Water Soluble Vitamins Flashcards
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Coenzymes are carriers of functional groups which are to be added or removed by an enzyme. True or false.
Vitamin B1 is chemically composed of __________&_________
In vitamin B1 ,
Pyrimidine ring and thiazole ring is linked by _______
Active form of vitamin B 1
Thiamine+ _______—-> thiamine pyrophosphate
Reactive carbon of vitamin B1 is located on ______ ring .
Vitamin B1 is an energy releasing vitamin. The energy releasing bond of vitamin B1 is _________
Thiamine pyrophosphate acts as a coenzyme and is a carrier of ______ group .
Thiamine pyrophosphate is associated with ___________ metabolism.
In most decarboxylation reactions , which vitamin acts as a coenzyme?
Beri beri is a disease caused due to deficiency of ____________
_________ ia a syndrome caused due to chronic alcoholism resulting in poor absorption of vitamin B1.
Symptoms of beri beri ?
Vitamin B 2 is also known as ________
Riboflavin is composed of __________&____________
Riboflavin is a precursor of which two important coenzymes ?
Sugar alcohol found in riboflavin:
FMN and FAD are actually nucleotides with sugar and N base and phosphate group. True or false
Riboflavin is composed of isoalloxaxine ring and sugar alcohol i.e ribitol linked via non covalent interaction. True or false
FMN contains _________+ __________+___________ thereby making it a nucleotide.
In addition of __________ to riboflavin it is converted into FMN.
FMN stands for _________
FAD stands for ___________
In FAD , “dinucleotide” refers to 1 nucleotide of flavin and 1 nucleotide of adenine (AMP) . True or false
FAD is composed of ________+_________