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Final Review Flashcards

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Specialized products of tyrosine, phenylalanine

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Epinephrine. Norepinephrine. Melanin. Dopamine. Thyroid hormones.

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Specialized product of tryptophan

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Serotonin, melatonin, nad, NADP

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Specialized product of Arginine

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Nitric oxide, creatinine

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Specialized products of histidine

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Histamine

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Specialized product of glutamic acid

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GABA, glutathione

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Specialized product of glycine

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Heme and glutathione

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Cofactors methylmalonyl coa mutase

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B12

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Cofactors transaminase

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PLP

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Cofactors hydroxylase

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BH4

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Cofactors methionine synthase

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B12

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Cofactor cytochrome c oxidase

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Copper

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Cofactors superoxide dismutase

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Copper

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12
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Cofactor Lysyl oxidase

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Copper

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13
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Cofactors tyrosinase

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Copper

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14
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Cofactor dopamine beta hydroxylase

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Copper, vit c

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Cofactor ceruloplasmin

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Copper

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16
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Cause menke’s

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Low copper, x linked

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Cause Wilson’s

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High copper, deficient ceruloplasmin

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Causes microcytic anemia

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Low copper, low PLP, low iron,

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Iron absorption

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Heme from meat. Ferric iron from green leafy veggies. Must be converted to ferrous iron in intestine (ceruloplasmin has feroxidase activity)

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Where is iron stored?

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Reticulocytes and liver

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What form is iron stored in?

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Ferritin/hemodexerin

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Symptoms of hereditary hemochromatosis

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Accumulation of stored iron.

Bronze skin, diabetes, heart dysfunction, liver damage

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Use of zinc

24
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Result of zinc deficiency

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Acrodermititis enteropathica

25
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Iodine used in….

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Thyroid hormone

26
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Deficiency of iodine leads to….

27
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What needs selenium?

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Glutathione peroxidase

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What needs manganese?

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Pyruvate Carboxylase!

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What needs magnesium?

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Enzymes using ATP

30
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Tay Sachs

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Beta hexamidase a GM2(ganglioside) onion inclusions.. cherry red spot macula densa Deadsies

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Niemann pick

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Sphingomyelinase, sphingomyelin, foamy cell. Type A is fatal by 2-3y Type B causes HS megaly.

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Fabry

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Alpha galatosidase , globosides, bathing trunk rash, peripheral neuropathy.

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Gaucher

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Beta glucosidase, glucosyl ceremide, HS megaly, osteoporosis, NO NEUROPATHY

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Metachromatic leukodystrophy

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Aryl sulfatase A, sulfatides, progressive paralysis and demyelination.

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I cell disease

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Inability to phosphorylate mannose, poor targeting, sphingomyelin and GAGs, Looks like hurlers.

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Hunter’s

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Idonurate sulfatase, heparan/dermatan sulfate, NO Cataracts

37
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Hurlers

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L alpha idonurase, HS/ds, cataracts

38
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Pompe disease

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Acid Maltase, glycogen, cardiomyopathy, liver and muscle damage

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Albumin

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Made in liver, low causes edema

40
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Alpha fetoprotein

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Alpha one
High in adults liver, testicular, or ovarian cancer
High in amnio, neural tube defect
Low in amnio, Down syndrome.

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Alpha one antitrypsin

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Inhibits neutrophil elastase marker for emphysema

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Transcortin

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Alpha one

Transports cortisol

43
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Retinol binding protein

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Alpha one , transports Retinol (vitamin a)

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Alpha 2 macroglobulin

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Alpha two

Huge and not normally secreted in urine, marker for glomerular damage (nephrosis)

45
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Ceruloplasmin

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Alpha two

Transports copper. Marker for Wilson’s disease if low. Also has feroxidase activity in intestines

46
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haptoglobulin

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Alpha two

Binds hb in serum. Low haptoglobulin indicates hemolysis

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Beta LDL

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Cholesterol transport to peripheral tissues and liver. Contains apo b100.

48
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Hemopexin

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Beta
Saves heme iron!
Prevents it’s excretion

49
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Transferrin

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Transports iron in blood

50
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Immunoglobulins

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Gamma
One elevated in multiple myeloma
All in liver cirrhosis

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