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What is the general formula of carbohydrates?

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(CH20)n

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Which glycosidic bonds are present in glycogen?

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Alpha 1,4 and 1,6

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What enzyme is present in the saliva and begins carbohydrate breakdown?

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amylase

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What enzymes are involved in carbohydrate breakdown in the small intestine?

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Disaccharidases:
Lactase
Sucrase 
Pancreatic amylase
Isomaltase
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What is primary lactase deficiency?

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Absence of lactase

Only occurs in adults

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What symptoms are associated with lactose intolerance?

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Diarrhoea
Bloating 
Vomiting 
Flatulence
Rumbling stomach
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What is secondary lactase deficiency and how does it differ from primary lactase deficiency?

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Caused by injury to small intestine - gastroenteritis, coeliac disease, crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis

  • occurs in both infants and adults
  • generally reversible
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How are monosaccharides taken up into the intestinal epithelial cells?

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Active transport by sodium-dependent glucose transporter (SGLT1)

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How are monosaccharides transported into the blood from the epithelial cells?

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Facilitated transported using GLUT2 transporter

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Where is GLUT2 expressed?

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Kidney, liver, pancreatic beta cells, small intestine

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Where is GLUT4 expressed, why is this transported particularly important?

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Adipose tissue
Striated muscle
Insulin regulated

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Which cells have an absolute requirement for glucose?

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Erythrocytes - no mitochondria 
Neutrophils
Innermost cells of kidney medulla 
Lens of the eye 
CNS prefers glucose
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13
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Give an example for the clinical application of glycolysis.

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The rate is increased in cancer.
This can be measured by using a radioactive modified hexokinase substrate (FDG) and imagine with position emission tomography.

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Which enzyme is the main, key regulator of glycolysis?

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Phosphofructokinase

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15
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How is PFK allosterically regulated?

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ATP inhibits

AMP stimulates

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16
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How is PFK hormonally regulated?

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Insulin stimulates

Glucagon inhibits

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17
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What is the difference between hyperlactaemia and lactic acidosis?

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Hyperlactaemia - 2-5mM, no change in blood pH (buffered)

Lactic acidosis - >5mM, blood pH lowered

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18
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Deficiency of which 3 enzymes will result in galactosaemia?

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  • Galactokinase
  • Uridyl transferase
  • UDP- galactose epimerise
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Which enzyme is absent in essential fructosuria, is there any clinical significance?

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Fructokinase

No clinical signs, fructose in urine

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Which enzyme is absent in fructose intolerance, what is the clinical significance?

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Aldolase
Fructose-1-P accumulates in the liver, causing damage
Treatment - remove fructose from diet

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What is the starting substrate of the pentose-phosphate pathway?

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Glucose-6-phosphate

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Which enzyme is responsible for the first step in the pentose phosphate pathway?

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G6PDH

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23
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Pentose phosphate pathway is an important source of NADH. What is this required for?

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  • reducing power for biosynthesis of steroids and fatty acids
  • maintenance of GSH levels
  • detoxification reactions
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Other than NADPH, what else does the pentose phosphate pathway produce?

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C5- sugar ribose

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What is ribose needed for?
Synthesis of nucleotides, DNA and RNA
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What is the rate-limiting enzyme of the pentose-phosphate pathway?
Glucose 6-phosphate deyhydrogenase
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Where do both glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathway occur?
Cytosol
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What dietary component does the enzyme salivary amylase hydrolyse?
Starch. | Amylase in both saliva and pancreas break down starch and glycogen to dextrins and monosaccharides.
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What is congenital lactase deficiency?
Autosomal recessive defect in lactase gene - extremely rare | Cannot digest breast milk
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Which enzyme converts DHAP to glycerol phosphate?
Glycerol 3-phosohate deyhydrogenase
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Which tissues produce glycerol phosphate?
Adipose & Liver
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What is glycerol phosphate used for?
Combined with fatty acids to form TAG in liver and adipose tissue.
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Which enzyme coverts 1,3 bpg to 2,3 bpg?
Bisphosphoglycerate mutase
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Which cells produce 2,3-BPG, what does it do?
Red blood cells, promotes release of oxygen
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Which enzyme is used to regenerate NAD+ from NADH in anaerobic conditions or cells lacking electron chain?
Lactate dehydrogenase: | NADH+ + pyruvate -> lactate + NAD+
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What is the normal plasma lactate concentration?
<1 mM
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What lactate conc is considered hyperlactaemia?
2-5 mM
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What are the consequences of hyperlactaemia?
Still below renal threshold, no change in blood pH as buffered
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What lactate conc is considered lactic acidosis?
> 5mM
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Why is lactic acidosis an important clinical marker?
Suggests acutely unwell patient. Lactate levels above renal threshold and pH of blood becomes lowered.
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Deficiency of which 3 enzymes can cause galactosaemia?
UDP- galactose epimerase Uridyl transferase Galactokinase
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What occurs in essential fructosuria?
Fructokinase deficiency. No conversion of fructose to fructose-1-P, fructose excreted in urine. No clinical signs
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What occurs in fructose intolerance?
Aldolase enzyme deficiency. | Accumulation of Fructose 1-P in the liver, causing liver damage.
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What substate goes the pentose-phosphate pathway start from?
Glucose 6P
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What enzyme is the rate limiting enzyme in the pentose-phosphate pathway?
Glucose-6P- dehydrogenase
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What does the pentose-phosphate pathway produce?
``` NADPH Ribose sugar (5C) ```
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What is NADPH needed for?
Reducing power for biosynthesis Maintenance of GSH levels Steroid biosynthesis Detoxification reactions
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What is ribose sugar needed for?
Synthesis of RNA, DNA, co-enzymes and nucleotides
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Does the pentose-phosphate pathway produce ATP?
No
50
Explain the clinical consequences of severe protein deficiency in children.
Reduced rate of protein synthesis as lack of amino acids: Growth failure. Tiredness, weakness, poor exercise tolerance  Impaired mental development  Negative nitrogen balance due to Nin < Nout  Oedema  Increased risk of infection- reduced immunoglobulin  Anaemia- reduced haemoglobin synthesis.  Fatty liver- reduced lipoprotein synthesis.
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What reaction is catalysed by creatine kinase?
Creatine phosphate + ADP ->  ATP + creatine
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What conditions may lead to increased plasma lactate?
Decreased utilisation: liver disease, thiamine deficiency and during alcohol metabolism. Increased production: strenuous exercise, hearty eating, shock and congestive heart disease
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Compare and contrast the functions of glycolysis in adipose tissue, skeletal muscle and red blood cells.
Red blood cells -only way to produce ATP, 2,3 -BPG intermediate Skeletal muscle - ATP during anaerobic conditions Adipose - minor ATP source, glycerol phosphate production
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Which is the most common form and more severe form of galactosaemia?
Galactose -1P uridyl transferase deficicency
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Which form of galactosaemia is less severe and less common?
Galactokinase deficiency
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Why is Uridyl transferase deficiency more severe than a galactokinase deficiency?
Both galactose and Galactose 1P accumulate in tissues
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What cofactor is needed for glutathione peroxidase?
Selenium

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