Protein (Part 3)

Question 1

Purines & Pyrimidines are also known as?

Answer 1

Nucleic Acid Bases (from DNA & RNA)

Question 2

What are the 3 amino acids that make make up Purines?

Answer 2

Adenine
Guanine
Inosine

Question 3

Purines are excreted in the form of?

Answer 3

Uric Acid

Question 4

Purines are synthesized from ribose-P of _______ and several other donors.

Answer 4

HMP Shunt

Question 5

What are the 3 amino acids that make make up Pyrimidines?

Answer 5

Uracil
Cytosine
Thymine

Question 6

What two amino acids are especially important in Pyrimidine synthesis?

Answer 6

Glutamine
Aspartate

Question 7

DNA Replication, Transcription, Translation, and Post-Translational Modification are all functions of protein synthesis from?

Answer 7

Purines & Pyrimidines

Question 8

DNA Replication is the process of?

Answer 8

DNA Replicates to increase the amount of DNA

Question 9

Transcription is the process of?

Answer 9

DNA used as a template to make RNA

Question 10

Translation is the process of?

Answer 10

RNA codes (nucleic acid language to amino acid language) for protein synthesis

Question 11

Post-Translational Modification is the process of?

Answer 11

Glycosylation, Methylation, S-S Bond Formation

Question 12

Branched Chain Amino Acids are not catabolized by ____ & mainly go directly where?

Answer 12

Not Catabolized by Liver & Go directly to muscle

Question 13

The formation of urea allows the body to rid itself of?

Answer 13

Nitrogen