Amino acid transport disorders — Flashcards

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What vitamin is derived from the amino acid tryptophan?_____

Which bidirectional insulin-independent transporter is found in the beta-islet cells, liver, kidney, and small intestine?_____

_____ disease is characterized by neutral aminoaciduria and decreased neutral AA absorption (esp. tryptophan) from the gut

Dietary ingestion of which amino acids (3) should be restricted in patients with maple syrup urine disease? _____

What is the mode of inheritance of Hartnup disease? _____

What is the mode of inheritance of cystinuria? _____

What stainable protein is abundant in astrocytes?

What enzyme converts pyruvate to alanine?

myeloperoxidase

#10

superoxide dismutase

Amino acid transport disorders Flashcards for USMLE

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