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Biochemistry

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1. What is the RER called in neurons and What is made there






2. What is the RDE of ketogenesis






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






4. What does vit B3 def result in






5. What is the treatment for cystathionine synthase def






6. What is linkage disequilibrium






7. What does the mutation in the gene cause in protein synthesis






8. What happens in vit B2 def






9. What is incomplete penetrence and give an example






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






11. What induces pyruvate kinase






12. progressive neurodegeneration - developmental delay - cherry red spot on macula - lysosomes with onion skin - NO hepatosplenomegaly






13. What does pancreatic lipase do






14. How does insulin inhibit glycogenolysis






15. Type III collagen






16. Where is hexokinase found - What is its Km and Vmax and what uninduces it






17. What does vit C def cause






18. What tissue samples are used for karyotyping






19. What are the clinical features of I cell diesase






20. What are the results of unbalanced translocation






21. What inhibits pyruvate kinase






22. Type II cartilage






23. What does apoCII do






24. What is the RDE of glycogenolysis






25. What enzyme turns ROS to H2O2






26. What does a southern blot use as its sample






27. Which anti breast cancer drugs work on micortubules






28. What is the RDE of gluconeogenesis






29. trinucleotide repeat fo myotonic dystrophy






30. What does a dehydrogenase do






31. Type IV collagen is an important structural componenet of the BM for which 3 organs






32. What converts limit dextran to glucose






33. congenital microdeletion of short arm of chromosome 5 with microcephaly - moderate to severe mental retardation - high pitched crying/meying - epicanthal folds - cardiac abnl






34. What is the energy source for translocation






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






36. What converts NE to epi






37. Which RNA poly opens DNA at promotor site






38. What causes Down syndrome






39. How many ATP are produced by anearobic glycolysis per molecule of glucose






40. What CETP do






41. What is NADPH used for






42. What does the primary transcript combine with to form the spliceosome






43. cytoskeletal elements in micorvilli - muscle contracting fibers - cytokenesis - adherens jxns






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






45. What metabolic rxns occur in the cytoplasm






46. What are the glucogenic/ketogenic amino acids






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






48. characterize autosomal domint inheritance






49. What does desmin stain for






50. several distinct syndromes characterized by familial tumors of endocrine glands including pancreas - parathyroid - pituitary - thryoid and adrenal medulla - disorders and gene association