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1
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What are glycosaminoglycans (GAGs)?

A

Heteropolysaccharides made up up repeating disaccharide units

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What type of matrix do GAGs have?

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Gel- like

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What causes GAGs to have a Gel- like matrix?

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H20 binding properties

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What general part of the body do GAGs form?

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Body’s ground substance

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What type of properties do GAGs have?

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lubricating properties

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What do GAGs stabilize and support?

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cellular and fibrous components of tissues

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What do GAGs help to maintain in the body?

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Water and salt balance

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What causes GAG molecules to fan outwards and repel adjacent molecules?

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Strong negative charges

-COO and -OSO3

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9
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What type of shell surrounds each GAG molecule?

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hydrated shell

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What are the functions of GAGs?

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cell-shape maintenance
adhesion
migration
cell-cell communication
source of growth factors
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11
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Where are GAGs found?

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Extracellular (most)

except Heparin

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12
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What property of GAGs accounts for the resilience of synovial fluid and vitreous humor of the eye?

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Reverse compressibility

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13
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GAGs are also named what?

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mucopolysaccharides.

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What are proteoglycans?

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Proteoglycans contain many GAGs linked to a protein chain

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15
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Do proteoglycans mainly contain sugars or protein?

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They contain mainly

sugars (95%) and a small amount of protein.

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16
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What is the structure of a proteoglycan monomer?

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Has a central core protein and via a trihexoside, many disaccharide units are linked.

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What is Hyaluronic acid synthesized by?

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Integral membrane protein

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The integral membrane protein in hyaluronic acid synthesis does what?

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elongates the GAG as it is released via ABC-transporters into the extracellular space

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What repeating disaccharide units make up GAGs?

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[acidic sugar - amino sugar]

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20
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What are the amino sugars that can make up GAGs?

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D-glucosamine or

D-galactosamine

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What are the acidic sugars that make up GAGs?

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D-glucuronic acid or C-5 empimer: L-iduronic acid exception is Keratin Sulfate)

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Why is Keratin Sulfate an exception when it comes to the acidic sugar unit?

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Galactose instead of acidic sugar

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What makes up Hyaluronic acid?

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D-glucuronic acid + N-acetyl-D-glucosamine

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Where is Hyaluronic acid found?

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Synovial fluid
vitreous humor
ECM of loose connective tissue

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Is Hyaluronic acid sulfated?

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No (only GAG without sulfate)

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Is Hyaluronic acid covalently attached to proteins in proteoglycans?

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No (only GAG not)

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27
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What makes up Chondroitin Sulfate?

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D-glucuronic acid + N-acetyl-D-galactosamine

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28
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Where is chondroitin sulfate found?

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Cartilage
Bone
heart valves

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29
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What is the most abundant GAG?

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Chondrotin Sulfate

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What makes up Keratin Sulfate?

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D-Galactose + N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine

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Where is Keratin Sulfate found?

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Cornea
Bone
Cartilage

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Typically, Keratin Sulfate is found aggregated with what?

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Chondroitin sulfates

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What makes up Dermatan Sulfate?

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L-iduronic acid + N-acetyl-D-galactosamine

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34
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Where is Dermatan Sulfate found?

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Skin
Blood vessels
heart valves

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35
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Which GAGs are found in heart valves?

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Dermatan Sulfate

Chondroitin Sulfate

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36
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What releases Hyluronic acid (during synthesis) into the extracellular space?

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ABC transporters

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37
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What makes up Heparin and Heparan sulfate?

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D-glucoronic/L-iduronic acid
+
N-acetyl/N-sulfo - D-glucosamine

38
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Where is Heparin found?

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Intracellular granules of mast cell lining the arteries of lungs;
Liver and skin

39
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Which is more sulfated, Heparin or Heparan Sulfates?

A

Heparin

40
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Where are Heparan Sulfates found?

A
  • Basement membranes

- components of cell surfaces

41
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Which contains more acetylated glucosamine, Heparin or Heparan Sulfates?

A

Heparan Sulfates

42
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What makes up the tri-hexoside which links the GAG and protein?

A

Xylose-Galactose-Galactose

43
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What links the linkage region of a GAG to the core protein?

A

Serine side chain

44
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What makes up proteoglycans in cartilage?

A

Chondroitin Sulfate and Keratan Sulfate attached to a protein core

45
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Where are GAGs synthesized?

A

ER and Golgi

46
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What catalyzes elongation of GAGs in the Golgi?

A

glycosyl transferases

47
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What are the steps in proteoglycan synthesis?

A

1) Synthesis of amino sugar
2) Synthesis of acidic sugar
3) Synthesis of core protein
4) Synthesis of carbohydrate chain
5) Addition of sulfate group

48
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During proteoglycan synthesis, what is the sulfate donor?

A

PAPS

3-Phosphoadenosine 5-Phosphate

49
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What enzyme is required for the addition of sulfates during proteogylcan synthesis?

A

Sulfotransferase

50
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What is TFPI?

A

Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor
aka
Anti-thrombin III

51
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What is the main source of TFPI?

A

Endothelial cells

52
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When is TFPI activated?

A

When limited quantities of factor Xa are generated

53
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How does TFPI exhibit its effect?

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TFPI first binds to factor Xa, and then to tissue factor VIIa, thus forming an inactive quaternary complex.

54
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What induces the release of cell surface associated TFPI?

A

Heparin

55
Q

What does hyarluronic acid protect during ocular surgery?

A

Corneal endothelium

56
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How is hyaluronic acid used to treat patients with Osteoarthritis?

A

Intra-articluar injects = pallative effect

57
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How is hyaluronic acid useful postoperatively?

A

wound healing

anti-adhesive

58
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What can a defect in sulfation of GAGs lead to?

A

Chondodystrophy

59
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What is Chondodystrophy?

A

Disorder of the development and maintenance of the skeletal system

60
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Which GAG permits cell migration in the ECM?

A

hyaluronic acid in the ECM

61
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Describe glycoproteins

A

Mainly protein with some, often branched, sugars attached in O- or N-glycosylation. The amounts of carbohydrate is however very variable.

62
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What do glycoproteins function as?

A

Cell surface receptors
Blood group determinants
Collagen, Fibronectin
Protective Barrier

63
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  1. Are the sugars in blood group proteins linked in O-linkage or are they linked in N-linkage?
A

linked via O-linkage to proteins at their serine or threonine residues

64
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Is albumin a glycoprotein?

A

No, it is the exception

most other plasma proteins are glycoproteins

65
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What are mucins?

A

Large glycoproteins with negatively charged sialic acid

66
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What are other names for Salic Acid?

A

N-acetyl neuraminic acid

NANA

67
Q

What are the functions of mucins?

A
  • Trap water

- Serve as protective barriers

68
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What is the structure of mucins?

A

They have a long protein core and contain often negatively charged NANA
(N-acetylneuraminic acid or sialic acid) linked to single amino sugars

69
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What is the structure of Glycoproteins?

A

Oligosaccharide part (mixture of D-hexoses, NANA) + L-fucose (6-deoxy-L-galactose) (C6 has a methyl group)

70
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How are the oligosaccharides of glycoproteins attached to the protein?

A

N-glycosidic link

O-glycosidic link

71
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What amino acid makes up N-glycosidic link?

A

Asparagine

72
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What amino acids make up O-glycosidic link?

A

-OH group of Serine or Threonine

73
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What is the concept of O-glycosylation?

A

O-glycosylation is performed in the RER/Golgi and includes step by step linkage of activated sugars in an individual way.

74
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What is the concept of N-glycosylation?

A

N-glycosylation does not individually link sugars directly to the protein chain. Instead it uses a lipid bound in the ER membrane to form a precursor with several sugars that will be given in one step to proteins that are N-glycosylated

75
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What are two broad classes of N-linked Oligosaccharides?

A
  • Complex

- High Mannose

76
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What makes up complex N-linked oligosaccharides?

A

Diverse group of additional sugars:

  • N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc)
  • L-frucose (Fuc)
  • NANA
77
Q

To what region of Asparagine (Asn) are N-linked oligosaccharides attached?

A

Amide Nitrogen

78
Q

Glycosylation of O-linked glycoproteins occur where?

A

Golgi

79
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What is the main difference between N-linked glycosylation and O-linked glycosylation of glycoprotein synthesis?

A

N-linked glycoside biosynthesis uses lipid (dolichol) and phosphorylated lipid (dolichol phosphate)

80
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What’s special about the activated form of mannose in N-glycosylated glycoproteins?

A

Activated mannose is GDP-mannose, most other sugars are activated using UTP leading to UDP-sugars

81
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Regarding the biosynthesis of N-linked glycosides, what is the first step?

A

Protein in synthesized int he rER and enters lumen

82
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Regarding the biosynthesis of N-linked glycosides, what happens once the synthesized protein enters the lumen?

A

A lipid-linked oligosaccharide is constructed with dolichol

83
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Regarding the biosynthesis of N-linked glycosides, how is dolichol attached?

A

Through pyrophosphate linkage to oligosaccharide with N-acetylglucosamine, mannose and glucose

84
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Regarding the biosynthesis of N-linked glycosides, how are sugars added to dolichol?

A

By membrane bound glycosyltransferases

first N-acetylglucosamine, then mannose then glucose

85
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Regarding the biosynthesis of N-linked glycosides, how is the oligosaccharide transferred to protein?

A

Protein-oligosaccharide transferase present in ER

86
Q

Regarding the biosynthesis of N-linked glycosides, what happens after the N-linked Oligosaccharide is linked to the protein via Asn?

A

Processed by removal of specific mannosyl and glucosyl residues as glycoprotein moves through ER

87
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Regarding the biosynthesis of N-linked glycosides, where are oligosaccharide chains completed?

A

Golgi

88
Q

Regarding the biosynthesis of N-linked glycosides, how is it finally processed?

A

O-linked

89
Q

N-linked glycoproteins targeted to lysosomes are typically what?

A 
Hydrolytic enzymes such as:
Proteases
Lipases
Glucosidases
Nucleases
90
Q

What is I-cell disease?

A

Rare syndrome in which hydrolytic enzymes normally found lysosomes are absent.

91
Q

Individuals with I-cell disease lack what ability?

A

Enzymatic ability to phosphorylate mannose residues

92
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Are the enzymes needed for lysosomes made in patients with I-cell disease?

A

Yes, enzymes made but translocation ability deficient

enzyme ends up in plasma

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