Biochem Test 4    

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Collagen
 
most abundant protein in the animal kingdom, making up about 1/4 of all the protein in our...
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Type 1 Collagen
 
dermis, bone, cornea, tendon, fibrocartilage, vessels, intestine, dentin, skin, uterus. Forms...
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Type II Collagen
 
Cartilage, notochord, vitreous, nudeus pulposus (intervertebral substance)
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Type III Collagen
 
Dermis, intestine, gingiva, heart valve, uterine wall, vessels
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Type IV collagen
 
basement membrane, filtration. Has a globular head on one end and an extra tail on the other....
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Type V collagen
 
cornea, placental membranes, bone, vessels, cartilage, gingiva
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Bone
 
Made up of tough fibers (collagen I) and solid particles (calcium phosphate in the form of...
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Vitamin D
 
Source: found in skin when exposed to sunlight, milk, fatty fish, fish liver oils, egg yolksFunction:...
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Collagen synthesis
 
occurs at membrane-bound polysomes, aka ribosomes attached to the ER
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First step of collagen synthesis
 
Formation of pro-alpha chain
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Second step of collagen synthesis
 
formation of hydroxyprolines and hydroxylysine and essential cofactors--> REQUIRES VITAMIN...
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hydroxylysine
 
helps form some of the initial cross linkages in collagen and is also the site for glycosylation. 
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Vitamin C
 
Water soluble vitamin.Source: citrus fruits, tomatoes, potatoes, broccolli, red peppers, etc.Function:...
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Iron
 
Source: Heme: meats poultry, fish, kidneys, liverNon-heme: soybean flour, beans, molasses,...
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Third step of collagen synthesis
 
Another Post-translational modification where selected hydroxylysine residues are glycosylated...
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Procollagen: 4th/5th step of Collagen synthesis 
 
Procollagen is secreted: Carboxy-terminal side has both inter- and intra- disulfide bonds,...
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6th step of collagen synthesis
 
Cross-link and fiber (fibril) formation via inter- and intra- molecular bonds formed by lysyl...
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Copper
 
Source: organ meats, shellfish, chocolate, mushrooms, nuts, dried legumes, whole-grain cereals.Location...
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Collagenase
 
main enzyme responsible for collagen degredation, is classified as a Matrix Metallo Proteinase....
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
 
Characterized by skin extensibility, joint hyper-mobility, and tissue fatigue--> heritable...
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Elastin
 
highly insoluble component of the dermis and is designed more for maximal stretch and recoil....
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Proteoglycans
 
90% carbohydrates and 10% protein. Formed from glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) which are long, unbranched...
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Hunters & Hurler's Syndrome
 
have mental retardation and skeletal abnormalities due to reduced levels of lysosomal enzymes...
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fibronectin
 
large adhesive glycoprotein that binds cells to collagen, proteoglycans, and other extracellular...
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laminin
 
binds to type IV collagen (basement membrane), herapin sulfate and cells, and is also a part...
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Integrins
 
Group of plasma membrane receptor glycoproteins that bind the cell to specific RGD (arginine-glycine-aspartate)...
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Basal Lamina
 
Complex filtration system made up of type IV collagen, laminin, proteoglycans. 
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4 functions of the cytoskeleton
 
1. cell structure2. Toughness3. movement within the cells4. actual movement of cells
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Actin
 
Made of actin, and is mostly concentrated in the cortex just beneath the plasma membrane. Smallest
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Microtubules
 
composed of tubulin. Largest
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Intermediate filaments
 
composed of vimentin, keratin, and lamin. Medium
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Plasma Membrane
 
Has a proteinaceous skeleton called the Cortex that maintains its biconcave disc shape that...
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Spectrin Dimers
 
ERYTHROCYTES: proteins that associate head to head to form tetramers that are held together...
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Intermediate Filaments
 
tough, flexible network that works to maintain cell's integrity through stress, strain, etc....
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Epidermolysis Bulosa Simplex
 
Disease state where formation of keratin is compromised and cells in the epidermis are compromised...
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Nuclear Lamina
 
Composed main of lamins--> associated with chromatin and the inner nuclear membrane (aka...
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Structure of Intermediate Filament
 
one filament monomer pairs up with another monomer to make a dimer, which then pairs up in...
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Microtubules
 
Made of tubulin, which consists of alpha and beta subunits. These subunits for microtubule,...
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Axoneme
 
composed entirely of microtubules and associated protein and its bending motion is responsible...
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Ciliary dynein
 
microtubule-associated protein that interacts with adjacent microtubules to generate a sliding...
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Kineins
 
Another microtubule-associated protein that moves vesicles toward the plus end of the microtubule...
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Actin
 
Smallest in relation to other cytoskeleton proteins. Two types: G Actin (soluble monomers)...
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Crawling
 
crawling cells throw out microspikes, and filopedia which contain tight parallel bundles of...
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Fimbrin
 
actin-associated protein that maintains the actin bundles--> exist in single protrusions,...
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Microvilli
 
Greatly increase the surface area of intestines for absorption--> composed of parallel actin...
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Occluding junctions (tight junctions)
 
Form an impenetrable barrier between two cells, without them, nonselective passage of molecules...
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Anchoring Junctions
 
Connects the cytoskeleton of a cell to neighboring cells or extracellular matrix 
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Communication junctions (gap junctions)
 
made of connexons, and are direct connections between cells, allowing direct communication...
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Cadherins
 
made of actin filaments--> adhesion belt, bands of actin filaments positioned around the...
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Focal adhesions
 
points of attachment with components of the extracellular matrix mediated via fibronectin,...
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Cell-Cell Desmosomes
 
Function like little rivets that hold the cells together, form button-like points of contact-->...
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Hemidesmosomes
 
Like desmisomes, except instead of anchoring cell to another cell, it anchors cell to extracellular...
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Chemical synapse
 
Type of communication junction: cells communicate indirectly even though they aren't in physical...
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Oxidative Degradation of Amino Acids
 
1. If AA's are not needed for new protein they will undergo Ox. Deg. 2. If a person has...
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Gastrin
 
when food enters the stomach the gastric mucuosa secretes hormone gastrin, which in turns stimulates...
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Pepsin
 
cleaves amino acids on amino-terminal side of aromatics
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Secretin
 
produced in upper portion of small intestine and inhibits gastric acid secretion and stomach...
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Trypsin
 
From zymogen trypsinogen, turned active via enzyme enteropeptidase. Trypsin cleaves protein...
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Chymotrypsin
 
Turned active from zymogen form by trypsin, and cleaves carboxy-terminal end of aromatics (pepsin...
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Elastase
 
Also formed by trypsin, and cleaves the caroby-terminal end of small side chain AA's like glycine,...
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Carboxypeptidases 
 
Activated by trypsin, and make multiple hits on remaining small peptides that need to be digested. 
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Acute pancreatitis 
 
When the common duct is blocked, the zymogens are converted to active enzymes and begin to...
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Transamination
 
Catalyzed by aminotransferases and requires pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) or vitamin B6, which...
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Deamination
 
a Oxidative: glutamate is transported from cytosol to mitochondria where it is oxidized by...
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Deamidization
 
direct removal of NH4--> occurs in liver via enzyme, glutaminase, which produces NH4 and...
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Decarboxylation
 
Amino acids can be turned into important biological amines via decarboxylation, like catecholamines,...
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Transmethylation 
 
Amino acids can be metabolized by the transfer of methyl groups, for example, can take a methyl...
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Metabolism of Branched amino acids
 
Branched AA's arent metabolized in the liver (leucine, isoleucine, valine) they are oxidized...
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alkaptnuria
 
turns the urine black, and results from the back up of a product from the degradation of phenylalanine...
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One Carbon Metabolism
 
tetrahydrofolate is a key-cofactor in many metabolic pathways, and can also mediate methyl...
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Glutamine Cycle/pathway to liver
 
Ammonia can't be transported to the liver without some intermediate form; thus it is incorporated...
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Alanine cycle
 
Excess ammonia is incorporated into glutamate which is then turned into pyruvate via alanine...
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urea cycle
 
Cycle begins in liver mitochondria; urea produced in cytosol; 3 ATPs to produce 1 molecule...
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Creatine
 
Important precursor to phosphocreatine, important energy reservoir in skeletal muscle-->...
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Ketogenic amino acids versus glucogenic
 
Ketogenic AA's are degraded into acetoacetyl COA that can be converted into ketone bodies,...
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fibroblast
 
The connective tissue cell responsible for collagen deposition needed to repair the tissue...
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wound
 
a disruption of normal anatomical structure and function.
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Healing
 
a complex, dynamic process that results in the restoration of anatomic continuity and function
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Acute wounds 
 
normally proceed through an orderly and timely healing process to restore anatomical continuity...
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Chronic wounds
 
failed to proceed through an orderly or timely process to produce anatomical and functional...
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Resolution
 
First part of the normal response to injury: the small blood vessels near the injury regain...
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Regeneration
 
Following loss of tissue, there is minimal inflammation followed by proliferation of cellular...
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Repair by Scar
 
Following injury and inflammation, there is a proliferation of fibroblasts and deposition of...
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Fibrosis
 
part of pathological wound healing: occurs when extracellular matrix, etc. of the damaged tissues...
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Dehiscence
 
Part of pathological wound healing: insufficient amounts of cross-linked collagen are deposited...
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Contracture
 
pathological wound healing when excessive scar contraction occurs, leading to malformation...
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Connective Tissue Deposition
 
Step in wound healing is the process where by fibroblasts in the surrounding tissues proliferate...
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Epithelization
 
Occurs when the entire dermis hasn't been removed, such that residual epithelial cells in the...
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Contraction
 
Normal process by which the boundaries of the wound are pulled towards the center by myofibroblasts. 
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Primary Intention
 
Wound closure of wound that is just a clean cut--> thus matrix deposition is the only thing...
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Delayed Primary Intention
 
Used if wound is contaminated and can't be closed right away (10^5/grams of tissue you can't...
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Secondary Intention
 
Occurs when a wound stays open during the entire wound process: heals using mainly contraction,...
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Partial thickness healing
 
All epithelization --> occurs when you take top layer of dermis off, like in a skin graph...
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Hemostasis
 
First response to injury: Fibrin clot formation provides and initial wound matrix and a guide...
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Polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN)
 
 important cells to prevent wound infection, and big part of immune response/inflammation...
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Macrophages 
 
Most essential inflammatory cells; gets rid of non-functional host cells--> interleukin-1...
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Lymphocytes
 
TGFB, TNF
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Mast Cells
 
products from these cells produce the characteristic redness and itchiness around a wound-->...
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Characteristics of wound inflammation
 
1. redness (rubor)2. Swelling (tumor)3. Heat (calor)4. Pain (dolor)
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Ulcers
 
Diabetic ulcersvenous statis ulcerspressure ulcers: pressure ulcers get locked into a chronic...
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Biological value of proteins (BV)
 
whatever the score is, the limiting amino acid makes up that percentage of it; if a food has...
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Estimated Average Requirement (EAR)
 
The amount that meets the needs of half the people in any one group.
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Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
 
The amount of any one nutrient known to protect 97-98% of the population from deficiency.
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Adequate Intake (AI)
 
A range of nutrient intake that satisfies health standards for at least 75% of a population;...
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Tolerable Upper Intake Level
 
The highest amount of a nutrient you can consume in one day without adverse side effects. 
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Daily Energy Expenditure 
 
DEE= REE + Physical Activity + DIT
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Resting Energy Expenditure
 
calculated emperically, but for young, healthy, ideal body weight people, this is roughly equal...
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BMI
 
weight in lbs X 703 / height in inches / height in inches
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Marasmus
 
macro-nutrient deficiency--> inadequate intake of energy, these are babies that aren't getting...
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Kwashiorkor
 
Also a macro-nutrient deficiency, but these babies are getting plenty of calories, but are...
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Fluoride
 
Source: usually found in water, but deficiency can occur when not enough fluoride is in drinking...
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iodine
 
Source: seafood, iodized saltFunction: usually found in the thyroid gland, and is necessary...
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Zinc
 
Source: organ meatsFunction: is part of many enzymes, especially those that make RNA and DNADEFICIENCY:...
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Niacin (Vitamin B3)
 
Source: dried yeast, liver, meat, fish, legumesFunction: required for proper digestion of carbohydrates,...
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Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
 
Source: milk, cheese, liver, meatsFunction: needed to metabolize carbs, amino acids--> precurson...
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Thiamine
 
Source: dried yeast, whole grainsFunction: acts as cofactor in many reactions with dehydrogenases...

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