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23 Cards in this Set
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What 3 important molecules are derived from Tyrosine
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Dopamine, norephinephrine, epinephrine
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What is the first enzyme in synthesizing bioactive amines from tyrosine and what does it do?
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Tyrosine hyrdoxylase puts an OH group on tyrosine-->L-DOPA
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How is dopamine and subsequently NoreEpi and Epi generated?
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Decarboxylate L-Dopa for Dopamine, add OH for norEpi, add CH3 for Epi
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What does decarboxylation depend on?
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PLP
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Tryptophan makes? How?
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--makes serotonin
--two step reactio --first step is tryptophan hydroxylase |
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Glutamate makes? how?
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GABA via glutamate decarboxylase
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Histidine makes? how?
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Histamine via histidine decarboxylase
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Alanine
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non essential
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glycine
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non essential
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serine
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non essential
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glutamate
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non essential
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aspartate
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non essential
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glutamine
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non essential
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asparagine
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non essential via amidated aspartate
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Phenylalanine
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essential
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Methionine
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essential
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histidine
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essential
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isoleucine
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essential
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leucine
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essential
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lysine
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essential
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threonine
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essential
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valine
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essential
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tryptophan
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essential
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