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Week 3: Amino Acid Digestion & Absorption Flashcards

1
Q

What must happen to proteins for them to be absorbed?

A

digested into amino acids

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2
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Amino acid chemical structure

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3
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What hydrolyzes a peptide bond?

A

Proteases

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4
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Describe a peptide bond

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5
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Where do proteases come from?

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Synthesized and secreted by the pancreas due to CCK stimulation

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6
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What is the primary protease from the pancreas?

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Trypsinogen

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7
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Describe the function of trypsinogen

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is inactive when secreted from the pancreas

Is activated by?

Trypsinogen -enterokinase (enteropeptidase)-> Typsin

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8
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Trypsinogen is activated by?

A

Enterokinase (enteropeptidase)

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9
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Enterokinase AKA

A

Enteropeptidase

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10
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Enteropeptidase AKA

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Enterokinase

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11
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Where is Enterokinase located?

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transmembrane protein on the intestinal luminal membrane to prevent activation of trypsinogen into trypsin in a location where it could cause damage to cells

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12
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What is an endoprotease?

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cleaves a peptide internally away from the ends

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13
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What is an exoprotease?

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Cleaves a peptide on the ends

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14
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What is a zymogen?

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exo or endoproteases that are inactive but can become activated by enterokinases

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15
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Enterokinase function

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Activates all proteases or zymogens to their active form

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16
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How do Amino acids get into cells?

A

amino acids are polar and therefore can’t diffuse through membranes

They use Na+AA symporters driven by Na+K+ ATPase to provide the concentration gradient of Na+ needed to pull AAs into the enterocytes

17
Q

Negatively charged AAs

A

Glutamate

Aspartic acid

18
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Positively charged AAs

A

Histidine (very pH dependent)

Argynine

Lysine

19
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Hydrophobic AAs

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  • glycine (Gly)
  • alanine (Ala)
  • valine (Val)
  • leucine (Leu)
  • isoleucine (Ile)
  • proline (Pro)
  • phenylalanine (Phe)
  • methionine (Met)
  • tryptophan (Trp)
20
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Polar AAs

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  • serine (Ser)
  • threonine (Thr)
  • cysteine (Cys)
  • asparagine (Asn)
  • glutamine (Gln)
  • tyrosine (Tyr)
21
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Classes of AA transporters

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  • positively charged transporters
  • negatively charged transporters
  • aromatic transporters
  • hydrophobic transporters
  • di + tri-peptide transporters
22
Q

What are brush border peptidases?

A

located on the brush-border luminal surface and assist in digesting di or tri peptides

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