Chapter 1 Flashcards
To study for the Medical Biochemistry SHELF exam. (96 cards)
What does Isoniazid do?
Isoniazid combines chemically with pyridoxal, which results in the production of an inactive hydrazone derivative. In breast milk, isoniazid can achieve levels that are high enough to cause a vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) deficiency in the infant unless the mother is treated with vitamin B6 supplements
What enzyme is most active after a 24 hour fast?
Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I
When is PFK-1 most active?
In the well-fed state
What is the importance of Vitamin C? What happens when there is a deficiency?
Vitamin C, as well as molecular oxygen and α-ketoglutarate, are the requirements for the proper function of prolyl hydroxylase, the enzyme responsible for hydroxylation of the proline side-chains in collagen. Collagen lacking such side-chain hydroxyl groups cannot be stabilized by interchain hydroxyl groups (cross-linkages between tropocollagen)
What are the symptoms of scurvy?
bleeding gums after brushing her teeth and pain in her legs when she walks.pinpoint areas of hemorrhage around the hair follicles, a smooth red tongue, gingivitis, dental caries, and ecchymoses scattered over the trunk
Where does the cleavage of the N- and C-terminal propeptides in collagen occur?
In the extracellular matrix.
Where does the triple helix assembly of procollagen occur?
This spontaneous process, which occurs in the Golgi apparatus, yields a procollagen molecule and does not require vitamin C
What are the symptoms of Glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency?
Deficiency of glucose-6-phosphatase leads to type I glycogen storage disease (von Gierke’s disease). Key features of this condition include a massively enlarged liver (although usually without cirrhosis), severe hypoglycemia, and failure to thrive. Glycogen accumulates in the liver and kidney (hepatorenomegaly)
What happens when there is a Glucosyl (4:6) transferase deficiency?
This child is exhibiting symptoms of type IV glycogen storage disease known as Andersen disease, a condition related to a deficiency of the glycogen branching enzyme glucosyl (4:6) transferase. This classically causes cirrhosis of the liver or cardiac tissue damage, usually with death occurring within the first one or two years of life. ALSO urine is negative for reducing substances. There are FEW long chains and VERY FEW branches.
The genes for two different proteins from a mammalian cell culture are overexpressed and the cDNAs of the two proteins are inserted into vectors that are then used to transfect human fibroblasts. What technique would be used to confirm that the transfections worked and the proteins were produced?
Western Blot
What does restriction mapping do?
Restriction maps allow for the detection of deletions or other rearrangements in a gene and not whether the cloned DNA was expressed
What does DNA sequencing do?
DNA sequencing shows only the sequence of a particular fragment of DNA and not whether the cloned DNA was expressed
A 42-year-old woman is being treated with aspirin and corticosteroids for systemic lupus erythematosus. Which of the following biochemical processes most likely is being inhibited by these drugs?
Prostaglandin formation
What inhibits the release of arachodonic acid?
Only corticosteroids block phospholipase A2, the enzyme that releases arachidonic acid from the cell membrane
What does thromboxane synthase do?
Neither corticosteroids nor aspirin blocks thromboxane synthase, which is located in platelets. This enzyme converts prostaglandin H2 into thromboxane A2, which is a vasoconstrictor and platelet aggregator.
What does PVT TIM HALL stand for?
Phenylalanine, Valine, Tryptophan, Threonine, Isoleucine, Methionine, Histidine, Leucine, Lysine
What are the Glucogenic amino acids?
Alanine, Glutamate, Aspartate
What are the Ketogenic amino acids?
Leu, Lys
What amino acids are glucogenic and ketogenic?
Ile, Trp, Phe
Why would you have increased blood and liver concentrations of VLDL in an alcoholic?
Ethanol is metabolized in the liver and eventually forms acetate, with NADH as another major product. Chronic consumption of ethanol causes a shift in the cytosolic balance between NAD+ and NADH in favor of NADH. The altered NAD+/NADH ratio causes less effective operation of the citric acid cycle, halts efficient oxidation of fatty acids, and causes a shift from dihydroxyacetone phosphate to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate and eventually to glycerol 3-phosphate, the substrate for synthesizing triacylglycerol. The abundance of glycerol and free fatty acids results in an increased production of triacylglycerol, with increased export from the liver as VLDL, and fatty liver. These conditions are often seen in chronic alcoholics
What are the vitamin deficiencies in an alcoholic?
Vitamin B3/Niacin, B1/Thiamine/TPP, B2/riboflavin/FAD/FMN, B6/PLP, B12/Cobalamin, Vitamin A/ beta-carotene, Vitamin D, Vitamin E. Wernicke/Korsakoff Syndrome of B1/Thiamine.
What is another name for vitamin E?
Tocopherol.
Which of the following mechanisms best explains how phototherapy reduces the jaundice in this patient?
Oxidizes bilirubin to a water-soluble form
Explain the process of conversion of bilirubin to biliverdin.
Biliverdin, which is more water-soluble than bilirubin, is converted to bilirubin in macrophages before it is conjugated in the liver. Conversion of biliverdin to bilirubin is an energy-requiring reaction and is not reversed by phototherapy