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1
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Histones

A

+ Charge, made of 2x(H2A, H2B, H3, H4) bound to DNA (- charge) by H1
DNA loops around each twice
Rich in arginine and lysine

2
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Heterochromatin

A

Condensed, dark, methylated

Barr body

3
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Euchromatin

A

Light, acetylated, expressed

4
Q

Methylation

A

On C and A in template strand in DNA replication
so MMR can tell difference
At CpG islands represses transcription

5
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Acetylation

A

Relaxes DNA on histones allows transcription room

6
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Nucleoside

A

Base and a sugar (deoxy)ribose

7
Q

Nucelotide

A

Base and a sugar (deoxy)ribose + phosphate linked by 3’-5’ phosphodiester bond

8
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Purines

A

A, G

2 Rings

9
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Pyramidines

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C, U, T

1 Ring

10
Q

Methylated base

A

T

11
Q

Stronger base pair

A

C-G (preponderance raises melting point)

12
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Deamination reactions

A

A to G;

C to U

13
Q

Demethyated T

A

U

14
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Amino acids needed to make purines

A

Glycine, aspartate, glutamine

15
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Purine base production (de novo/salvage)

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Requires apartate, glycine, glutamine, and THF
Substrate = Ribose5P

Converted to PRPP (phosphoribosyl pyrophospatase) by PRPP Synthase

Multistep process converts PRPP to IMP

IMP then goes on to form AMP and GMP

16
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Pyramidine base prduction

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Requires aspartate
Substrate = Glutamine and 2CO2

Uses 2ATP with carbamoyl phosphate synthase II to generate 2ADP + Pi + Glutamate and CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE

CP then combines with aspartate to make OROTIC ACID

OA combines with PRPP from purine synth. pathway to make UMP

UMP to CTP
or with ribonucleotide reductase to dUDP
phosphatase to dUMP
dUMP to dTMP using thymidylate synthase and DHFR system!

17
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Leflunomide

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Inhibits dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (pyrimadine)

18
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Methotrexate

A

Inhibit DHFR so less dTMP in humans

19
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Trimethoprim

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Inhibit DHFR so less dTMP in bacteria

20
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Pyrimethamine

A

Inhibit DHFR so less dTMP in protozoa

21
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5-FU

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Inhibits thymidylate synthase

so less dTMP

22
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6-MP and azothioprine (prodrug)

A

inhibit de novo purine synth

23
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Mycophenylate, ribivarin

A

Inhibit IMP Dehydrogenase so no GMP

24
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Hydroxyurea

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Inhibits RNR

25
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Adenoside deaminase deficiency

A

AR cause of SCID because increased dATP is cytotoxic to lymphocytes

26
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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

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Defective purine salvage due to HGPRT, high HX and Guanine, low IMP/GMP
Excess uric acid and de novo purine synth.
XLR
Intellectual disability, self-mutilation, aggression, hyperuricemia, orange sand in diaper, gout, dystonia
Tx: 2nd line XOIs