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UCI SOM Moyzis

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Bases   adenine, guanine, cytosine, uracil, thymine  
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Nucleosides   adenosine, guanosine, cytidine, uridine, thymidine  
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PRPP   activates first step of purine synthesis (the commited step); PRPP synthesis is inhibited by purines  
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Glutamine:phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate amidotransferase   first and commited step of purine synthesis  
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Inosine monophosphate   parent purine nucleotide  
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Are purines formed on their ribose   yes  
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Are pyrimidines formed on their ribose   no  
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Sulfonamides   inhibit bacterial purine synthesis by inhibiting folic acid synthesis, blocking THF formation  
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Methotraxate   inhibit dihydrofolate reduction to THF, blocking purine synthesis in humanstrimethoprim  
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Mycophenolic acid   reversible inhibitor of GMP synthesis; used to prevent graft rejection  
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What two amino acids are used in both purine and pyrimidine synthesis   glutamine and aspartic acid  
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Carbamoyl phosphate   first product in pyrimidine synthesis; it’s production is the regulated step  
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CPS II   carbamoyl phosphate synthetase  
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Orotic acid   intermediate product in pyrimidine synthesis  
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The enzyme that produces orotic acid is found where in the cell   mitochondrial membrane (all other enzymes are cytosolic)  
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What’s special about the first three enzymes in pyrimidine synthesis   different domains on same protein  
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Orotic aciduria   last two enzymes are different domains of single protein and when this protein is deficient, orotate accumulates  
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Ribonucleotide reductase   makes DNA’s from RNA’s  
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When in the cell cycle does ribonucleotide reductase function   S-phase  
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Regulation of ribonucleotide reductase   each dNTP regulates its own synthesis; dATP inhibits all of them  
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5-fluorouracil   suicide enzyme; inhibits dUMP to dTMP synthase  
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thymidylate synthase   enzyme that converts dUMP to dTMP  
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methotrexate   inhibits the reduction of DHF to THF in dUMP to dTMP conversion  
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where does degredation of dietary nucleic acids occur   small intestine  
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what happens to most dietary purines   converted to uric acid  
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what happens to most dietary pyrimidines   degraded to highly soluble products  
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diseases associated with purine degredation   gout, adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency  
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gout   hyperuricemia, doposition of monosodium urate crystals in joints; gouty arthritis; idiopathic; increased risk with lots of meat, seafood, legumes  
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treatment of gout   anti-inflammatory drugs; allopurinol inhibits urate  
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ADA deficiency   accumulation of adenosine  
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HGPRT   enzyme in purine salvage pathway that is deficient in lesch-nyhan syndrome; uses PRPP  
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Lesch nyhan syndrome   extreme gout; lack of HGPRT enzyme; self mutilation  
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Neurotransmitters   domapine, norepinephrine, epinephrine, serotonin  
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Epinephrine synthesis pathway   phenylalanine, tyrosine, dopa, dopamine, norepi, epi  
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MAO   inactivates catecholamines by degredation along with COMT  
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COMT   inactivates catecholamines by degredation along with MAO  
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MAO inhibitor   permits neurotransmitter molecules to escape degredation (used for antidepression)  
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Methylphenidate   ritalin; blocks dopamine re-uptake; used to treat ADHD  
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Cocaine   similar actions to methylphenidate  
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Prozac and paxil work by   blocking serotonin transporter  
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