Biochemistry 2 Palmer Exam 3 nucleotides & nucleic acids
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| nucleoside= | base + sugar | ||||
| nucleotide= | base + sugar + phosphate | ||||
| nucleotides are converted to | nucleosides | ||||
| nucleosides are converted to | free bases | ||||
| free bases are converted to | common base xanthine | ||||
| xanthine is converted to | uric acid | ||||
| uric acid is | excreted | ||||
| degradation of pyrimidines | reverse of synthesis | ||||
| too much uric acid= | gout | ||||
| xanthine---> | uric acid (xanthine oxidase) | ||||
| allopurinal | drug that inhibits xanthine oxidase | ||||
| precursor purine for AMP and GMP | IMP | ||||
| precursor pyrimidine for CTP and TTP | UMP |
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Created by:
Jason Eller
on 2012-02-12