
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What stuff comes from tyrosine
1. Thyroid hormones; T3 and T4 2. Neurotransmitters/hormones: DOPA, dopamine, norepi, and epi 3. Pigment compounds: melanin
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In people who have Parkinson's in where dopamine is deficient they treat them with ____bc its not charged.
DOPA
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If DOPA gets shunted off to form dopaquinone from this you form ____
melanin
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dopamine is increased in ____ and cocaine and amphetamines and decreased by ___ and haldol
schizophrenia; thorazine
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Serotonin is derived from:
tryptophan
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Trp is ____ then decarboxylated to form serotonin. Serotonin is a potent _____ found in brain, platelets and mast cells and is also considered a major regulator of mood.
vasoconstrictor.
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what can serotonin be converted to. SSRIs block reuptake of serotonin.
melatonin in pineal gland.
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Tryptophan is the precursor of ____, the ring portion of NAD and NADP
niacin
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what is histamine derived from and how does this work
histadine; gets decarboxylated via histidine decarboxylase. Histamine acts as a potent vasodilator.
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what is an H2 receptor antagonist that has similar structure to histamine
Tagamet
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what is nitric oxide derived from
argenine via nitric oxide synthase. NO is a potent vasodilator and free radical which helps combat bacterial pathogens.
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what is glutathione made from and what is it
1. Glutamate 2. Glycine 3. Cysteine Its a strong reducing agent. There is no gene or mRNA for GSH.
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what is creatine phosphate made from
1. argenine 2. glycine 3. methionone
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creatine phosphate can phosphorylate ADP to ____. Both creatine and creatine phosphate are metabolized to ____. Inc excretion of creatinine is indicative of kidney damage
ATP; creatinine
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Polyamines are positively charged and are made from____ Polyamines complex with ___ during compaction
ornithine and Met; DNA
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what are the three polyamines
1. putrecine 2. spermidine 3. spermine
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what is carnitine made from. what are the aa precursors?what is it used as?
trimethyllysine. Lysine, Met (SAM). acyl group carrier
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where is heme synthesized
liver and bone marrow
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what is the first step of heme synthesis
glycine + succinylCoA to make aminolevulinic acid (in mitochondria)
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what is second step of HS
2 aminolevulinic acid to make prophobilinogen (in cytosol)
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what is third step of HS
4 porphobilinogens to make linear tetrapyrrole (in cytosol)
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what is the fourth step of HS
tetrapyrrole cyclization (in cytosol)
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what is 5th step of HS:
side group rearrangments, addition of Fe++ (in mitochondria)
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Tetrapyrrole cyclization requires enzyme uroporphyrinogen I synthase and the coenzyme:
uroporphyrinogen III cosynthase
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Deficiencies in the Urophorphyrinogen enzymes can cause:
porphyrias 1. synthase (not making enough heme): acute intermittent; dark urine (liver defect), episodic bouts of irrational behavior, paralysis or severe pain, hypertension 2. cosynthase (dont get AP switch): congenital erythropoietic; premature destruction of RBS, red urine, skin is sensitive to light and red teeth
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Fe++ is inserted by what to form heme
ferrochelatase
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how is heme degraded
1. RBC break down in the spleen and release heme. 2. Heme gets degraded to biliverdin and CO and free Fe++ 3. Biliverdin gets converted to bilirubin which is carried by albumin through the BS to the liver. 4. Bilirubin is converted to bilirubin diglucuronide for excretion into small intestine with bile.
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What can liver damage or blocked bile ducts cause
jaundice
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Heme oxygenase makes
carbon monoxide
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what are the precursors for Heme
glycine and succinyl CoA

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