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Biochemistry

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1. For eukaryotes - Where does replication begin?






2. What are the symptoms of vit A excess






3. How do odd chain fatty acids participate in gluconeogenesis






4. What happens in termination of proteins synthesis






5. Of the four possible fates for pyruvate - which one is a transition from glycolysis to TCA cycle






6. What does CATCH 22 stand for and What causes is...






7. How do labile celss grow and regenerate and What are examples






8. What is the defect in cystinuria






9. What is the pathway in the fed state leading to dec FBPase -2 and inc PFK-2






10. What substances induce phosphofructokinase






11. What does the golgi do to sugars in proteoglycans and of selected tyrosine on proteins






12. What is the function of biotin






13. Of the four possible fates for pyruvate - which one carries amino groups to liver from muscle






14. Outside the fibroblast What part of procollagen is cleaved and What is it transformed into






15. What do def in in enzymes of gluconeogenesis cause






16. Which part of the DNA binds RNA polymerase and multiple other TFs upstream from gene locus






17. How do macrolides and clindamycin work






18. What are the blood glucose levels maintained by for days 1-3






19. When are glycogen reserves depleted






20. phosphorylation of glucose to yield glucose 6 phosphate serves as the 1st step of what rxns and what enzymes catalyze it






21. What lab technique is use to profile gene expression levels of thousands of genes simultaneously to study certain diseases and treatments






22. What is the longest time of RNA and shortest






23. What is the fxn of vit D






24. What is trimming






25. How do stable (quiescent) cells grow and regenerate and What are examples






26. What does hormone sensitive lipase do






27. What does Adenosine deaminase deficiency cause a build up of - and What does that lead to?






28. What occurs to oxaloacetate in starvation and DKA






29. What is variable expression and What is an example






30. What converts DOPA to dopamine






31. What enzyme results in classic galactosemia and What is the clinical






32. Name 5 drugs that interfere with nucleotide synthesis






33. What enzyme converts adenine to AMP






34. What happens on the nonoxidative arm of the HMP shunt and What is the key enzyme and cofactor






35. what disease can cause pellagra






36. What is the RDE of the HMP shunt






37. What is the amino acid precursor for histamine






38. What catacholamine step is SAM required for






39. What does a pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency lead to and What are the findings






40. What tissues have only aldose reductase






41. What order kinetics does EtOH dehydrogenase have






42. In a marathon Where does energy come from






43. What happens at the smooth ER






44. What initiates protein synthesis






45. What are the findings in Down's syndrome






46. Which antihelminthe drugs work on microtubules






47. What is the structure of elastin






48. What does primase do






49. What is regeneration of methionine depedent on...






50. How do you diagnose CFTR