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UNE Medical Biochemistry Midterm Review Already Graded A A family presents for genetic counseling. The couple has two female children who are alive and well; however, their infant son recently died in the nursery with severe hemolysis (lysis of red blood cells) and jaundice. The wife recalls she lost a brother in infancy with severe hemolysis, induced after a viral infection. The physician suspects a glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, this would result in a deficiency in which of the...

What are the direct products of Beta Oxidation? - NADH FADH2 Acetyl CoA What does Acetyl CoA get used for - ketogenesis allosterically activates Pyruvate Carboxylase An 11yo girl is brought into the emergency department by her father. He reports that she has recently been very thirsty and needing to make frequent trips to the bathroom. At her soccer game today, she complained of lightheadedness and symptoms did not resolve even after drinking a power beverage. A rapid dipstick test revea...

Ribose and NADPH - A family presents for genetic counseling. The couple has two female children who are alive and well; however, their infant son recently died in the nursery with severe hemolysis (lysis of red blood cells) and jaundice. The wife recalls she lost a brother in infancy with severe hemolysis, induced after a viral infection. The physician suspects a glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, this would result in a deficiency in which of the following compounds in red blood c...

If unregulated, which of the following pairs of enzymes would represent a futile cycle? - Fructose 1,6 bisphosphatase and phosphofructokinase-1 Rotenone blocks complex 1 in the ETC. This increases levels of NADH and would likely impair the function of which of the following enzymes? - Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex Newborn screening shows a biotinidase deficiency in a 2-day old infant. This deficienty impairs the infant's ability to reuse and recycle biotin. Due to this enzymatic deficienc...

Which of the following enzymes is part of both the TCA cycle and ETC? - Succinate dehydrogenase In the case of deficiency in phenylalanine hydroxlase which of the following amino acids will become essential - Tyrosine HFI is a rare recessive disorder. Which of the following is not a consequence of this enzyme deficiency? - They will have low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), especially after eating fruits, fructose, sucrose, jaundice, excessive sleepiness, convulsions, irritability When the panc...

Which of the following best describes tertiary structure? - Interactions between α-helices and β sheets to form a domain. Tertiary structure is best described as the entire three-dimensional conformation of a polypeptide including how secondary structural features - helices, sheets, bends, turns and loops - assemble to form domains and how these domains relate. Which of the following best describes the structure of heme? - A planar porphyrin ring that binds iron Heme is a prosthetic gro...

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Under fasting conditions (ratio of insulin: glucagon <1), elevated glucagon will activate which of the following enzymes? - hormone sensitive lipase Ketonuria, hypoglycemia, and severe acidosis are prime diagnostic indicators of the presentation of type 1 diabetic ketoacidosis. Which of the following compounds are "ketone bodies" that would be elevated in serum of urine of a patient in this condition? - D-3-hydroxybutyrate and acetoacetate What is the purpose of cholesterol este...