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Biochemistry

Midterm 3

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facts about insulin -made in beta cells -secreted by one gene and forms 2 cross-linked peptides -binds to insulin receptor tyrosine kinase -stimulated by high glucose
facts about glucagon -made in alpha cells -stimulated by epinephrine -binds to G-protein coupled receptors
what is the path for glycogen synthesis? glucose-6-phosphate, glucose-1-phosphate, UDP-glucose, glycogen
what is the path for glycogen degradation? glycogen + Pi, glucose-1-phosphate, glucose-6-phosphate
what is the path for glycogen regulation? -making/eating=synthase on and phosphorylase off -breaking/hungry=synthase off and phosphorylase on -calcium activates phosphorylase in exercising muscle
what is the result of glucose-6-phosphate translocase deficiency and glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency? severe fasting hypoglycemia
what is the pyruvate carboxylase reaction? pyruvate + CO2 + ATP = oxaloacetate + ADP
what is PEP carboxylase reaction? oxaloacetate + GTP = PEP carboxykinase + CO2 + GDP
what is the pyruvate kinase regulation? -glucose is down so pyruvate kinase is off and phosphorylated -glucose is up so pyruvate kinase is on and dephosphorylated
you just ate what is the impact on the bifunctional enzyme? -PFK is active and dephosphorylated -FBP is inactive and phosphorylated
you skipped a meal what is the impact on the bifunctional enzyme? -PFK is inactive and phosphorylated -FBP is active and dephosphorylated
what is the product of alanine, alpha-ketoglutarate, and an aminotransferase? glutamate -alpha-ketoglutarate is glutamate
what is the product of alanine, oxaloacetate, and an aminotransferase? aspartate -oxaloacetate is aspartate
what is the product of alanine, alpha-ketoglutarate, and an aminotransferase? alanine -alanine is pyruvate
a newborn baby has hyperammonemia, further tests show a build up of what intermediates? -L-arginine + argininosuccinate lyase -L-ornithine + arginase -L-citrulline + ornithine transcarbamoylase -arginosuccinate + arginosuccinate synthetase
where does glutamine come from? liver
where does alanine come from? muscle
what is acquired hyperammonemia? liver disfunction
what is congenital hyperammonemia? -genetic deficiencies of any of the five urea cycle enzymes, such as ornithine transcarboxylase deficiency -phenylbutyrate treatment
what converts branch chain amino acids to their alpha-keto acid forms? branched-chain amino acid transferase
what converts branch chain alpha-keto acids to their CoA forms? branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase
what does methyl malonyl CoA mutase use? ado-B-12
what does methionine synthase use? -met-B-12, B-9, and B-6
what is vitamin is the methyl donor? THF (B-9) is a methyl donor
what is the sulfur donor for cysteine? homocysteine is a sulfur donor
what is required to form cysteine? B-6 is required for cysteine
what is maple syrup urine disease (MSUD)? mutation in branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase
what generates acetyl CoA? ATP citrate lyase
how do you activate acetyl CoA? acetyl CoA carboxylase
what are the substrates of the condensation reaction? malonyl CoA + 2 NADPH (per cycle)
what are the products of the condensation reaction? CO2 + NADP(+) + H2O + palmitate (overall product)
where does glycerol-3-phosphate come from? dihydroxyacetone phosphate + NADH
you just ate what is the impact on the hormone-sensitive lipase? hormone-sensitive lipase if off and dephosphorylated
you just skipped a meal what is the impact on the hormone-sensitive lipase? hormone-sensitive lipase if on and phosphorylated
how are fatty acids transferred from the cytosol to the cell matrix? fat enters with transporters (cytosol), goes through carnitine palmitoyl-transferase (intermembrane), attached to CoA (matrix)
what is the fatty acid degradation pathway? carbon-carbon double bond (FAD) + acyl CoA dehydrogenase, H2O + enoyl CoA, 3-hydroxyacyl CoA + 3-hydroxyacyl CoA dehydrogenase, 3-ketoacyl CoA + beta-ketoacyl CoA thiolase, fatty acyl CoA + acetyl CoA
how many ATPS do you get from butyryl CoA? 29
how many ATPS do you get from 2-ene-butyryl CoA/3-hydroxybutyryl/acetoacetyl CoA? 27
how many ATPS do you get from 3-ketobutyryl CoA? 24
what produces ketone bodies? liver -acetoacetyl CoA, HMG CoA, acetoacetate, 3-hydroxybutyrate
what does 3-hydroxybutyrate become? acetoacetate
you just ate what is the impact on the acetyl CoA carboxylase? acetyl CoA carboxylase is on and dephosphorylated
you just skipped a meal what is the impact on the acetyl CoA carboxylase? acetyl CoA carboxylase is off and phosphorylated
what makes fat? acetyl CoA carboxylase
what releases fat? hormone-sensitive lipase
what are the 2 sources of nitrogen in urea? aspartate and ammonia
what reaction does phospholipase c catalyze? hydrolysis of phosphatidyl-inositol 4,5 bisphosphate
what are products of phospholipase c? diacylglycerol (DAG) and inositol triphosphate (IP3)
what activates protein kinase c? calcium and diacylglycerol (DAG)
where do prostaglandins come from? arachidonic acid 20:4, poly-unsaturated, w-6
what acts on arachidonic acid? cyclooxygenase
what is baby aspirin used for? to inhibit cyclooxygenase in blood platelets reducing blood clotting
what is a sulfatide? ceramide (sphingosine) plus sugar
what is a ganglioside? ceramide plus more than one sugar, where one sugar is oxidized
what is a sphingomyelin? ceramide plus phosphate plus choline
what is a glucocerebroside? ceramide +glucose
what is Tay-Sachs disease? accumulation of gangliosides
what is Gaucher disease? accumulation of glucocerebrosides looks like crumpled tissue paper
what is Niemann-Pick disease? accumulation of sphingomyelin looks foamy
cholesterol pathway 2 acyl CoA, acetoacyl CoA, 3-hydroxyl-3-methylglutaryl CoA
what happens to mevalonte? becomes an isoprene
what is the name of the 10 carbon terpene? geranyl pyrophosphate (GPP)
what is the name of the 15 carbon terpene? feranyl pyrophosphate (FPP)
what is the name of the 30 carbon terpene? Squalene
cholesterol regulation phosphorylated and off
what do statins do? inhibit HMG-CoA reductase
why do gallstones form? cholelithiasis: deficiency in bile acids and salts
what is the name for diseases involving biosynthesis of steroid derived from cholesterol? congenital adrenal hyperplasia
what is required for phospholipid synthesis? CTP
what does lipoxygenase do? converts arachidonic acid to the first leukotriene
what is the HMG-CoA reaction? HMG-CoA + 2 NADPH=Mevalonate + 2 NADP+
what is turns HMG-CoA off? phosphorylated and off, hungry
what turns HMG-CoA on? dephosphorylated and active to make TAG and fatty acids, eating
what is PRPP generation? ribose 5-phosphate + 2 ATP= PRPP
what starts purine synthesis? glutamine + PRPP
what makes up IMP? base: hypoxanthine nucleoside: inosine
what is required for purine synthesis? FAD/FADH2
how is orotic aciduria treated? administration of uridine
how do you form ATP (mitochondria)? IMP, AMP, ADP, ATP
how do you form GTP? IMP, GMP, GDP, GTP
how do you form UTP? IMP, UMP, UDP, UTP
how do you form CTP? IMP, UMP, UDP, UTP, CTP
what is Lesch-Nyhan syndrome? deficiency in hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl-transferase
how do you form dATP? IMP, AMP, ADP, dADP, dATP
how do you form dGTP? IMP, GMP, GDP, dGDP, dGTP
how do you form dCTP? IMP, UMP, UDP, CTP, CDP, dCDP, dCTP
how do you form dUTP? IMP, UMP, UDP, dUDP, dUTP
how do you form TTP? IMP, UMP, UDP, dUDP, dUMP, dTMP, dTDP, dTTP
what does 5-FU do? inhibits thymidylate synthase
what are the two treatments for gout? allopurinol: xanthine inhibition (over excretion) probenecid: under excretion
what are the two most common causes of hypoglycemia? insulin induced and alcohol and fasting
what causes alcohol and fasting hypoglycemia? inhibition of gluconeogenesis pushes ketoacids into hydroxy acid forms
what describes onset of type 1 diabetes? diabetic ketoacidosis, immune destruction of pancreatic beta cells, high blood glucose, high ketone bodies
what is the treatment for type 1 diabetes? standard/conventional insulin therapy
what describes the onset of type 2 diabetes? insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, and hyperinsulinemia
what is the treatment for type 2 diabetes? metformin
what describes the onset of late-stage type 2 diabetes? insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, no insulin production
what is the treatment for late-stage type 2 diabetes? metformin and insulin
what are microvascular complications? retinopathy, neuropathy, and nephropathy
what are macrovascular complications? cardiovascular disease and stroke
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