Metabolism — Flashcards

Vitamin K promotes gamma-carboxylation at _____ residues (amino acid)

Toxin B from Clostridium difficile causes _____ (cytoskeleton disruption),thereby causing pseudomembranous colitis and diarrhea.

Which two organs does fructose primarily enter?_____

Carcinoid tumors are characterized by increased excretion of _____ in the urine

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

Can mineralocorticoids still be produced if the mineralocorticoid pathway is blocked below the level of DOC (i.e. absence of 11-hydroxylase or aldosterone synthase)?_____

Vitamin K is synthesized by _____

What non-volatile acid may be elevated with methanol ingestion? _____

What amino-acid side chains are located on thyroglobulin?_____

UMP is converted to _____ (pyrimidine synthesis)