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Biochemistry

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1. In what cells do the respiratory burst occur






2. characterize autosomal domint inheritance






3. Which antifungal drugs work on microtubules






4. What are the findings in PKU






5. In mismatch repair - which strand is recognized and In what hereditary syndrome is this defective






6. What causes Hartnup's disease






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






8. What are the characteristics of angelmans syndrome and How does it occur






9. Describe the location and fxn of the Na/K ATPase






10. What are the 3 AR forms of homocystinuria






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






12. Where is glucokinase found - What are the Km and Vmax - and what induces it






13. Which are the basic amino acids






14. What is trimming






15. What activates the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex






16. Infection with what organism can cause B12 def






17. What ribosomes do prokaryotes have






18. What can vit B3 be used to treat






19. What is the rate determining enzyme (RDE) of glycolysis






20. What are the priorities for the body in fasting and starvation






21. If two alleles are present - but the active allele is deleted - what happens






22. What does NADPH oxidase deficiency result in and why






23. What causes Marfan syndrome






24. What apolipoproteins are on chylomicrons






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






26. What is incomplete penetrence and give an example






27. Gene imprinting implies that How many alleles are active at a single locus






28. 1 g of protein or cabrohydrate = ?kcal






29. What happens at the smooth ER






30. Where is vit A found in the diet






31. Where is pyruvate carboxylase found - What does it do - What does it require amd What activates it






32. What is the smallest mutation a mircoarray can detect






33. What is the trinucleotide repeat in fragile X






34. What are the 4 assumption of the Hardy Weinberg law






35. How do macrolides and clindamycin work






36. When does aspartate enter the urea cycle






37. What is the RDE of glycogenolysis






38. What happens in the first stage of collagen synthesis - and Where does it happen






39. What is the RDE of fatty acid oxidation






40. What reaction does adenosine deaminase normally catalyze






41. What is NADPH's role inside RBCs






42. Delivers dietary TGs to peripheral tissues - delivers cholesterol to liver in the form of remnants - mostly depleted of TGs - secreted by intestinal epith cells






43. Which RNA poly opens DNA at promotor site






44. What are the purely ketogenic amino acids






45. What happens in vit K def






46. What initiates protein synthesis






47. what happens in acyl coa dehyrdogenase def






48. progressive neurodegeneration - hepatosplenomegaly - cherry red spot on macula - foam cells






49. What happens in carnitine def






50. What enzyme does fructose metabolism bypass to reach glycolysis