| Clue | Answer |
|---|
| This enzyme is deficient in histidinemia | |
| Branched chain ketoacid dehydrogenase requires what cofactor? | |
| Pyrophosphates are the basis of this drug class which is used to treat osteoporosis. | |
| This drug binds to glutamine and is then excreted from the body in order to reduce the ammonia in the body | |
| Enzyme that converts THF to N5, N10-methylene THF | |
| A deficiency of this enzyme would be indicated by citrullinemia. | |
| Deficient enzyme in maple syrup urine disease | |
| Glycine, arginine and methionine are used to synthesize what? | |
| This small, basic protein tags proteins for degradation | |
| Increased BUN usually indicates ________________ disease. | |
| What is molecule is 'activated ribose'? | |
| What type of amino acids are not principally oxidized in the liver? | |
| Creatine phosphate 'buffers' ___________ during exercise so it doesn't significantly drop. | |
| Cofactor of all aminotransferase reactions because amino group is first transferred to this molecule. | |
| What amino acid is added to IMP to make AMP? | |
| During periods of growth, pregnancy and convalescence the nitrogen balance is _________________. | |
| This enzyme catalyzes the conversion of bicarbonate and ammonia (from glutamine) to carbomoyl phosphate, releasing glutamate. | |
| Decreased BUN usually indicates ______________ disease. | |
| Lysosomal proteases that degrade protein in the lysosomal pathway | |
| This enzyme converts Xanthine to Uric Acid | |
| GMP, GDP, GTP, AMP, ADP and ATP all inhibit what enzyme? | |
| This is the first enzyme to rise following a myocardial infarction and may only rise transiently and normalize in less thatn 3 days. | |
| CPS-II is most sensitive to UTP during the end of which cell phase? | |
| What amino acid donates an amino group to PRPP? | |
| Lacking OMP decarboxylase or orotate phosphoribosyltransferase causes this rare metabolic condition. Patients often have aneamia, leukopenia and retarded development. | |
| One type of this autosomal recessive disease stems from a deficiency of phenylalanine hydroxylase | |
| ________________ cause poor myelination and mental retardation. | |
| Lysosomal degradation activity is ______________ during starvation? (Increased/Decreased) | |
| This enzyme converts UTP to CTP | |
| This type of base is sythesized piece by piece directly on the ribose | |
| Deamination occurs primarily on this amino acid because it is the end produce of many transamination reactions. | |
| Homocystinuria results from a deficiency of this enzyme | |
| This metabolite inhibites ribonucleotide reductase leading to the inability of cells to synthesize deoxyribonucleotides and therefore DNA. | |
| What molecule is at the branch point of de novo purine synthesis? | |
| What enzyme synthesizes PRPP? | |
| What enzyme converts ribonucleotides to deoxyribonucleotides | |
| This enzyme found in the gut cleaves urea to get carbon dioxide and ammonia. | |
| PRPP synthase is negatively regulated by ________________ | |
| This enzyme phosphorylates CPS-II to change its allosteric properties making it more easily activated | |
| Segments rich in what amino acids are rapidly degraded? (acronym) | |
| What immune cell carries out de novo synthesis of nucleotides? | |
| What enzyme is deficient in alkaptonuria? | |
| What amino acids are purely ketogenic? | |
| Enzyme that converts deoyuridine to dUMP | |
| What is the product of the rate limiting step of the urea cycle | |
| This enzyme can convert Adenosine to Inosine | |
| What type of reaction can create non-essential amino acids from essential amino acids or non-essential AAs from non-essential AAs. | |
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