Biochemistry Flashcards
(372 cards)
What two amino acids are histones rich in?
lysine and arginine
What type of islands does DNA become methylated at?
CpG
What DNA base has a methyl group?
thymine
Uracil is a deaminated form of what base?
cytosine
What three amino acids are necessary for purine synthesis?
Glycine, Aspartate and Glutamine (GAG)
S in Nucleoside = ?
base + Sugar
T in Nucleotide = ?
base + phosphaTe
What amino acid does pyrimidine biosynthesis begin with? What enzyme acts on it?
Glutamine
CPS Two
What amino acid joins orotic acid? What drug inhibits this rxn?
aspartate
Leflunomide
What enzyme does Leflunomide inhibit?
dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase
What enzyme does hydroxyurea inhibit?
Ribonucleotide Reductase
What enzyme does 5-FU inhibit? What end-product has an inhibition of production?
thymidylate synthase
dTMP
IMP Dehydrogenase is involved in the RLS of what nucleotide?
GTP
What enzyme does 6-MP inhibit? What is the pro-drug of 6-MP?
HGPRTase
azathioprine
What product are all purines synthesized from? What enzyme works on this product?
Ribose-5-Phosphate
PRPP Synthetase
What is the prodrug of 6-MP?
azathioprine
What three drugs inhibit dihydrofolate reductase?
Trimethoprim, Methotrexate and Pyrimethamine
What rxn does dihydrofolate reductase catalyze?
DHF to THF
What rxn does ADA catalyze?
deamination of adenosine into inosine
What is the co-factor for HGPRTase?
PRPP
What two rxns does xanthine oxidase catalyze?
- hypoxanthine to xanthine
2. xanthine to uric acid
What enzyme becomes inhibited during ADA Deficiency?
ribonucleotide reductase
Under the action of HGPRTase, what is hypoxanthine converted into?
IMP
Under the action of HGPRTase, what is guanine converted into?
GMP