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What are the roles of nucleotides?

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o Precursors of nucleic acids
o Carriers of energy (ATP and GTP)
o Components of cofactors (NAD, FAD, CoA)
o Initiators of glycogenesis: before glucose can be put in a glycogen chain, it must be
modified by UDP-Glucose (nucleotide)
o Secondary messengers (cyclic AMP)

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Who contributed to the synthesis of purines?

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John Buchanan

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What is a nucleoside?

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nitrogenous base + pentose sugar

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What is a nucleotide?

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nitrogenous base + pentose sugar + phosphate group

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What is a nucleic acid?

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a series of nucleotides attached in a chain (DNA and RNA)

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How are nucleotides linked together?

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Two pentose sugars of nucleotides form a phosphodiester bond between the 5’ and 3’ carbon

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Differentiate the 5’ and 3’ end of a nucleotide. Which one is available for bonding?

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o One end of a nucleotide contains a free phosphate group on the 5’ (5’ end)
o One end of the nucleotide on the 3’ is available for bonding (3’ end)

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The phosphate group is added to which carbon of the pentose sugar?

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5’ carbon

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What are purines? What are the two?

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  • Two carbon-nitrogen rings

- Guanine and Adenine

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What are pyrimidines? What are the three?

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  • One carbon-nitrogen ring

- Cytosine, Thymine, Uracil

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What are the two types of nucleotide synthesis pathways?

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  • De novo pathway

- Salvage pathway

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What is the de novo pathway?

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Synthesis of nucleotides from metabolic precursors, such as amino acids, ribose 5-phosphate, CO2, and NH3

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What is the salvage pathway?

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  • Purine and pyrimidine bases are released from the degradation of nucleotides
  • Metabolic precursors are not needed for this type of synthesis
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Are nucleotides synthesized as dependent or independent molecules?

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Dependent (always found as part of an entity), unlike glucose and fatty acids

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What are purine rings built upon?

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Ribose phosphate

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What are pyrimidine rings built upon?

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  • First synthesized as “orotate”

- Then, attached to ribose pohsphate

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Which precursor of nucleotide synthesis is synthesized from the pentose phosphate pathway?

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5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate (PRPP), which is synthesized from ribose-5-phosphate

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Which amino acid precursors provide the carbon backbone in purines? What about pyrimidines?

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  • Purine: glycine

- Pyrimidine: aspartate

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What is the amino group donor in nucleotide synthesis?

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How are the levels of the nucleotide pools?

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What is the first step in the de novo synthesis of purines? Which enzyme catalyzes this step?

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  • Enzyme: Glutamine-PRPP amidotransferase

- PRPP is combined with Glutamine

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In the de novo synthesis of purines, how does the conversion of AIR to CAIR differ between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes? What causes the difference?

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  • Eukaryotes: single-step
  • Prokaryotes: two-step
  • Eukaryotes possess the enzyme AIR carboxylase
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What is the end-product of the de novo synthesis of purines? What must it be converted to?

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  • Inosinate (IMP), which is a monophosphate

- Must be converted to either an Adenylate (AMP) or a Guanylate (GMP)

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What provides the amino group when IMP is synthesized into AMP? Where is the amino group added? What provides the energy?

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  • Amino: Aspartate
  • 6th carbon of IMP
  • Energy: GTP
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Which enzymes are used in the conversion of IMP to AMP?
- Adenylosuccinate synthetase | - Adenylosuccinate lyase, which removes the fumarate carbon backbone
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What provides the amino group when IMP is synthesized into GMP? Where is the amino group added? What provides the energy?
- Amino: Glutamine - 2nd carbon of IMP - Energy: ATP
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Which enzymes are used in the conversion of IMP to GMP?
- IMP dehydrogenase | - XMP-glutamine amidotransferase
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How is the de novo synthesis of purines regulated? What causes overall inhibition?
- Negative regulation: end-products inhibit | - Overall inhibition: IMP inhibition
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What is the reciprocal inhibition in the regulation of the de novo synthesis of purines?
- GTP limits the synthesis of AMP | - ATP limits the synthesis of GMP
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What are the three precursors to the de novo synthesis of pyrimidines?
- Aspartate - Carbamoyl phosphate - PRPP
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Where is carbamoyl phosphate also located?
In the urea cycle
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What is the first step to the de novo synthesis of pyrimidines? What is the enzyme? What does it produce?
- Aspartate reacts with carbamoyl phosphate - Enzyme: aspartate trans-carbamoylase - Produces orotate
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What synthesizes the carbamoyl phosphate used for the de novo synthesis of pyrimidines?
Cytoplasmic carbamoyl phosphate synthetase II (similar to urea cycle)
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What does orotate require to be converted to a nucleotide?
It NEEDS to be build upon PRPP
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What is produced once orotate is build upon PRPP?
- UMP --> UTP (uses 2 ATPs)
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UTP receives the amino group from what? At which carbon?
- 4th carbon | - Glutamine
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Once UTP has received its amino group, what is it converted to? What does it require?
- Requires energy from ATP | - Creates CTP
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What is required for the reduction of ribose nucleotides to deoxyribonucleotides? Who donates it?
- Hydrogen atoms | - Donated by NADPH
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What are the two ways to donate hydrogen atoms from NADPH to ribonucleotides?
- Glutaredoxin | - Thioredoxin
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What does glutaredoxin require?
Glutathione
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What does thioredoxin require?
FAD
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What is the difference between a ribonucleotide and a deoxyribonucleotide?
OH- is replaced by H at the 2nd carbon of the ribose sugar
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What is dTMP derived from?
dCDP and dUMP
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Which phase of the pentose phosphate pathway generates PRPP? What else does the phase generate?
- Oxidative phase | - NADPH and ribose-5-phosphate
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What does the non-oxidative phase of the pentose phosphate pathway generate?
Regenerates G-6-P from R-5-P
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What is the non-oxidative phase of the pentose phosphate pathway used for?
o Used in tissues requiring more NADPH than R-5-P, such as the liver and adipose tissue o More metabolism means more oxidative stress, for which you need NADPH
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What regulates the partitioning of glucose into glycolysis over the pentose phosphate pathway?
NADPH: high NADPH inhibits the pentose phosphate pathway

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