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Biochemistry

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1. What causes Marfan syndrome






2. Which carbon bears the triphosphate and the energy source for bond formation

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3. What does a dehydrogenase do






4. What happens in vit D def






5. What liberates glucose from glucose 6 P






6. What happens in hyperammonemia






7. What clotting factors require vit K






8. what happens in acyl coa dehyrdogenase def






9. What is the RDE of gluconeogenesis






10. What does a phosphorylase do






11. What converts tyrosine to DOPA






12. What is the exception to genetic redundancy






13. What does the passage of electrons result in that when coupled to OXPHOS drives the production of ATP






14. What else can phosphoylate phosphorylase kinase






15. Why can't muscle produce in gluconeogenesis






16. Which type of chromatin is less condensed - transcriptionally active - sterically accesible






17. How does abetalipoproteinemia present and What is the defect






18. What is the energy source for translocation






19. What is the amino acid precuros for niacin and serotonin/melatonin






20. Give an example of a mitochondrial inherited disease






21. The golgi apparatus fxns as a distribution center between what organelles in the cell and What does it process






22. colon becomes covered witih adenomatous polyps after puberty - progresses to colon cancer unless resected






23. What 3 steps in RNA processing occur after transcription

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24. What is the activated carrier for Co2






25. What is the source of energy in the fasting state between meals






26. What activates the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex






27. what disease can cause pellagra






28. How many ATP are created by aerobic metobolism of glucose in muslce via what shuttle






29. What shape does the RNA generate during splicing and why?






30. What is the TX for CF and What does it do






31. What does primase do






32. What does DNA poly III do?

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33. Giving folate during early pregnancy is important to prevent what birth defects






34. What do DNA topoisomerases do






35. antbiotic controlled promoter to induciblly manipulate genes at specific developmental points






36. What do B- complex vitamin deficiencies often result in






37. What is made fir rNucleotides or deoxyrNucleotides and what enzyme is necessary to convert one to the next






38. Wgat substances directly inhibit mitochondrial ATPase - causing an inc in proton gradient - no ATP because pump is stopped






39. Broadly - What can cause fat - soluble vitamin deficiencies






40. What initiates protein synthesis






41. What are the purely ketogenic amino acids






42. In a marathon Where does energy come from






43. peripheral neuropathy of hands/feet - angiokeratomas - CV/renal disease - dz - def enzyme - acc substrate - inherit






44. What does biotin def cause






45. A small proportion of Down syndrome is due to What two genetic events






46. What is the mutation in beckers muscular dystrophy - What is the severity and time of onset






47. Why does alpha amanitin cause liver failure and Where is it found






48. What does the golgi apparatus do on asparagine






49. In which state is FBPase -2 active






50. What does a kinase do