Amino Acid Metabolism — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: pulses are deficient in _____ amino acids

Answer: cysteine and methionine

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Flashcard 2: cereals are deficient in _____ amino acids

Answer: threonin and lysine

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Flashcard 3: taurine amino acid is essential for _____

Answer: axonal growth

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Flashcard 4: breast milk is rich in _____ essential amino acids

Answer: cysteine and taurine

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Flashcard 5: maize is deficient in _____ amino acids

Answer: tryptophan and lysine

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Flashcard 6: _____ amino acid is essential for premature children

Answer: cysteine

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Flashcard 7: Gyrate atrophy is a metabolic disorder due to the deficiency of _____ enzyme (OAT), resulting in an increase in serum ornithine.

Answer: ornithine aminotransferase

Flashcard 8: _____ may be combined with ornithine to form citrulline via the enzyme ornithine transcarbamylase

Answer: Carbamoyl phosphate

Flashcard 9: _____ may be converted to tyrosine via the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (with tetrahydrobiopterin as a cofactor)

Answer: Phenylalanine

Flashcard 10: Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I deficiency presents with _____ NH4+ and hyper-ammonemia

Answer: increased