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Purines have _#_ ring(s).
2
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Purine bases found in DNA are___ and ____
Adenine and Guanine
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Pyrimidine have _#_ ring(s)
1
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Pyrimidine bases are ___ and _____
Cytosine and Thymine (uracil in RNA)
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Purine nucleosides end in -_____ and pyrmidines end in -_____.
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Functions of nucleotides are _____ _____, physiological mediators, monomeric units of nucleic acids, components of ______ (CoA, FAD, NAD+, and NADP+), activated intermediates (____ and ____), and allosteric effectors.
- Energy metabolism
- coenzymes
- SAM and CDP-choline
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Purine synthesis starts with ___________ and ends with ___________. There are no regulatory steps and all contain _____.
- 5-phosphoriboxylamine, inosine-5-monophosphate
- ribose
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Synthesis of purines requires amino acids: _____, ____, and _____. Needs CO2 and one carbon units transfererred via THF (2).
- Glycine
- Glutamine (2)
- aspartate
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IMP, AMP, and GMP all regulate _____ _____ _________.
Glutamine PRPP amidotransferase
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PRPP is a biosynthetically "_____" molecuke
control
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ADP/GDP levels- ________ feedback on Ribose phosphate pyrophosphokinase
Negative
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Amidophosphoribosyl transferase is activated by ____ levels.
PRPP
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Purine salvage is essential because
The body only has so much purine so it must recycle
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CPSI and CPSII differences
CPSI- mitochondria, urea cycle, ammonia (nitrogen), and activator is N-acetyl-glutamate
CPSII- cytosol, pyrimidine synthesis, gamma-amide group of glutamine, activator is ATP, inhibitor is UTP
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Pyrimidine characteristics
Nitrogen from glutamine amide, aspartate, and Carbon from carbonate.
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Cellular balance is between ___ and ___ based on relative concentrations.
UTP and TMP
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