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What a.a. is the smallest?
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Glycine
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What a.a. is involved in gluconeogenesis?
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Alanine
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What a.a. are branched?
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Valine
Leucine Isoleucine I Saw Lucy and Val(erie) Like syrup |
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What a.a. bends proteins?
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Proline
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What a.a. is converted to tyrosine?
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Phenylalanine
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What is made with Tyrosine? 3 things...
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1) Catecholamines (NE, Epi)
2) Thyroid T3/T4 3) Melanin |
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What causes Hartnup Dz?
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Tryptophan
tryp up the esophagus |
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What coenzyme is needed to degrade tryptophan?
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Niacin
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What deffect do you see when you have Niacin defiency?
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Pellagra
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What are the symptoms of pellagra?
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Diarrhea
Dermatitis Dementia |
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What are the basic a.a.?
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HAL
Histidine Alaline Lysine |
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What two a.a. are acidic?
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Aspartate
Glutamate aspartic acid, glutamic acid |
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What a.a. have OH in htem?
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Serine
Threonine |
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Valine is a branched a.a. what happens glutamate is changed to val?
glutamate ----> valine |
Sickle Cell Anemia
Missense mutation anemia sickle |
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What happens when there is a deletion of phenylalanine at position 508?
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Cystic Fibrosis
Chromosome seven problem in folding proteins |
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Why is cysteine important?
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Because it produces S-thiol and is the Tx for Acetaminophen Toxicity
NO+ guanylate cyclase increasing cGMP |
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Why is methionine important?
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Makes AUG, SAM
initiate transcription methylates in SAM |
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WHat is asparagine famous for?
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N.glycosylation in E.R. mannose to protein
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WHat is glutamine used for?
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NH3 donor
Amonia |
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WHat a.a. is need in positve nitrogen balance?
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Arginine
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When does positive nitrogen balance occur?
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Growth
Pregnancy Recovery from injury or surgery Recovery from Negative Nitrogen Balance |
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When does negative nitrogen balance?
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Protein Malnutrition (Kwashiorkor)
Starvation (Marasmus) DM uncontrolled Infection Diet Defficient of essential a.a. |
