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Biochemistry

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1. What is the activated carrier for phosphoryl






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






3. What is the origin of replication






4. What are the symptoms of vit A def






5. Where is acetaldehyde located






6. What residues are hydroxylated in step 2 of collagen synthesis - and What does this require






7. What is the Name and function of vit B1






8. What is the RDE of ketogenesis






9. What are the products for glycolysis






10. What is the TX for pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency






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






12. What are uncoupling agents






13. What happens in zinc def






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






15. What co - factors are required for the pyruvated dehydrogenase complex






16. What happens in carnitine def






17. What does the start codon code for in eukaryotes and prokaryotes






18. What is the trinucleotide repeat in fragile X






19. What clotting factors require vit K






20. What liberates glucose from glucose 6 P






21. What apolipoprotein is on LDL






22. What apolipoprotiens are on VLDL






23. What are the results of unbalanced translocation






24. What components come together to make S- adenosyl methionine






25. What is the function of Zinc






26. What is the RDE of fatty acid synthesis






27. What is the order of severity for the different types of mutations






28. What does Alports syndrome cause and why






29. telangiectasia - recrrent epistaxis - skin discolorations - AVMs






30. nucleotide repeat for fredreich's ataxia






31. What substance inside the cell reduces glutatione






32. What is the TX for PKU






33. What is dominant negative mutation and give an example






34. What are the fat soluble vitamins and What does their absorption depend on...






35. 1 g of protein or cabrohydrate = ?kcal






36. What is Gowers maneuver






37. What does osteogenesis imperfecta causes and why






38. What is the results of vit B1 def






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






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






41. What neuroanatomical strutures are injured in wernicke - korsakoff






42. Severe fasting hypoglycemia - inc glycogen storage in liver - inc blood lactate - hepatomegaly - dz and def enzyme






43. In the chromatin structure - which histones form the octamer - and which ties the nucleosome beads together in a string?






44. What happens at the smooth ER






45. What does a northern blot use as its sample






46. What lab value can distinguish orotic aciduria from ornithine transcarbamoylase def?






47. What two cells are particularly rich in RER






48. what findings are associated with marfans






49. What is uniparental disomy






50. What are Heinz bodies