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Biochem Exam 2 Flashcards

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PDH Deficiency

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Causes chronic lactic acidosis in kids (fatal)

Neuro probs

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Thiamine (B1) Deficiency

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Alcoholics, poor diet, nausea, constipation, appetite loss

Beri-beri

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Advanced deficiency syndromes

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Alcoholics, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

confusion, ataxia, loss of eye coordination

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Beri-beri

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Dry: neuromuscular, no fluid retention
Wet: peripheral edema, cardiac failure

Thiamine deficiency affects transketolase of PPP
Also affects PDH, alpha-KGDH (alcohol abuse)

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CAC enzyme defects

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lactic acidosis

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Pyruvate carboxylase deficiency

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lactic acidosis

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Ketosis/ketoacidosis

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High ketone bodies, excessive acetyl-CoA
Starvation (low carb/Atkins diets) => ketosis
DM => ketoacidosis

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Arsenate

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looks like phosphate and binds to form 3-phosphoglycerate using phosphoglycerate kinase but no energy output means cells starve

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Essential fructosuria

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no fructokinase, no uptake, benign

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Hereditary Fructose Intolerance

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Deficient in aldolase B so fructose-P accumulates in liver

Phosphate depletes, then can’t break down glycogen so it accumulates

Solution: avoid fructose and sucrose

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Galactosemia

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Gal-P accumulates in liver/CNS/kidney causing liver failure
Galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase deficiency s most common/severe
Galactokinase deficiency
UDP-gal-epimerase deficiency

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G6PD deficiency

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Lowered PPP activity -> low NADPH levels -> deprive RBCs of antioxidants
Pt sensitive to H2O2 and Fava beans

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Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphatase Deficiency

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Fasting hypoglycemia and metabolic acidosis
High lactate/pyruvate/ketones
Low glucose

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14
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Pompe Disease

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Glycogen buildup, GSD II

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Glycogen phosphorylase deficiency

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Cannot break down glycogen

Muscle: GSD V = McArdle
Liver: GSD VI = Hers

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McArdle

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Muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency; cannot breakdown glycogen
GSD V

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Hers

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Liver glycogen phosphorylase deficiency; cannot breakdown glycogen
GSD VI

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GSD III

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Cori
Problem with debranching enzyme
No phosphorylase

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GSD I

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Von Gierke

G6 phosphatase cannot form glucose from Glu-6P

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GSD II

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Pompe

Alpha-glucosidase cannot make glucose from lysosome/glycogen

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Mucopolysaccharidoses

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problem with degradation of proteoglycans so they accumulate in lysosomes over years

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Hunter’s

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Defective Iduronate synthase causing accumulation of dermatan sulfate and heparin sulfate
Causes skeleton abnormalities and MR

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Hurler-Scheie

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Defective alpha-idonurase
Causing skeletal abn and MR
Treatment is laronidase to replace alpha-Iduronoidase

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Sanfilippo’s (ABCD)

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Defective heparin sulfate causing accumulation of heparin sulfate
Mild physical defects, severe MR

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Crigler-Najjar/Gilbert syndromes

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Glycoconjugation defect

Buildup of bilirubin due to defect in UGT preenting the necessary conjugation with glucaronic acid for bili excretion

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NABQI

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causes liver damage, free radical buildup when UDP-glucaronylation pathway is overwhelmed and acetaminophen is oxidized p450 to NABQI

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DGAT inhibitor

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inhibits triacylglycerol synthesis

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Isocitrate DH

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regulates CAC
stim. by high ADP
inhibited by high NADH

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Alpha-KGDH complex

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regulates CAC

inhibited by high NADH or succ.-CoA

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PDH kinase

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High PDH kinase inactivates phospho-PDH

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PDH phosphatase

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High pDH phosphatase causes active PDH complex

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Cyanide

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Inhibits Complex IV of ETC

Blocks electron flow to oxygen in matrix

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CO

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Inhibits Complex IV of ETC

Blocks electron flow to oxygen in matrix

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2,4 DNP

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Uncoupler of ETC

Bypass the ATP synthase, providing alternate route for H+ to flow back to matrix

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UCPs

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Uncoupling proteins
inhibit ETC
Bypass the ATP synthase, providing alternate route for H+ to flow back to matrix
Pesticides

36
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High aspirin

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Uncoupler of ETC

Bypass the ATP synthase, providing alternate route for H+ to flow back to matrix

37
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Atractyloside

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Inhibits adenine nucleotide translocase which resides in the inner membrane ad exchanges mitochondrial ATP for cystolic ADP

38
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Main regulation of Glycolysis

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PFK1

39
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PFK1

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Increased PFK1 regulates glycolysis

F26BP causes acceleration of glycolysis

40
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Hexokinase

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Regulates glycolysis by its product, Glu-6-P, acetyl CoA, and glucagon

Hexokinase stimulates insulin

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Pyruvate kinase

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Regulates glycolysis
turns PEP to pyruvate
Stimulates fructose-1,6-BP and insulin
PK is inhibited by ATP

42
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cAMP

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turns on PFKII -> reduces F2,6BP -> reduces glycolysis

43
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Pyruvate carboxylase

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Regulates gluconeogenesis

turns pyruvate to OAA, inhibited by insulin

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PEP carboxykinase

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OAA to PEP
Inhibited by insulin and AMP
Stim. by glucagon and cAMP

45
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Main regulating step of gluconeogenesis

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F16BP

46
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F16BP

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Regulates gluconeogenesis
F16BP to F6P, is inhibited by F26BP, AMP
Stim. by citrate

47
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Glucose-6-phosphatase

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G6P to glucose
inhibited by insulin
stimulated by glucagon

48
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Acetyl CoA

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High acetyl CoA stim. gluconeogensis and inhibits glycolysis

Low acetyl CoA stimulates glycolysis and inhibits gluconeogensis

Acetyl CoA inhibits PDH
Stimulates P- carboxylase

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G6PDH

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Main regulation of PPP
Reduces G6P to phosphoglucolactone
Inhibited by NADPH

50
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Main regulation of PPP

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G6PDH

51
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Glucokinase

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Regulates glycogen synthesis
Glucose -> G6P
Stimulated by insulin
NOT inhibited by end products

52
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Glycogen synthase

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Adds glucose to glycogen
Inhibited by glucagon, Pi
Stimulated by insulin

53
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Glycogen phosphorylase

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G-1-P units from glycogen
Inhibited by insulin
Stimulated by glucagon, epi

54
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Glu-6-phosphatase

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G6P -> glucose
inhibited by Insulin
Stim. by glucagon, epi

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Insulin

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Inhibits glycogen synthase, glucose-6-phosphatase, pyruvate carboxylase, PEP carboxykinase,

Stimulates glycogen phosphorylase, Glu-6-phosphatase, Glucokinase

Stimulated by hexokinase

56
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Malonyl CoA

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inhibits FA synthesis by inhibiting uptake of FA into mitochondria

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