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Amino Acids Flashcards

1
Q

Basic Amino Acid

A

“BASIC HAL” ARGue HIS LYS

Histidine
Arginine
Lysine

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2
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Essential Amino Acids

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“PVT TIM HALL”
“Always ARGues, Never TYRs”

Phenylalanine
Valine
Threonine
Tryptophan
Isoleucine
Methionine
Histidine
Arginine
Leucine
Lysine
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3
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Non Polar Amino acid

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Glycine
Alanine
Proline

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4
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Simplest AA

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Glycine

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5
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Largest

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Tryptophan

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6
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Absorbs UV light/Aromatic

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Tryptophan
Tyrosine
Phenylalanine

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7
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Niacin precursor

A

Tryptophan

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8
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Tryptophan deficiency

A

Pellagra

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9
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Serotonin Precursor

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Tryptophan

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10
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Melatonin precursor

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Tryptophan

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11
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Nitric Oxide precursor

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Arginine

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12
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Melanin precursor

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Tyrosine

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13
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Catecholamine precursore

A

Tyrosine

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14
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Thyroid hormone precursor

A

Tyrosine

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15
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Tyrosine precursore

A

tryptophan

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16
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Enzyme: Phenylalanin—>Tyrosine

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Phenylalanine Hydroxilase

17
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Phenylalanine hydroxilase deficiency

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PKU

18
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Enzyme: Tyrosine—>L-dopa

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Tyrosine hydroxilase

19
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Rate limiting enzyme in the tyrosine pathway

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Tyrosine hydroxilase

20
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Enzyme:L-Dopa—-> Dopamine

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Dopadecarboxylase

21
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Enzyme:Dopamine—-> Norepinephrine

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Dopamin B hydroxilase

Vit C

22
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GABA precursor

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Glutamate

23
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Glutathione precursor

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Glutamate

24
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Histamin precursor

A

histidine

25
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what AA plays a role in O2 binding to Hgb and Myoglobin

A

Histidine

26
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AA used to diagnose Folic Acid deficiency

A

Histidine

27
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NON Standard AAs

A

Onothine
Selenocysteine
4-hydroxyprolene
carboxyglutamate

28
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a.k.a. 21st aminoacid

A

Selenocysteine

29
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Purely KETOGENIC Amino Acide

A

“KiLL”

Leucine
Lycine

30
Q

AA both ketogenic and glucogenic

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“PITTT”

Phenylalainine
Isolecusine
Tryptophan
Theonine
Tyrosine
31
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Branched Chain AAs

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“Liv the branch”

Leucine
Isoleucine
Valine

32
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Deficiency on branched chain AA results in

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Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD)

33
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Enzyme deficient in MSUD

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a-Keto acid dehydrogenase

Carboxylase

34
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Neutral Amino aciduria

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HARTNUP’S disease1

35
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AA deficient in Neutral amino aciduria

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Tryptophan

36
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Cystathionine deficiency

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Homcystinuria

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