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Biochemistry

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1. What are the results of pancreatic insuff in CF






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






3. What is NADPH used for






4. What initiates protein synthesis






5. What is the limiting reagent in EtOH metabolism






6. What substance inside the cells replenishes NADPH






7. Which step in the de novo purine and pyrimidine synthesis pathway requires just aspartate






8. What does hormone sensitive lipase do






9. What is the TX for hyper ammonemia






10. What does acetyl - CoA become before becoming palmitate






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






12. How many ATP are created by aerobic metabolism of glucose in the heart and liver via what shuttle






13. What catacholamine step is SAM required for






14. What is the RDE of the urea cycle






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






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






17. What does a western blot use for its sample






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






19. Which antihelminthe drugs work on microtubules






20. What is the RDE of cholesterol synthesis






21. What happens in hyperammonemia






22. Where is PEP carboxykinase found - What does it do - and What does it require






23. What are the water soluble vitamins - which ones are stored






24. What test is used for B12 def






25. What happens in vit B2 def






26. Of the four possible fates for pyruvate - which ends anaerobic glycolysis as in RBCs - leukocytes - kidney medulla - lens - testes and cornea






27. What substance accumulates in galactokinase def and What is the clinical picture






28. nucleotide repeat for fragile x






29. Which antifungal drugs work on microtubules






30. What is the RDE of ketogenesis






31. antbiotic controlled promoter to induciblly manipulate genes at specific developmental points






32. How is ammonium transported from muscle to the liver for urea cycle






33. How does ethanol induce hypoglycemia






34. decreases In what substances can cause PKU






35. What does NADPH oxidase deficiency result in and why






36. What does the ELISA test for






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






38. cell signaling defect of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptor 3 - results in dwarfism - short limbs - head/trunk nl size - associated with advanced paternal age






39. What is the RDE of fatty acid oxidation






40. How do tetracyclines work






41. What is locus heterogeneity and give an example






42. What is the composition of urea and where do each part derive from






43. What is the treatment for orotic aciduria






44. What are the function of vit C






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






46. What does DNA ligase do






47. CF - is AR deletion In what gene On what chromosome resulting in a deletion inf what?






48. What are the two transgenic strategies in mice






49. What enzyme converts glucose 1 p to UDP glucose






50. What is the fxn of vit D