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1
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What is the most common intracellular buffer?

A

Protein

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2
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What is the most common extracellular buffer?

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Bicarbonate

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3
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What is a Zwitterion?

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A molecule with one negative and one positive end

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4
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What is the isoelectric point?

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The pH at which there is not net charge

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5
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What is the rare limiting enzyme in Glycolisis?

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PFK-1 (phospho fructokinase 1)

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6
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What is the rate limiting enzyme in Gluconeogenesis?

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Pyruvate carboxylase

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7
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What is the rate limiting enzyme in the HMP shunt?

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G-6PD (Glucose - 6 -phosphate dehydrogenase)

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8
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What is the rate limiting enzyme in Glycogenesis?

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Glycogen synthase

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9
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What is the rate limiting enzyme in Glycogenolysis?

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Glycogen phosphorylase

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10
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What is the rate limiting enzyme in Fatty Acid synthesis?

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AcCoA carboxylase

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11
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What is the rate limiting enzyme in B-oxidation?

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CAT-1

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12
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What is the rate limiting enzyme in cholesterol synthesis?

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HMG CoA reductase

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13
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What is the rate limiting enzyme in Ketogenosis?

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HMG CoA synthase

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14
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What is the rate limiting enzyme in Purine synthesis?

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PRPP synthase

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15
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What is the rate limiting enzyme in Pyrimidine synthesis?

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Asp transcarbamoylase

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16
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What is the rate limiting enzyme in TCA cycle?

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Isocitrate dehydrogenase

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17
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What is the rate limiting enzyme in the urea cycle?

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CPS I

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18
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What is the rate limiting enzyme in heme synthesis?

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delta-ALA-synthase

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19
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What are the catabolic pathways that create energy?

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“ABC”
Acetyl-CoA production
b-oxidation
citric acid cycle

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20
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What are the anabolic pathways that store energy?

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"EFGH"
ER
Fatty Acid synthesis
Glycolysis
HMP shunt
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21
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What are the anabolic + catabolic pathways?

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“HUG”
Heme synthesis
Urea cycle
Gluconeogenesis

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22
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What does an isomerase do?

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creates an isomer

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23
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What does an epimerase do?

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Creates an epimer, which differs around 1 chiral carbon

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24
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What does a mutase do?

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Moves sidechain from one carbon to another (intrachain)

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25
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What does a transferase do?

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Moves sidechain from one substrate to another (interchain)

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26
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What does a Kinase do?

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Phosphorylates using ATP

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27
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What does Phosphorylase do?

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Phosphorylates using Pi

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28
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What does Carboxylase do?

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Forms C-C bonds (w/ ATP and biotin)

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29
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What does a Synthase do?

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Consumes 2 substrates

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30
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What does Synthetase do?

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Consumes 2 substrates, uses ATP

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31
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What does a phosphatase do?

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Breaks phosphate bond

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32
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What does a Hydrolaxe do?

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Breaks a bond with water

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33
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What does a Lyase do?

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Cuts C-C bonds w/ATP

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34
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What does dehydrogenase do?

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Removes H with a cofactor

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35
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What does a Thio do?

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Breaks S bond

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36
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What is Diffusion>

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From high to low concentration

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37
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What is active transport?

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Goes against concentration gradient

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38
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What is zero-order kinetics?

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metabolism independent of concentration

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39
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What is first order kinetics?

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Constant drug percentage metabolism over time, depends on drug concentration

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40
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What is Efficacy?

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Max effect regardless of dose (lower w/non competitive antagonist)

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41
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What effects efficacy?

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Vmax

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42
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What is Potency?

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Amount of drug needed to produce effect (lower w/ comp antagonist)

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43
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What affects Potency?

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Km

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44
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What is Km?

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Concentration of drug that produces 50% of receptors

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45
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What is EC50?

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Concentration of drug that produces 50% of maximal response

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46
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What is competitive inhibition?

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Fights for active site, no DeltaVmax, potency decreases

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47
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What is Non-competitive inhibition?

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binds a regulatory site, no DeltaKm, efficacy decreases, decreases Vmax

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48
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What is Endothermic Reaction>

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Consumes heat

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49
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What is Exothermic Reaction?

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Gives of heat

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50
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What is the Peak level?

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  1. 4 hrs after dose (too high => decrease dose)
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51
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What is the Through level?

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2hrs before dose (too high=> gives less often)

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52
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What is t1/2?

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Half life, the time it takes for the body to use half of the drug ingested

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53
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What is von Gierke?

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G-6Pase deficiency=> hypoglycemia, hepatosplenomegaly

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54
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What is Pompe’s?

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Cardiac alpha-1, 4-glucosidase deficiency => DIE early

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55
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What is Cori’s?

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Debranching enzyme deficiency =>short branches of glycogen

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56
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What is Anderson’s?

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Branching enzyme deficiency => long chains of glycogen

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57
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What is McArdle’s?

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Muscle phosphorylate deficiency=> muscle cramps w/exercise

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58
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What is Essential Fructosuria?

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Fructokinase deficiency => excrete fructose (still have hexokinase)

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59
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What is Fructosemia?

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“fructose intolerance” (Aldolase B deficiency) => liver damage

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60
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What does a Galactokinase deficiency causes?

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Cataracts

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61
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What does Galactosemia cause?

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Cataracts, mental retardation, liver damage

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62
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What does the Citrate shuttle do?

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FA transport out of the mitochondria

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63
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What does the Carnitine shuttle do?

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FA transport into the mitochondria

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64
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What lysosomal diseases have a cherry-red macula?

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Tay-Sachs, Niemman Pick

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65
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What lysosomal diseases have a Gargoyle-face?

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Gaucher’s, Hurler’s

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66
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What is Tay-Sach’s?

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Hexosaminidase A deficiency=> blindness, incoordination, dementia

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67
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What is Sandhoff’s?

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Hexosaminidase A/B deficiency

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68
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What is Gaucher’s?

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Glucocerebrosidase deficiency=> wrinkled tissue MP, bone pain

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69
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What is Niemman’s Pick?

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Sphingomyelinase deficiency=> zebra bodies

70
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What is Fabry’s?

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alpha-galactosidase deficiency=> corneal clouding, attacks baby’s kidneys, x-linked

71
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What is Krabbe’s?

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b-galactosidase deficiency=> globoid bodies

72
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What is Metachromatic Leukodystrophy?

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Arylsulfatase deficiency=> childhood MS

73
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What is Hunter’s?

A

Iduronidase deficiency, milder form

74
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What is Hurler’s?

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Iduronnidase deficiency, worse form

75
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What is Lesch-Nyhan?

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(HGPRT deficiency) => gout, neuropathy, self-mutilation

76
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What does white diaper crystals suggest?

A

Excess orotic acid

77
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What does biotin donate methyl groups for?

A

Carboxylation

78
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What does THF donate methyl group for?

A

Nucleotides

79
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What does SAM donate methyl groups fpr?

A

All other reactions

80
Q

What is the difference b/w heterochromatin and euchromatin?

A

Heterochromatin=tightly coiled

Euchromatin= loose (10nm fibers)

81
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What are the purines?

82
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What are the pyrimidines?

83
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What is a silent mutation?

A

Changes leave te same amino acid

84
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What is a point mutation?

A

Changes 1 base

85
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What is a transition?

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Changes 1 purine to another purine

86
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What is a transversion?

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Changes 1 purine to a pyrimidine

87
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What is a frameshift mutation?

A

Insert or delete 1-2 bases

88
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What is a missense mutation?

A

Mistaken amino acid substitution

89
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What is a nonsense mutation?

A

Early stop codon

90
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What does a Southern blot detect?

91
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What does a Northern blot detect?

92
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What does a Western blot detect?

93
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What are the essential amino acids?

A

“PVT TIM HALL”

Phe
Val
Trp
Thr
Ile
Met
His
Arg
Leu
Lys
94
Q

What are the essential fatty acids?

A

Linolenic

Linoleic

95
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What are the acidic amino acids?

96
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What are the basic amino acids?

97
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What are the sulfur-containing amino acids?

98
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What are the O-bond amino acids?

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Ser, Thr, Tyr

99
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What are the N-bond amino acids?

100
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What are the branched amino acids?

A

Leu, Ile, Val

101
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What are the aromatic amino acids?

A

Phe, Tyr, Trp

102
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What are the smallest amino acid?

103
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What are the ketogenic amino acids?

104
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What are the glucogenic + ketogenic amino acids?

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“PITT”

Phe, Iso, Thr, Trp

105
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What are the glucogenic amino acids?

A

all the rest

106
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What amino acids does Trypsin cut?

107
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What amino acids does B-ME cut?

108
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What amino acids does Acid Hydrolysis denature?

109
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What amino acids does Chymotripsin cut?

A

Phe, Tyr, Trp

110
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What amino acid turns yellow on Nurhydrin reaction?

111
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What does Carboxypeptidase cut?

A

Left of any amino acid on the carboxy terminal

112
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What does Aminopeptidase cut?

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Right of N terminus

113
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What does CNBr cut?

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Right of Met

114
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What does Mercaptoethanol cut?

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Right of Cys, Met

115
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What does Elastase cut?

A

Right of Gly, Ala, ser

116
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What does Trypsin cut?

117
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What does Chymotrypsin cut?

A

Phe, Tyr, Trp

118
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What does alpha1-AT do?

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Inhibits trypsin from getting loose

119
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What is PKU?

A

No Phe -> Tyr (via Phe Hydroxylase): Nutrasweet sensitivity, mental retardation, pale, blond hair, blue eyes, musty odor

120
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What is Albinism?

A

No Tyr-> Melanin (via Tyrosinase)

121
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What is Maple Syrup Urine disease?

A

Defective metabolism of branched aa (Leu, Iso, Val) => aa leak out

122
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What is Homocystinuria?

A

No Homocysteine -> Cys: “COLA” stones

Cystine, Ornithine, Lysine, Arginine

123
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What is Pellagra?

A

Niacin deficiency

Dermatitis, Diarrhea, Dementia, Death

124
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What is Hartnup’s?

A

No Trp=> Niacin + Serotonin
Presents like Pellagra
Can mimic corn-rich diet

125
Q

What causes anterior leg bowing?

A

Neonatal Syphilis

126
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What causes lateral leg bowing?

127
Q

What are the names of the B vitamins?

A 
"The Rich Never Lie about Panning Pyrite Filled Creeks"
Vit B1=Thiamine
Vit B2=Riboflavin
Vit B3=Niacin
Vit  B4=Lipoic Acid
Vit B5= Panthotenic Acid
Vit B6= Pyridoxine
Vit B9= Folate
 Viy B12=Cobalamin
128
Q

What Vit A do?

A

Night vision, CSF production, PTH

129
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What does Vit B1 do?

A

Dehydrogenases, transketolase (PPP) cofactors

130
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What does Vit B2 do?

A

FAD cofactor

131
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What does Vit B3 do?

A

NAD cofactor

132
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What does Vit B4do?

A

Glycolisis, no known diseases

133
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What dooes Vit B5 do?

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Part of Acetyl CoA, no known diseases

134
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What does Vit B6 do?

A

Transaminase cofactor, myelin integrity

135
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What does Vit B9 do?

A

Nuclear division

136
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What does Vit B12 do?

A

Cofactor for HMT and MMM

137
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What does Vit C do?

A

Collagen sythesis

138
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What does Vit D do?

A

Mineralization of bones, teeth

139
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What does Vit K do?

140
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What does Biotin do?

A

Carboxylation

141
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What does Ca+2 do?

A

Neuronal function, atrial depolarization, SM contractility

142
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What does Cu+2 do?

A

Collagen Synthesis

143
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What does Fe+2 do?

A

Hb function, electron transport

144
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What is Bronze pigmentation?

A

Fe deposit in skin

145
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What is Bronze cirrhosis?

A

Fe deposit in liver

146
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What is Bronze diabetes?

A

Fe deposit in pancreas

147
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What is Hemosiderosis?

A

Fe overload in bone marrow

148
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What is Hemochromatosis?

A

Fe deposit in organs

149
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What does Mg+2 do?

A

PTH and kinase cofactor

150
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What does Zn +2 do?

A

Taste buds, hair, sperm function

151
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What does Cr do?

A

Insulin fucntion

152
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What does Mb do?

A

Purine breakdown (xanthine oxidase)

153
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What does Mn do?

A

Glycolysis

154
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What does Se do?

A

Heart function => dilated cardiomyopathy

155
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What does Sn do?

156
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What is Kawashiorkor?

A

Malabsoprtion, big belly (ascites), protein deficiency

157
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What is Marasmus?

A

Starvation, skinny, calorie deficiency

158
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What does the Pre label send stuff to?

159
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What does the Pro label send stuff to?

160
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Where does the mannose-6-p send stuff to?

161
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Where does the N-terminal sequence send stuff to?

A

Mitochondria

162
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What are the 4 types of collagen?

A 
Strong, Slippery, Bloody, BM
Type I: skin, bone
 Type II: Connective tissue, aqueous humor
 Type III: Arteries
 Type IV: Basement membrane
163
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How does Scleroderma present?

A

Tight skin

164
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How does Ehlers Danlos present?

A

Hyperstretchable skin

165
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How does Marfans presents?

A

Hyperextensible joints, arachnodactyly, wing span longer than height, aortic root dilatation, aortic aneurysm, mitral valve prolapse, dislocated lens from bottom of eye -> look up

166
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How does Homocystinuria present?

A

Dislocated lens from top -> look down

167
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How does Kinky hair disease present?

A

Hair looks like copper wire (Cu deficiency)

168
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How does Scurvy present?

A

Bleeding gums, bleeding hair follicles

169
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How does Takayasu arteritis present?

A

Asian female with very weak pulse

170
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How does Osteogenesis Imperfecta present?

A

Shattered bones, blue sclera

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