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Biochemistry

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1. What happens in vit D def






2. What does the addition of mannose -6 phosphate do






3. What are the glucogenic/ketogenic amino acids






4. What does GFAP stain for






5. What is the defect in fructose intolerance and What does it cause






6. What enzyme converts adenine to AMP






7. What is the amino acid precursor for porphyrin and heme






8. What rxn creates ATP






9. What does PURe As Gold and CUT The Py stand for






10. What metabolic rxns occur in the mitochondria






11. What is the purpose of the HMP shunt






12. What drugs can cause folate def






13. Give an example of a mitochondrial inherited disease






14. What catacholamine step is SAM required for






15. trinucleotide repeat for huntingtons






16. What is the function and name of vit B6






17. How many rings do pyrimidines have






18. Patients with chronic granulomatous disease are at increased risk of infection From which kind of organisms






19. What are the characteristics of prader willi syndrome How does it occur






20. What is locus heterogeneity and give an example






21. What does apoE do






22. What is the function of biotin






23. What ribosomes do prokaryotes have






24. Where is vit B12 found






25. Describe robertsonian translocation






26. What does desmin stain for






27. RNA poly can't proofread - but What can it do






28. Where are the secretory proteins made and N- linked oligosaccharide addtions put on proteins






29. How does chloramphenicol work






30. In eukaryotes - What does RNA poly II make






31. What are cyclins






32. What does apoA 1 do






33. what gene is implicated in fragile X syndrome - and What is the mutation






34. In what cells do the respiratory burst occur






35. What two amino acids are required druing periods of growth and why






36. What is the activated carrier for aldehyddes






37. What part of the pre mRNA contains the actual genetic information coding for protein






38. What is the treatment for cystathionine synthase def






39. The pyruvate dehydorgenase complex serves In what reaction: reactants






40. What happens to oxaloacetate in alcholism






41. What are ketone bodies made from - where are they metabolized and how are they excreted






42. What does high cholesterol or long saturated fatty acid content do to the melting temperature and fluidity






43. 1 g of protein or cabrohydrate = ?kcal






44. What is the RDE of de novo purine synthesis






45. What makes up a nucleoside






46. What is the result of vit B5 def






47. What does vit C def cause






48. What 3 amino acids are necessary for purine synthesis






49. What is pleiotropy and given an example






50. Why enzyme breaks down elastin and what enzyme inhibits it