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Tornheim NTs Flashcards

1
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Nucleotide combination

A

Base + Ribose + Phosphates

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2
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Uracil

Base, Nucleoside, NT?

A

Uracil, Uridine, Uridylate (-ic acid)

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Cytosine

Base, Nucleoside, NT?

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Cytosine, Cytidine, Cytidylate

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Hypoxanthine

Base, Nucleoside, NT?

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Hypoxanthine, Inosine, Inosinate

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Xanthine

Base, Nucleoside, NT?

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Xanthine, Xanthosine, Xanthylate

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6
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PRPP Synthetase Inhibitors

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4 products: IMP, AMP, GMP, GDP
and ADP
- basically inhibited by products

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PRPP Aminotransferase Inhibitors

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4 products: IMP, AMP, GMP, GDP
and ADP, ATP, GTP
- basically inhibited by products

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8
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Adenylosuccinate Synthetase Inhibitor

A

AMP

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9
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IMP DH Inhibitor

A

GMP

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10
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Describe the purine salvage pathways

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1) Hypoxanthine or Guanine to IMP or GMP
2) Adenine to AMP

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11
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What does Ribonucleotide Reductase do?

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rDNP to dDNP

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12
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What does the first site of ribonucleotide reductase do?

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Binding of dATP inhibits the enzyme

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13
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What does the second site of ribonucleotide reductase do?

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  • Binding of dATP/ATP causes reduction of UDP and GDP
  • dTTP reduction of GDP, inhibits UDP, CDP
  • dGTP reduction of ADP
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14
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Dihydrofolate Reductase Inhibitors

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Aminopterin, Amethopterin (Methotrexate)
- these are folate analogs

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15
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What is special about dTMP

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It is only used in DNA, so its a good target for chemotherapy

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16
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Absence of HGPRT causes

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Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
- symptoms: gout, self-mutilation, intellectual disability

17
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3 ways that chemotherapy works

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1) Blocks NT biosynthesis
2) Kills proliferating cells
3) Blocks DNA replication (NT analogues)

18
Q

Folate antagonists (Methotrexate) mechanism

A

Kill proliferating cells

19
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Fluorouracil, Fluorodeoxyuridine mechanism

A

Block NT biosynthesis

20
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AraC, AraA, 5-iododeoxyuridine mechanism

A

Inhibit chain elongation as NT analogues
- arabinose analogue of deoxycytosine and deoxyadenine
- araA is a more potent inhibitor of viral polymerase vs the host polymerase

21
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Acyclovir, Gancyclovir, AZT mechanism of action

A

Nucleoside analogues which act as chain terminators
- lack 3’ OH group

22
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Why can Acyclovir, Gancylovir and 5-iododeoxyuridine be used to treat HPV?

A

They are activated via phosphorylation by the viral kinase, providing for selectivity

23
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Which drugs are used to treat viral encephalitis?

A

araA
- more potent inhibitor of viral polymerase vs host polymerase

24
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Which drugs are used to treat AIDS

A

AZT, dideoxy C and I

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