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Biochem diseases and mutations Flashcards

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Adenosine deaminase deficiency

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Adenosine deaminase (duh)

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Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome

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Absent HGPRT

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Xeroderma pigmentosum

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Defective ntide excision repair

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HNPCC

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Defective mismatch repair

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Ataxia telangiectasia

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Defective nonhomologous end joining

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I cell dz

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Defective phosphotransferase

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Parkinson dz (only some types)

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Defects in ubiquitin-proteasome system

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Kartagener syndrome

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Defect in dyenin arm

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OI type 1

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Decreased production of type 1 collagen

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Vascular type of EDS

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Defect in type III collagen

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Alport syndrome

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Defective type IV collagen

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Goodpasture syndrome

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AutoAb against type IV collagen

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Hypermobility type EDS

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Defect in collagen X-linking

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Classical EDS

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Mutation in type V collagen

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Menkes dz

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Impaired copper absorption and transport

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Marfan syndrome

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Defect in fibrillin-1

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Prader-Willi

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Maternal imprinting (mom gene is normally silent; dad gene is deleted/mut); chr 15. 
25% of cases are from maternal UPD
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Angelman syndrome

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Paternal imprinting (dad gene is normally silent; mom gene is deleted/mut); chr 15
5% of cases are from paternal UPD
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Mitochondrial myopathies

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Failure in oxidative phosphorylation

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DMD

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Frameshift mutation in dystrophin

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BMD

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Point mutation in dystrophin

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Myotonic dystrophy

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TNR: CTG repeats–> abnormal expression of myotonin protein kinase

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Fragile X syndrome

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TNG: CGG–>mutated FMR1 gene

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HD

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TNR-CAG repeats

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Friedrich ataxia

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TNR- GAA repeats

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Down syndrome

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Trisomy 21

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Patau syndrome

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Trisomy 13

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Edward syndrome

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Trisomy 18

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Cri-du-chat syndrome

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Congenital microdeletion of short arm of chr 5

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Williams syndrome

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Congenital microdeletion of long arm of chr 7 (deleted region includes elastin gene)

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DiGeorge syndrome

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22q11 deletion syndrome

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Velocardiofacial syndrome

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22q11 deletion syndrome

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Mild galactosemia

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Galactokinase deficiency

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Severe (classical) galactosemia

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Galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase deficiency

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Essential fructosuria

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Fructokinase

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Fructose intolerance

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Aldolase B

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CGD

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NADPH oxidase

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G6PD deficiency

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Def. G6PD

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N-acetylglutamate deficiency

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Absent N-acetylglutamate

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Orinthine transcarbamylase deficiency

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PKU

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Decreased phenylalanine hydroxylase

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Malignant PKU

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Decreased tetrahydrobiopterin

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Alkaptonuria

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Deficiency of homogentisate oxidase

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Homocystinuria (3 types/defects total)

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  1. Cystathionine synthase deficiency
  2. Decreased affinity of cystathionine synthase for pyridoxal phosphate
  3. Deficiency of homocysteine methyltransferase
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Cystinuria

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Defect of renal PCT and intestinal amino acid transporter for cys, orinthine, lys, and arg.

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Maple syrup urine dz

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Decreased alpha-ketoacid DH

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Von Gierke dz

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Deficient glc-6-phosphatase

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Pompe dz

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Deficient lysosomal alpha-1,4-glucosidase (acid maltase)

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Cori dz

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Deficient debranching enz (alpha-1,6-glucosidase)

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McArdle dz

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Deficient skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase (myophosphorylase)

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Fabry dz

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Deficient alpha-galactosidase A

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Gaucher dz

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Deficient glucocerebrosidase (beta-glucosidase)

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Neimann-Pick dz

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Deficient sphingomyelinase

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Tay-Sachs dz

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Deficient hexosaminidase A

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Krabbe dz

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Deficient galactocerebrosidase

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Metachromic leukodystrophy

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Deficient arylsulfatase A

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Hurler syndrome

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Deficient alpha-L-iduronidase

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Hunter syndrome

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Deficient iduronate sulfatase

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Hyperchylomicronemia (2 possible deficiencies/mutations)

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  1. Deficient lipoprotein lipase

2. Altered apolipoprotein C-II

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Familial hypercholesterolemia

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Absent/defective LDL-receptors

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Hypertriglyceridemia

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Hepatic overproduction of VLDL

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