Biochemistry Flashcards
Rate-limiting enzyme in bile acid formation?
cholesterol 7-alpha hydroxylase
2nd MC cause of enzyme deficiency-related hemolytic anemia
pyruvate kinase deficiency
progressive neurological disorder that is a result of mutations in the PDH complex
Leigh syndrome (subacute necrotizing encephalopathy)
Basic amino acids
Histidine
Lysine
Arginine
- Ornithine
- Citrulline
*not incorporated into cellular proteins bcoz there are no codons for these amino acids
an encephalopathy-psychosis syndrome due to thiamine deficiency
Wernicke-Korsakoff
MC biochemical cause of congenital lactic acidosis?
pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
Rate limiting step of glycolysis?
fructose 6 phosphate to fructose 1,6 bisphosphate
enzyme: phosphofructokinase (PFK 1)
drug that inhibits ATP synthase
Oligomycin
an enzyme that is inhibited by fluoroacetate (found in rat poisons)
Aconitase
citrate to isocitrate in krebs
Coenzyme of Pyruvate carboxylase
Biotin
Irreversible reactions of glycolysis
hexokinase
phosphofructokinase
pyruvate kinase
main stores of glycogen in the body
skeletal muscles
liver
Primary product if glycogenolysis
glucose 1 phosphate
Type of glycogen storage disease characterized by neutropenia and recurrent infections
Type 1b (glucose 6 phosphate translocase deficiency)
building block of glycogen
UDP glucose
Fructokinase is found in
liver
kidney
small intestine mucosa
autosomal recessive disease characterized by severe hypoglycemia, jaundice, hemorrhage, hepatomegaly, renal dysfunction, hyperuricemia and lacticacidemia due to absence of aldolase B
hereditary fructose intolerance (fructose poisoning)
Elevated galactitol can cause
cataracts
rare autosomal recessive disorder that causes galactosemia and galactosuria
Galactokinase deficiency
enzyne deficient in classic galactosemia
galactose 1 phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT)
autosomal recessive disorder that causes galactosemia, galactosuria, vomiting, diarrhea and jaundice
Classic galactosemia
- absolute contraindication to breastfeeding
Drugs that produce hemolytic anemia in pxs with G6PD?
AAA
antibiotics (sulfamethoxazole and chloramphenicol)
anti-malarials (primaquine but NOT quinine)
anti-pyretucs (acetanilud but NOT acetaminophen)
Most abundant GAGs in the body
Chrondoitin 4 and 6 sulfates
is a clinically asymptomatic genetic condition in Ashkenazi jews that involves deficiency in NADPH dependent Xylulose redutase. L-xylulose is found in significant amounts in urine.
Essential pentosuria
Beta glucuronidase deficiency
Sly syndrome (MPS III)
Enzyme deficient in Hurler syndrome
a-L-iduronidase
corneal clouding, mental retardation, dwarfism
Hurler syndrome (MPS I)
Primary target of lingual lipase
short and medium FA
Emulsification of lipids occurs in the
duodenum
An anti-obesity drug that inhibits gastric and pancreatic lipases leading to decrease fat absorption.
Orlistat
essential fatty acids
linoleic acid
a-linolenic acid
essential fatty acid deficiency can result in
ichthyosis (scaly dermatitis)
primary end product of fatty acid synthase activity
palmitate
beta oxidation of fatty occurs in the
mitochondrial matrix
a specialized carrier that transports the long chain acyl group from cytosol into the inner mitochondria
carnitine
Sources of carnitine
Diet: meat products
Synthesized from amino acids lysine and methionine by an enzymatic pathway found in the liver and kidney
Skeletal muscle: 97% carnitine
rate limiting step in F.A synthesis
carboxylation of acetyl CoA to malonyl CoA
rate limiting step in the synthesis of ketones
HMG CoA synthase
triacylglycerol synthesis occurs only in
adipose tissue
liver
lactating mammary glands
intestinal mucosal cells
major lipid component of lung surfactant
dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
the major structural lipid in the membranes of the nerve tissue
sphinginyelin
Niemann-Pick disease is caused by deficiency of what enzyme
Sphingomyelinase (accumulation of sphingomyelin)
Lysosomal storage disease characterized by enlarged spleen and liver.
Niemann-Pick disease (Type A)
Shell-like inclusion bodies
Tay-Sachs
rapid, progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disease associated with blindess, cherry red macula, muscular weakness and seizures.
Tay-Sachs disease
Accumulation of gangliosides (GM2)
Tay-Sachs
MC lysosomal storage disease
Gaucher disease
accumulation of glucocerebrosides characterized by hepatosplenomegaly, osteoporosis.
Gaucher disease
arylsulfatase deficiency
metachromatic leukodystrophy
condition associated with accumulation of sulfatides characterized by cognitive deterioration, demyelination, progressive paralysis and dementia.
Metachromatic leukodystrophy
beta galactosidase deficiency
Krabbe disease (Globoid cell leukodystrophy)
Globoid bodies (glycolipid-laden macrophage) in white matter of the brain is seen in what condition
Krabbe disease
Hexoaminidase A deficiency
Tay-Sachs
condition associated with deficiency of Hexoaminidase A and B ;accumulation of GM2 and globosides
Sandhoff disease
a-galactosidase deficiency
Fabry disease
condition associated with accumulation of globosides characterized by reddish-purple skin rash, kidney and heart failure and burning pain in lower extremities
Fabry disease
ceraminidase deficiency
Farber disease
accumulation of ceramide characterized by painful and progressive joint deformity, subcutaneous nodules and hoarse cry
Farber disease
Beta glucosidase deficiency
Gaucher disease
glucocerebrosidase
dietary precursor of prostaglandins
linoleic acid
2 isozymes of PGH synthase
COX 1 and 2
- COX 1- required for maintenance of healthy gastric tissue, renal homeostasis and platelet aggregation.
- COX 2 - in response to products of activated immune and inflammatory cells
rate limiting step in cholesterol synthesis
HMG-CoA reductase ( reduction of HMG-CoA to mevalonate)
autosomal recessive disorder caused by partial deficiency in 7-dehydrocholesterol-7-reductase (DHCR7)
Smith Lemi Opitz Syndrome (SLOS)
impaired cholesterol synthesis (DHCR7 is required for the reduction of 7-dehydrodesmosterol to desmosterol
characterized by microcephaly, bitemporal narrowing, capillary hemangioma of the nose
Primary bile acids
Cholic acid
Chenodeoycholic acid
rate limiting step in bile acid synthesis
introduction of hydroxyl group at carbon 7 of the steroid nucleus by cholesterol-7-a-hydroxylase
is a rare hypolipoproteinemia caused by defect in microsomal triacylglyerol caused by defect in MTP. As a consequence, no VLDL or chylomicrons are formed.
Abetalipoproteinemia
autosomal recessive cause by deficienies in the ability to hydrolyze lysosomal cholesteryl esters
Wolman disease
deficiency of ABCA1, characterized by the virtual absence of HDL particles due to degradation of lipid poor apo A-1
Tangier disease
rate limiting reaction of steroid hormone synthesis
conversion of cholesterol to the 21-carbon pregnenolone (desmolase)
MC form of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
21-a-hydroxylase deficiency
autosomal recessive characterized by no glucoorticoids, no mineralocorticoids and no androgens
3-B-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency
Parent compound for all steroid hormones
Pregnenolone
zones of the adrenal cortex and their corresponding hormones
zona glomerulosa - mineralocorticoid (aldosterone)
zona fasciculata - glucocorticoid (cortisol)
zona reticularis - sex hormones
hormone that induces testosterone synthesis in the Leydig cells, induces ovulation and stimulates estrogen & progesterone synthesis in the corpus luteum
Luteinizing hormone
is a disease of malabsorption resulting from immune-mediated damage to the small intestine in response to ingestion of gluten (or gliadin from gluten), a protein found in wheat, barley and rye.
Celiac sprue