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Nucleotide Metabolism Flashcards

1
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What are the components of a nucleotide?

A

sugar, nitrogenous base, and phosphate group

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What are the names of all the nucleotides?

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adenosine monophosphate
guanosine monophosphate
inosine monophosphate

cytidine monophosphate
uridine monophosphate
thymidine monophosphate

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3
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What are the components of a nucleoside?

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sugar, nitrogenous base

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what are the names of all the nucleosides?

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adenosine
guanosine
inosine

cytidine
uridine
thymidine

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5
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What are the names of the nucleic acids?

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adenine
guanine
hypoxanthine

thymine
uracil
cytosine

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6
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Which nucleic acid is the only nucleic acid that is NOT part of DNA?

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Uracil

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7
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What are the specific roles/functions of nucleotides and nucleosides in metabolism?

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  1. ) They act as co-substrates for many rxns
  2. ) They are components of cofactors
  3. ) Play a regulatory role in cellular signaling (cAMP, cGMP)
  4. ) Make important biomolecules (Vitamin B12)
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What is the order of component addition for De Novo Purine Synthesis?

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  1. ) Sugar Activation

2. ) Nitrogenous Base Building

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What is the order of component addition for De Novo Pyrimidine Synthesis?

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  1. ) Build the Nitrogenous Base

2. ) Add Sugar Ring

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10
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What are the sources of the pyrimidine nitrogenous ring?

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Asparagine, Glutamate, HCO3-: N5,N10-Methylene THF

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What are the sources of the purine nitrogenous ring?

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Asparagine, Glutamate, Glycine, N10-Formyl THF, CO2

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In order to get to the precursor nucleotide for purine synthesis of AMP + GMP, what is the ATP requirement?

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4 ATP/ IMP

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In order to get to the precursor nucleotide for pyrimidine synthesis of CMP + TMP, what is the ATP requirement?

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3 ATP/UMP

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14
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Tell me the stages of Purine Anabolism

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  1. ) R-5-P activation–> PRPP
  2. ) PRPP–> Phosphoribosylamine
  3. ) Addition of Gln, Asn, Gly, CO2, N5,N10-Methylene THF to create hypoxanthine base to get IMP
  4. ) IMP–> GMP or AMP
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15
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What is the committed step of purine anabolism?

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GLUTAMINE: PHOSPHORIBSOYL PYROPHOSPHATE TRANSAMINASE

The activation of the PRPP ring with NH3

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16
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What is the name of the TCA intermediate that if fed into the TCA cycle during the creation of AMP?

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Fumarate

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17
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IMP is converted to Adenylosuccinate Monophosphate through through which enzyme?

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ADENYLOSUCCINATE SYNTHETASE

18
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What enzyme converts IMP–> XMP?

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IMP Dehydrogenase

19
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What enzyme converts Xanthine monophosphate to GMP?

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GMP Synthetase

20
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what is the role of a nucleotide reductase in nucleotide anabolism?

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It reduces the 2’ OH group to a 2’ H group which creates a deoxyribonucleic acids.

21
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How does Methotrexate inhibit purine synthesis? What is it?

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Methotrexate is an anti-cancer drug that works as a competitive inhibitor to folic acid by competing for DHF reductases active site. This causes decreased production of IMP–> decreased purine synthesis.

Km of Methotrexate –> 100x AFFINITY compared to FOLIC ACID

22
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Why are sulfa drugs like sulfanamides (sulfa drugs) used so heavily for the treatment of a bacterial infection?

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Sulfanimides (sulfa drugs) selectively work on bacterial cell processes of THF production by prohibiting the binding of PABA to create folic acid–> stopping cell division through lack of nucleotide synthesis.

23
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What is the idea of cross regulation and how does that pertain to AMP/GMP synthesis?

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Cross regulation is the idea that AMP synthesis is regulated by [GTP]. Enzymes like adenylosuccinate synthetase + adenylosuccinase –> (+) GTP

GMP Synthesis via IMP Dehydrogenase & GMP Synthetase IS regulated by ATP.

24
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What is the function of phosphodiesterases?

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Cleaves the phosphodiester bonds formed between the 5’ Phosphate and the 3’ OH groups.

25
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What is the function of nucleotidases?

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Cleaves nucleotides–> nucleosides + Pi

26
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What is the function of nucleosidases?

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Cleaves nucleosides–> nucleic acid + sugar

27
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What are the names of the enzymes that are very important to purine salvage pathway and how do they work?

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HGPRT Enzyme (Hypoxanthine & Guanine)
 APRT Enzyme (Adenine)-->
Use PRPP + nucleic acid--> nucleotide + PPi
28
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What is the committed step in Human Pyrimidine Synthesis?

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Creation of Carbamoyl P via Carbomyl Synthase II

29
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What is the committed step in Bacterial Pyrimidine Synthesis?

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Creation of N-carbamoylaspartate via ATCase (aspartate transcarbamoylase)

30
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What are the major steps in De Novo Pathway for pyrimidine synthesis?

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  1. ) Build the Orotate Ring in the mitochondria
  2. ) Add the PRPP to Orotate Ring in the Cytosol
  3. ) Create UMP in Cytosol as a result–> dTMP, CTP
31
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What enzyme converts UTP–> CTP?

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CTP synthase

32
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What enzyme converts UDP–> dUDP?

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Ribonucleotide Reductase

33
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What enzyme converts dUMP–> dTMP?

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Thymidylate Synthase

34
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What is the affect of 5-flourouracil? What is it used for?

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5-Florouracil is used as an anti-cancer drug that stops thymidylate synthase from producing dTMP–> STOPS DNA PRODUCTION

35
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What is the affect of acyclovir? What is it used for?

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Acyclovir is an antiviral drug used to inhibit thymidine kinase which makes dTMP–> dTDP–>dTTP

36
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what is the function of ribonucleases/ deoxyribonucleases?

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Breaks oligonucleotides–> shorter nucleotides sequences

37
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What is Oritic Aciduria and how do you treat it?

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Orotic Aciduria is the build up of orotate because a dysfunction in UMP synthase enzyme.

**Causes megalobastic anemia!

It can be compensated by Uridine/UMP supplementation

38
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What is Adenosine Deaminase (ADA)?

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ADA is a molecule that reduces AMP–>Adenosine

39
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What happens due to overproduction of Adenosine Deaminase?

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Cells do NOT have enough AMP because all the enzymes (ADA) are converting Adenosine to Inosine.

40
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what happens due to underproduction of Adenosine Deaminase?

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SCID Disorder

41
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What is Xanthine Oxidase and how does it relate to GOUT Disease.

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Xanthine Oxidase is a purine salvage enzyme that breaks down Hypoxanthine–> Xanthine & Xanthine–> Uric Acid.

The accumulation of Uric Acid causes gout crystals that build up in joints of the big toe and hands.

(METATARSAL PHALYNGEAL JOINT)

42
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What is Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome?

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Lesch Nyan syndrome is a defect in HGPRT enzyme that converts nucleic acids–> nucleosides especially hypoxanthine–>IMP and guanine–> GMP.

When HGPRT enzyme is affected–> build up HYPOXANTHINE–> URIC ACID BUILD UP ( INCREASED XANTHINE OXIDASE ACTIVITY)

Sx: Self-Mutilation, kidney stones, poor muscle control, mental retardation, etc.

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