Master USMLE Biochemistry with Mnemonics:
High-Yield Memory Aids and Detailed Explanations
for Exam Success
Histones are rich in ?? amino acids
"his lies are guinine" histones are rich in lysine and arguinine
nucleoside and nucleotid - which one has sugar and which one has phosphate
"nucleoTide, NucleoSide" nucleotide has phosphate nucleoside has sugar
incoming triphasphate attacked by ?
"tri attacked by three" attacked by 3' OH
??? has a methyl
"THYmine"
deamination of nucleotides
"C U AGain" c to u a to g
, methylation of u makes ?
"u to thy" thymine
atom donors for purine synthesis
"GAG For Pure COke" Glycine Aspartate Glutamine Formyl tetahydrofolate CO2
atom donors for pyrimidine synthesis
"CUT ASPacial CAke" ASPartate Carbamoyl-P
HGPRT
"HGPRT" hyperuricemia, Gout, Pissed off, mental Retardation, dysTonia
topoisomerases are inhibited by
"I CAN POSe Too (two)" IrinoteCAN inhibits I, POSides inhibit two
FQs inhibit which topoisomerases
"Four Iki nolones" 4 and 2
enzymes involved in base excision repair
"GEL PLease" Glycosylase, ap-Endonuclease, Lyase, dna Polymerase ß, Ligase
High-Yield Memory Aids and Detailed Explanations
for Exam Success
Histones are rich in ?? amino acids
"his lies are guinine" histones are rich in lysine and arguinine
nucleoside and nucleotid - which one has sugar and which one has phosphate
"nucleoTide, NucleoSide" nucleotide has phosphate nucleoside has sugar
incoming triphasphate attacked by ?
"tri attacked by three" attacked by 3' OH
??? has a methyl
"THYmine"
deamination of nucleotides
"C U AGain" c to u a to g
, methylation of u makes ?
"u to thy" thymine
atom donors for purine synthesis
"GAG For Pure COke" Glycine Aspartate Glutamine Formyl tetahydrofolate CO2
atom donors for pyrimidine synthesis
"CUT ASPacial CAke" ASPartate Carbamoyl-P
HGPRT
"HGPRT" hyperuricemia, Gout, Pissed off, mental Retardation, dysTonia
topoisomerases are inhibited by
"I CAN POSe Too (two)" IrinoteCAN inhibits I, POSides inhibit two
FQs inhibit which topoisomerases
"Four Iki nolones" 4 and 2
enzymes involved in base excision repair
"GEL PLease" Glycosylase, ap-Endonuclease, Lyase, dna Polymerase ß, Ligase