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Biochemistry
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02/29/2012

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Term
Lactic acidosis and neurologic defecits in an alcoholic
Definition
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Def.
Term

COPI trafficking?

 

COPII trafficking?

Definition

COPI - retrograde (Golgi→ER)

 

COPII - anterograde (RER→cis-Golgi)

Term

Intermediate Filaments and where they stain

(stains key for marking tumors):

Definition
  • Vimentin - CT (sarcomas, some carcinomas)
  • Desmin - muscle (rhabdomyosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma)
  • Cytokeratin - epithelial cells (carcinomas mainly)
  • GFAP - neuroglia (ex: astrocytoma, ependymoma)
  • Neurofilament - neurons (adrenal neuroblastoma, PNETs)
Term
Angelman's syndrome
Definition

deletion of normally active maternal allele (imprinting)

-on ch 15

Si/Sx: metnal retardation, siezures, ataxia, inappropriate laughter ("happy puppet")

Term
Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
Definition

Mitochondrial Inheritance

 

degeneration of retinal ganglion cells and axons → acute loss of central vision

Term
X-linked recessive disorders
Definition

Bruton's agammaglobulinemia, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, Fabry's dz, G6PD def., Ocular Albinism, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, Hunter's syndrome, Hemophilia A & B

 

 

"Be Wise, Fool's GOLD Heeds Hope"

 

*assoc. Becker's muscular dystrophy w/ Duchenne's too

*Chronic Granulomatous dz is X-linked recessive in ~70% of cases

Term

Edward's (trisomy 18)

vs.

Patau's (trisomy 13)

Definition

Both: severe mental retardation, rocker-bottom feet, ocngenital heart dz, death w/i 1 yr of birth


  • Edwards: micrognathia, clenched hands, low-set ears, prominent occiput
  • Patau's: cleft lip/palate, holoprosencephaly, polydactyly, microcephaly, microphthalmia
Term

TPP is cofactor for what 4 enzymes?

(Thiamine/Vit B1 → TPP)

Definition
  1. Pyruvate dehydrogenase (glycolysis)
  2. α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase (TCA cycle)
  3. Transketolase (HMP shunt)
  4. Branched-chain AA dehydrogenase
Term
Biotin is a cofactor for what 3 main enzymes?
Definition

Carboxylation enzymes (addition of a 1-carbon group):

  1. Pyruvate carboxylase (pyruvate → oxaloacetate)
  2. Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (Acetyl-CoA → malonyl-CoA)
  3. Propionyl-CoA carboxylase (propionyl-CoA → methylmalonyl-CoA)

 

Term
Mitochondria metabolic rxns
Definition
  • Fatty acid oxidation (β-oxidation)
  • acetyl-CoA production
  • TCA cycle
  • oxidative phosphorylation
  • ketone synthesis
  • CPS I and ornithine transcarbamoylase (OTC) of urea cycle

 

Term
Cytoplasmic metabolic rxns
Definition
  • glycolysis
  • fatty acid synthesis
  • HMP shunt
  • protein syn (RER)
  • steroid syn (SER)
Term
2 purely ketogenic aa's and their use?
Definition

Lysine and Leucine

 

Used to Tx Pyruvate Dehydrogenase def. 

(diet of high fat content also used in Tx of PDH def.)

Term
Uncoupling agents (of oxidative phosphorylation)
Definition

2,4-DNP

aspirin (fevers occur after aspirin OD)

thermogenin (aka UCP1, in brown fat)

Term

ATPase inhibitor

 

Definition
Oligomycin
Term

Electron Transport Inhibitors

(by complex)

Definition
  • I - amytal, rotenone, MPP
  • III - antimycin A
  • IV - H2S, CO, CN-, Azide (N3-) - "4 -ides for IV"
Term

Si/Sx of Ammonia intox.

 

Tx of hyperammonemia

Definition

Si/Sx: tremor (asterixis), slurring of speech, somnolence, vomiting, cerebral edema, blurring of vision


Tx:

if due to liver dz = lactulose

if due to urea cycle enzyme deficiencies = benzoate or phenylbutyrate

Term
Phenylalanine derivatives:
Definition

phenylalanine→tyrosine→Dopa→Dopamine→NE→Epi



*tyrosine→thyroxine

*Dopa→melanin

Term
Tryptophan derivatives
Definition

tryptophan→ niacin (→NAD/NADP)

*requires B6


tryptophan → serotonin (→melatonin)

*requires BH4

Term
Histidine derivatives
Definition

histidine → histamine

*requires B6

 

Term
Glycine derivatives
Definition

glycine → porphyrin (→heme)

*requires B6

Term
Arginine derivatives
Definition

creatine

urea

nitric oxide (NO)

Term
Glutamate derivatives
Definition

glutmate → GABA

*via glutamate decarboxylase - requires B6


glutamate → glutathione




*no B6 → no GABA → seizures/convulsion

Term

Catecholamine Synthesis

(main 3 enzymes)

Definition
  1. phenylalanine → tyrosine     (phenylalanine hydroxylase)
  2. tyrosine → dopa     (tyrosine hydroxylase - rate limiting)
  3. dopa → dopamine     (dopa decarboxylase - *requires B6; inhibited by carbidopa)
Term
Carnitine deficiency
Definition

hypoketotic hypoglycemia, weakness, and hypotonia

 

-due to inability to transport LCFAs into mitochondria → toxic accumulation

 

*sidenote: Malonyl-CoA inhibits the carnitine shuttle

Term
Which monosaccharide has the highest rate of metabolism in the glycolytic pathway?
Definition

Fructose

*b/c can bypass rate limiting PFK-1

(via fructokinase to F-1-P and then via aldolase B to DHAP and G3P)

*glucose, mannose, and galactose all must all be metabolized by PFK-1

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