Purine Metabolism Flashcards

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Hypoxathine

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Base found in inosine monophosphate, and intermediate in purine synthesis and degradation

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Xanthine

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Found in xanthosine MP, an intermediate in purine synthesis

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3
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Nucleoside

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Nitrogenous base+pentose sugar

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Nucleotide

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Nucleoside+phosphate groups

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5
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In humans, where are the enzymes necessary for de novo purine synthesis found?

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The cytoplasm

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De novo Purine Synthesis

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Adding carbon and nitrogen to a preformed ribose-5-phosphate

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Where do you get the ribose for purine synthesis?

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The HMP pathway gives you the ribose-5-phosphate

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What amino acids donate the nitrogens for purine synthesis?

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Glycine, glutamine, and aspartate.

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What donates the carbon needed for purine synthesis?

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Tetrahydrofolate (THF)

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PRPP

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5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate. Involved in the synthesis of purines, pyrimidines, and their degradation.

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What is the rate limiting/committed step for de novo purine synthesis?

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PRPP being helping to create 5’-phosphoribosylamine.

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What controls the first step in de novo purine synthesis?

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Concentrations of glutamine and PRPP

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13
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What is the first nucleotide made in de novo purine synthesis?

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IMP

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Why do sulfa drugs not interfere with human purine synthesis?

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Humans can’t synthesize folic acid. (Sulfa drugs affect the synthesis of folic acid in bacteria). They are competitive inhibitors.

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How does methotrexate work?

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Inhibit the synthesis of THF, which slows DNA replication (not enough purines available). Helps treat cancer. Competitively inhibits the enzyme dihydrofolate reductase. It is a structural analog of folic acid.

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Trimethoprim

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Inhibits THF synthesis via dihydrofolate reductase in prokaryotes only

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Megablastic Anemias

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First sign of a folate deficiency. Hemoglobin levels are low and bone marrow shows abnormally high number of megaloblastic cells.

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Sulfonamides

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PABA analogues that inhibit the synthesis of folate in bacteria.

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What do you need to synthesize AMP from IMP?

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GTP and adenylosuccinate synthetase

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What do you need to convert IMP to GMP?

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ATP and GMP synthetase

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Mycophenolic Acid

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Inhibits inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase. Anti-rejection drug as it stops B and T cells from proliferating.

22
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Purine salvage: What two enzymes are involved?

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HGPRT and APRT

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Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome and the salvage pathway

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LN is caused by a deficiency of HGPRT, meaning it can’t salvage hypoxanthine or guanine, leading to an increase of uric acid.

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What was HGPRT do?

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Converts hypoxanthine to IMP and guanine to GMP

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What does APRT do?
Convert adenine to AMP
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what is characteristic of Lesch-Nyhan in babies?
Orange crystals in diaper due to excess uric acid.
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What are purines degraded to?
Uric acid
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What happens to ribose and deoxyribose during purine degradation?
They are absorbed into the intestinal mucosa and returned to the circulation
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ADA and SCIDS
Adenosine deaminase deficiency. Without ADA you cannot turn adenosine into inosine, leading to a buildup of dATP which stops DNA synthesis in T and B cells.
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PNP Deficiency
Purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency causes impairment of T-cell function. Decrease uric acid production and increase in purine production.
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Colchicine
Microtubule inhibitor that inhibits migration of white cells to joins where uric acid crystals are phagocytized.
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Allopurinol
Treatment of gout. Non-competitive inhibitor of xanthine oxidase. Causes excretion of hypoxanthine and xanthine instead of urate.
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Where do you get the carbons for pyrimidine synthesis?
Aspartic acid
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Where do you get the nitrogen for pyrimidine synthesis?
Glutamine
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What is the rate limiting step for pyrimidine synthesis?
Synthesis of carbamoyl phosphate from glutamine and CO2 CPS II
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Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase II
CPS II. Involved in pyrimidine synthesis. Used glutamine as the source of nitrogen. Occurs in the cytoplasm of all nucleated cells. Inhibited by UDP and UTP.
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Orotic Aciduria
Causes abnormal growth, megaloblastic anemia, and excretion of large amounts of orotic acid in urine. Caused by a deficiency in orotate phosphoribosyltransferase and OMP.
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Synthesis of CTP from UTP
UMP-->UDP-->UTP (by kinases)--->CTP by CTP synthase
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Ribonuelctoide Diphosphate Reductase
Enzyme that catalyzes the reaction of ribonuelceotides to deoxyribonucleotides
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What inhibits ribonuelceotide Diphosphate reductase?
dATP and hydroxyurea
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Synthesis of thymidine MP
Thymidylate synthase uses THF to produce dTMP from dUMP
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5-Fluorouracil
Uracil analog. Anti-cancer drug that blocks dTMP production.