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Metabolism 11: Purine and Pyrimidine Nucleotide Metabolism Flashcards

1
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Which bases are purines?

A

Adenine

Guanine

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2
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Which bases are pyrimidines?

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Cytosine
Urasil
Thymine

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3
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Where do the atoms in the purine ring structure come from?

A

3 amino acids (glycine, glutamine, aspartate)
CO2
FH4 (tetrahydrofolate) derivative

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4
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What is the precursor for purine biosynthesis and where does it come from?

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Ribose-5-phosphate from the pentose phosphate pathway

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5
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How is the purine ring built?

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Built up atom by atom on top of ribose

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6
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What is the first step in purine biosynthesis

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Activation of R5P to get PRPP (Pyrophosphate from ATP)

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What is the second step in purine biosynthesis?

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Formation of 5-phosphoribosylamine using the amino group of glutamine

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8
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What enzyme catalyzes the second step in purine biosynthesis

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Glutamine PRPP Amidotransferase

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9
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What is the committed and major regulated step in purine biosynthesis

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The 2nd step using glutamine PRPP amidotransferase to generate 5-phosphoribosylamine

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10
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What is eventually formed in step 11 of the purine biosynthesis pathway?

A

Nucleotide IMP (inosinic acid) that is the precursor for both AMP and GMP

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11
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Once we create AMP and GMP via purine biosynthesis, how do we get the di and tri phosphate derivatives?

A

Through phosphorylation -> ADP,GDP -> ATP,GTP

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12
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How is the enzyme glutamine PRPP amidotransferase regulated?

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+: PRPP (feed forward activation)

-: IMP, GMP, AMP (Negative feedback inhib)

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13
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How are normal tissues and tumors different with regards to purine biosynthesis?

A

Tumors are highly dependent on purine biosynthesis to produce purine nucleotides for DNA/RNA synthesis

Normal tissue are less dependent on de novo synthesis and prefer recycling existing purine bases by a salvage pathway

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14
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What is the idea of a drug inhibiting purine biosynthesis?

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It will be more toxic to tumor cells than most normal cells due to their dependent on purine biosynthesis for DNA/RNA syntehsis

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15
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What is 6-mercaptopurine?

A

Antitumor agent that is converted to a nucleotide and then inhibits enzymes in the purine biosynthetic pathway.

Used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia

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16
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What are the sources of the atoms in the pyrimidine ring structure?

A

Glutamine, aspartate, CO2

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17
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What is the regulated step in pyrimidine biosynthesis?

A

Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase II

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18
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How is the pyrimidine nucleotide formed?

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Pyrimidine ring structure formed first and then added to ribose-5-phosphate

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19
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What is the precursor for synthesis of all the other pyrimidine nucleotides?

A

UMP

20
Q

What is Leflunomide?

A

Immunosuppressive drug for treating rheumatoid arthritis.

Blocks pyrimidine biosynthesis by inhibiting dihydroorotate dehydrogenase

21
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How is dTMP synthesized?

A

From dUMP and N5N10 methylene tetrahydrofolate using the enzyme thymidylate synthase

22
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What enzyme catalyzes the conversion of dUMP to dTMP?

A

Thymidylate Synthase

23
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What is a byproduct of dTMP synthesis that is toxic?

A

dihydrofolate: it is toxic and must be converted back to tetrahydrofolate by dihydrofolate reductase for use again in purine/pyrimidine biosynthesis

24
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What enzyme converts dihydrofolate back to tetrahydrofolate?

A

dihydrofolate reductase

25
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What is methotrexate?

A

Antitumor drug that acts as a Competitive inhibitor of dihydrofolate reductase that causes a buildup of the toxic byproduct dihydrofolate leading to tetrahydrofolate deficiency in cells

26
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What is 5-fluorouracil?

A

Antitumor drug that is converted to f-dUMP and acts as a pseudosubstrate to covalently bind and inhibit thymidylate synthase

27
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What does ribonucleotide reductase do?

A

Acts on ADP, GDP, CDP, or UDP to form the deoxyribonucleoside forms (dADP, dGDP, dCDP, dUDP) by replacing 2’ OH group with H

28
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What cofactor is needed for ribonucleotide reductase

A

Thioredoxin

29
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What phase of the cell cycle does DNA synthesis occur?

A

S Phase

30
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When do concentrations of the deoxyribonucleotides rise?

A

During S Phase

31
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When do the enzymes of purine/pyrimidine biosynthesis increase?

A

Late G1/Early S1 phases

32
Q

Which enzymes increase in levels during late G1 Early S phase and correlate with tumor growth rate?

A

Ribonucleotide Reductase

Thymidilate Synthase

33
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What degrades DNA/RNA from diet and mRNA in cells to bases?

A

Nucleases ->nucleotidases ->nucleosidephosphorylases -> Bases (uracil, thymine, guanine, hypoxanthine)

34
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What happens to most free purine bases produced in cell from the degradation of mRNA?

A

90% are reused rather than degraded

35
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What is the salvage pathway?

A

pathway used to reutilize bases instead of having them degraded

36
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What causes Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome?

A

Deficiency in HGPRTase leading to neurological problems and gout

37
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What does the HGPRTase enzyme do?

A

Convert hypoxanthine and guanine to IMP and GMP using PRPP (Activated form of R5P)

38
Q

10% of purine base formed from mRNA catabolism forms what?

A

Uric Acid

39
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What is uric acid?

A

Final product of purine degradation that is excreted

40
Q

What does xanthine oxidase do?

A

Convert hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid

41
Q

What is the predominant form of uric acid in blood pH?

A

Urate

42
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What is the predominant form of uric acid in urine pH?

A

Uric Acid

43
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Which is more soluble urate or uric acid?

A

Urate

44
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How does gout occur?

A

Due to overproduction or underexcretion of uric acid

45
Q

What is hyperuricemia?

A

Elevated urate in blood. Can lead to deposition of sodium urate crystals in joints and cause painful inflammatory response

46
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What is hyperuricosuria?

A

Elevated uric acid in urine. Can lead to deposition of uric acid stones in kidney

47
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What is allopurinol and what does it treat?

A

Treats gout by inhibiting xanthine oxidase
Inhibits formation of xanthing from hypoxanthine and uric acid from xanthine This reduces urate and uric acid levels in blood and urin

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