Amino Acids

Question 1

Basic Amino Acid

Answer 1

“BASIC HAL” ARGue HIS LYS

Histidine
Arginine
Lysine

Question 2

Essential Amino Acids

Answer 2

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

Phenylalanine
Valine
Threonine
Tryptophan
Isoleucine
Methionine
Histidine
Arginine
Leucine
Lysine

Question 3

Non Polar Amino acid

Answer 3

Glycine
Alanine
Proline

Question 4

Simplest AA

Answer 4

Glycine

Question 5

Largest

Answer 5

Tryptophan

Question 6

Absorbs UV light/Aromatic

Answer 6

Tryptophan
Tyrosine
Phenylalanine

Question 7

Niacin precursor

Answer 7

Tryptophan

Question 8

Tryptophan deficiency

Answer 8

Pellagra

Question 9

Serotonin Precursor

Answer 9

Tryptophan

Question 10

Melatonin precursor

Answer 10

Tryptophan

Question 11

Nitric Oxide precursor

Answer 11

Arginine

Question 12

Melanin precursor

Answer 12

Tyrosine

Question 13

Catecholamine precursore

Answer 13

Tyrosine

Question 14

Thyroid hormone precursor

Answer 14

Tyrosine

Question 15

Tyrosine precursore

Answer 15

tryptophan

Question 16

Enzyme: Phenylalanin—>Tyrosine

Answer 16

Phenylalanine Hydroxilase

Question 17

Phenylalanine hydroxilase deficiency

Answer 17

PKU

Question 18

Enzyme: Tyrosine—>L-dopa

Answer 18

Tyrosine hydroxilase

Question 19

Rate limiting enzyme in the tyrosine pathway

Answer 19

Tyrosine hydroxilase

Question 20

Enzyme:L-Dopa—-> Dopamine

Answer 20

Dopadecarboxylase

Question 21

Enzyme:Dopamine—-> Norepinephrine

Answer 21

Dopamin B hydroxilase

Vit C

Question 22

GABA precursor

Answer 22

Glutamate

Question 23

Glutathione precursor

Answer 23

Glutamate

Question 24

Histamin precursor

Answer 24

histidine

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Histidine

Question 26

AA used to diagnose Folic Acid deficiency

Answer 26

Histidine

Question 27

NON Standard AAs

Answer 27

Onothine Selenocysteine 4-hydroxyprolene carboxyglutamate

Question 28

a.k.a. 21st aminoacid

Answer 28

Selenocysteine

Question 29

Purely KETOGENIC Amino Acide

Answer 29

"KiLL" Leucine Lycine

Question 30

AA both ketogenic and glucogenic

Answer 30

"PITTT" ``` Phenylalainine Isolecusine Tryptophan Theonine Tyrosine ```

Question 31

Branched Chain AAs

Answer 31

"Liv the branch" Leucine Isoleucine Valine

Question 32

Deficiency on branched chain AA results in

Answer 32

Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD)

Question 33

Enzyme deficient in MSUD

Answer 33

a-Keto acid dehydrogenase | Carboxylase

Question 34

Neutral Amino aciduria

Answer 34

HARTNUP'S disease1

Question 35

AA deficient in Neutral amino aciduria

Answer 35

Tryptophan

Question 36

Cystathionine deficiency

Answer 36

Homcystinuria