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USCSOM: Amino Acid Synthesis and Catabolism

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Most grains are relatively poor sources of what 2 AAs?   tryptophan and lysine  
What 4 AAs are synthesized from the glycolytic pathway?   Ser, Gly, Cys, Ala  
What 4 AAs come from alpha-ketoglutarate?   Arg, Glu, Gln, Pro  
What 2 AAs come from Oxaloacetate?   Asp, Asn  
What two substrates are required to form serine?   glucose and Glu  
What is required for glycine to form serine or NH4?   FH4 - tetrahydrofolate  
What intermediate is necessary to form CO2 and H20 from glycine?   glyoxalate  
Cysteine is derived from what two AAs?   Serine and Methionine  
Cysteine is derived from what immediate intermediate?   Cystathionine  
What is cysteine broken down into?   Sulfate - excreted in the urine  
What is FH4?   tetrahydrofolate  
What 5 AAs have 5Cs, are interrelated metabolically, and are associated with alpha-ketoglutarate?   Glu, Gln, Pro, Arg, His  
What enzymes catalyzes the addition and removal of Amide N of Gln?   glutamine synthase  
Describe the histidine degradation pathway   His, urocanate, FIGLU, glutamate  
What are transamination reaction related to TCA cycle intermediates?   OxAC to Asp, alpha-k-Glu to Glu, Pyr to Ala  
What types of products do the degredation of glucogenic AAs produce?   pyruvate  
What types of products do the degredation of ketogenic AAs produce?   acetyl CoA  
What AAs are known to form fumarate during their catabolism?   Phe, Tyr, Asp  
What is PKU?   phenylketonuria  
What enzyme is defective in phenlyketonuria?   phenylalanine hydroxylase  
What are the 4 known defects in Tyr metabolism?   tyrosinemia I and II, alcaptonuria, neotnatal tyrosinemia  
What are the 4 AAs that form succinyl CoA?   Met, Thr, Val, Ile  
Conversion of propionyl CoA to Succinyl CoA require what cofactors?   biotin and vitamin B12  
What is the intermediate between propionyl CoA to Succinyl CoA?   methylmalonyl CoA  
What is SAM?   S-adenosyl Methionine  
Describe the pathway from Met to Propionyl CoA.   L-Met, SAM, SAH, L-Homocysteine, Cystathionine, alpha-ketobutyrate, Prop-CoA  
What are the 2 fates of Thr catabolism   Glycine and AcCoA  
What is SAH?   S-adenosyl Homocysteine  
Elevated lvls of what AA intermediate are associated with heart disease?   L-Homocysteine  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
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