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| -Required for ATP and neuromuscular transmission -Deficiency causes tremors, weakness, cardiac arrythmias & calcium oxalate stones in the kidney -Lowers blood pressure and reduced risk of stroke |
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- efficiently absorbed and transported to thyroid gland
- necesary for thyroxine & triiodothyroine
- regulates basal metabolic rate in adults and growth in children
- goiter: enlargement of thyroid
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- required for activity by over 300 metalloenzymes
- RNA/DNA polymerase
- structural stability for another 300-700 proteins
- zinc fingers- DNA binding motif
- deficiency causes poor wound healing, loss of taste acuity & dermatitis
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Ceruloplasmin
◦Iron homeostasis and copper homeostasis
Cytochrome C oxidase
Superoxide Dismutase
◦In conjunction with Zn
Fatty acid synthesis
Deficiency causes Anemia, Hypercholesterolemia, Demineralization of Bone, Very rare usually in conjunction with high levels of Zn intake.
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Makes quadruple bonds and quintuple bonds!
Chromodulin, needed to facilitate insulin activity
Deficiency – pretty rare
◦Impaired glucose tolerance
◦Diabetes causes loss of Cr through the urine.
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Important in selenoproteins
◦Glutathione Peroxidase removes peroxides in the cytosol
Complements Vitamin E that works in the membrane
Soil is selenium poor in certain parts of the country. Selenium deficiency is avoided by food being marketed from many parts of the country.
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Arginase
Pyruvate carboxylase |
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| strengthens bone and teeth |
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