Random Things to Remember

Question 1

Start Codons

Answer 1

AUG (methionine)

Question 2

Stop Codons

Answer 2

UGA
UAA
UAG

Question 3

Arsenic Poisoning

Answer 3

• Can inhibit lipoic acid (cofactor needed for pyruvate dehydrogenase)
• Garlic breath, rice water stools, vomiting
• Rx: dimercaperol

Question 4

ETC Uncouplers

Answer 4

Make inner mt membrane more permeable –> generate heat

• Thermogenin (brown fat, hibernating animals)
• High dose aspirin (aspirin OD –> hyperthermia)
• 2,5-DNP (used illegally for weight loss)