Test Flashcards
Which amino acids are strictly ketogenic?
Leucine and Lysine
Which amino acids are strictly glucogenic?
Met, His, Val
Describe the flow of nitrogen from an amino acid to urea.
Amino Acid Nitrogen is transfered to AKG to become glutamate (by amino transferase)
- May go to glutamate dehydrogenase and be released as NH3 (which is used by carbamoyl phosphate synthase) OR
- Aspartate can put a nitrogen into the Urea Cycle on its own.
- End up as Urea
Which disease is the result of a defect of branched chain amino acid metabolism?
Maple Syrup Urine Disease
What special jobs do sulphur containing compounds do?
S-adenosylmethionine(SAM) – energy source and methyl donor
Homocysteine – vascular disease, would healing, B12 and folate metabolism
Cysteine – disulfide bonds
Tetrahydrofolate – methyl donor
Glutathione – redox buffer (protects free radical injury)
A homeless man comes to your clinic with swollen gums, mucosal bleeding, poor wound healing, and petichiae. What amino acids are defficient in this disease process?
This is scurvey a Vitamin C deficiency.
Vit C is necessary for production of hydroxyproline and hydroxylysine
A defect in Gamma-carboxyglutamate leads to what?
Decreased prothrombin. Increased bleeding.
G-glutamyl carboxylase converts Glu to Gamma-carboxyglutamate with VItamin K as a cofactor.
Which cofactor is required for aminotransferase action?
Pyridoxal phosphate (B6 or PLP)
Which mechanism of protein degradation is ATP dependant: lysosomal or ubiquination?
Ubiquitin-proteasome system is ATP dependant.
AST and ALT are liver makers used to detect damage. What are the substrates and products of each enzyme?
How are these enzymes regulated?
ALT (alanine–> pyruvate)
AST (aspartate–>oxaloacetate)
Regulated by concentrations of products and reactants
What are the reactants and products for the Urea Cycle?
3ATP + HCO3 +NH4 + asp –>
2ADP + AMP + 2 Pi + PPi + fumarate +urea
What are the sources of Nitrogen for the Urea Cycle?
Aspartate and free ammonia (carbamoyl phosphate)
How is the first enzyme of the Urea Cycle regulated?
Carbamoyl phosphate Synthase I:
Activated by N-Acetylglutamate
How is the enzyme that frees nitrogen from Glutamine regulated?
Glutamine Dehydrogenase:
+ by ADP and GTP and concentrations
- by ATP and GTP (via allosteric regulation)
- Inhibited by fed state (no protein breakdown necessary)
Which amino acids are used to transport ammonia in the blood? Which is more specific to the muscle?
- Glutamine (most tissues)
- Alanine (muscle via the Cori Cycle)
- Cori cycle uses alanine–> pyruvate–> glucose for muslce energy
Why are Lysine and leucine deemed ketogenic amino acids?
They can only be broken down into Acytyl COA and other keytone bodies (which produce no net glucose)
What are the clinical symptoms of the Urea Cycle Disorder: hyperammonemia?
. Slurring speech, asterixis (hand flapping), cerebral edema, vomitting, blurry vision.
May be caused by liver damage or enzymatic deficiencies.
Match each of the following with its proper function:
TSH, Thyroid peroxiase, Thyroglobulin (TG), Thyroxin binding globulin (TBG)
A. Oxidizes I- to I2
B. Contains Tyr residues that are iodinated to form T4,T3
C. Stimulates Iodide(I-) uptake and release of T4,T3
D. Transports T4,T3
TSH – stimulates Iodide(I-) uptake and release of T4,T3
Thyroid peroxidase oxidizes I- to I2
Thyroglobin (Tg) contains Tyr that is iodinated to form T4,T3
Thyroxin bindin globulin (TBG) transports T4,T3
How is Heme synthesis regulated? What is the building block of heme?
- Lead inhibits ALA-D and Ferrochelatase (last couple enzymes in heme synthesis)
- Heme= end product inhibition
Pyroles make up the ring structure of heme
What is the cause of neonatal jaundice. What do you expect to find?
Bilirubin glucuronyl-transferase is low in infants –> jaundice
High unconjugated Bilirubin, low conjugated bilirubin, light colored poop.
What do you expect to find in cases of hemolytic anemia?
High unconjugated Bilirubin, High conjugated bilirubin, DARK colored poop.
What is the relationship between cystine and glutathione? How does each combat oxidative stress?
- Glutathione (made of Glu, Cys, Gly) keeps heme reduced and is an antioxidant.
- Decreased in G6PD–> hemolytic anemia
- Cystine: can form disulfide bonds
Describe Met, its relation to SAM and the energy provided in SAM.
- Met is essential
- Used to produce S-adenosylmethionine (SAM)
- SAM used to produce Cys
- SAM is high energy molecule like ATP
A patient is with poor nutrition is found to have high levels of homocysteine in the blood. What is the name of the condition and how do you treat it?
Hyperhomocystinemia
Treat with B6, B12 and Folate (as it is a result of these vitamin deficiencies)
How does homocystineuria differ from Hyperhomocysteinemia?
Which amino acid(s) become essential
How do you treat homocystineuria
- Homocystineuria is a genetic defect in cystathione b-synthase deficiency (takes HC–> cystine).
- Cystine becomes essential for both
- Treat with B6, and Betanine and decrease methionine
Which vitamin is required to synthesize cysteine from homocystine?
Which vitamin is required to synthesize Methionine from homocystine?
Cystine: B6 + csytathione b-synthase (CBS)
Methionine: B12 + methionine synthase
Metionine almost has 12 letters in it. Cystine almost has 6
A patient is noted to have, kidney failure and kidney stones along with amino acids and hexagonal crystals in the urine. What caused this? How do you treat it?
Cystinuria: Defect in the renal PCT and AA transporter that transports Cystine, Ornathine, Lysine, Arginine.
Treat with Acetazolamide
What are important molecules derived from Trp?
Serotonin, Melatonin, Niacin
List two key differences between the synthesis of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides.
What are the two regulatory steps in purine synthesis?
- PRPP synthase (activates ribose by putting on a pyrophosphate P-P)
- Glutamine Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate amiontransferase (places first nitrogen on ribose from glutamine)
How is the first step in purine synthesis regulated?
Activated by Pi (needs phosphates to add to ribose)
Inhibited by Purine Ribonucleotides
How is the second step of purine synthesis regulated?
Activated by i_ncreased PRPP_ (activated ribose)
Inhibited by AMP, GMP, IMP
When making GMP/AMP where does the energy source come from?
When making GMP/AMP, the energy source comes from what’s opposite (ie, ATP is used to make GTP and vice versa)
What is the pathway of adenosine degradation? Name the substrates and key enzymes.
A–>Inosine –>hypoxanthine–>xanthine–>uric acid
- Adenosine deaminase takes A–>I*
- Xanthine oxidase does the rest.*
Name the agent and theraputic target for gout treament.
Allopurinol
Inhibits xanthine oxidase and the formation of uric acid
A baby has been diagnosed with failure to thrive, chronic diarrhea, thrush and recurrent infections. What is going on?
This is Severe combined Immunodeficiency, most likely caused by adeonsine deaminase deficiency.
- ADA Deficiency–>
- buildup of dATP (inability to get rid of adenosine) –>
- inhibits nucleotide reductase–>
- inhibits dNTP synthesis
How do AMP and GMP degredation differ?
Adenosine is metabolized to Inosine
Guanosine is metabolized to Xanthine
Where do the carbons in purines come from?
Glutamine, Glucine and Aspartate.
Notice purines are G and A
A man comes into the ER with symptoms of mental disturbances, gout and self mutalation. What is going on here? What causes this? What is the hereditary pattern?
- This is most likely Lesch Nyhan Syndrome.
- LNS is caused by a deficiency in the HGPRT enzyme in the purine salvage pathway.
- This leads to wasting of purines and excess uric acid production.
- XR
Which drug is known to inhibit de novo purine synthesis?
6-Mercaptopurine
it caps the purine synthesis
What is the key regulated step in pyrimidine synthesis? How is it regulated
- Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase II
- makes carbamoyl phosphate–>makes orotic acid–> UMP
- Activated by PRPP (sugar)
- Inhibited by UTP (end product)
What regulates the enzyme that converts NTPs –> dNTPs?
Ribonucleotide Reductase
Activated by ATP
Inhibited by dATP (and other end products)
What is the difference between U and T? What is the source of this molecule? What inhibits this conversion?
A methyl group that comes from THF.
Regeneration of THF (dihydrofolate reductase) is Inhibited by methyltrexate (trax of methyl group)
Conversion of dUMP to dTMP is also inhibited by 5 FU (via thymidolate synthase)
Where in the pathway does dNTP synthesis branch off?
UDP
What are common symptoms/causes of Urea Cycle Disorders?
a. Infection/illness, fever, GI bleeding, vomiting, chemotherapy, surgery,
b. Postpartum
c. Intense exercise
d. Dietary protein load
e. Meds (valproate, peg asparaginase)
f. UTI (urea producing bateria)
What is the most common UCD?
Ornathine Transcarbamylase deficiency.
OTC converts ornathine to citrulline
What is important to know about OTC? Inheretance, screening, diagnostic test?
- Inheretance
- XR (only one in UCDs)
- screening
- NONE
- diagnostic test
- Orotic Acid in blood.