Biochemistry Important One Liners Questions On METABOLISM OF Nucleotides oneliners

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This post includes important one-liners from chapter Metabolism of Nucleotides of Biochemistry. This describes the chapter in short.

Q1. The amino acids required for the synthesis of purines and pyrimidines are

Answer: Glutamine and aspartate

Q2. The enzyme xanthine oxidase is inhibited by

Answer: Allopurinol

Q3. Tophi are mostly made up of

Answer: Sodium urate

Q4. Hypouricemia is due to the deficiency of the enzyme

Answer: Xanthine oxidase

Q5. The disorder in which the patients have an irresistible urge to bite their fingers and lips is

Answer: Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

Q6. The cofactor required by the enzyme ribonucleotide reductase is

Answer: Thioredoxin

Q7. The ‘parent’ nucleotide synthesized in the biosynthesis of purines is

Answer: Inosine monophosphate

Q8. Xanthine oxidase converts allopurinol to

Answer: Alloxanthine

Q9. The amino acid that contributes to the synthesis of more than half of the pyrimidine ring

Answer: Aspartate

Q10. The regulatory enzyme in the pyrimidine biosynthesis in animals is

Answer: Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase II

Q11. Name the enzyme associated with hyperuricemia

Answer: PRPP synthetase, HGPRT , Glucose 6-phosphatase

Q12. An enzyme of purine metabolism associated with immunodeficiency disease

Answer: Adenosine deaminase

Q13. Orotic aciduria can be treated by a diet rich in

Answer: Uridine

Q14. The end product of purine metabolism in humans is

Answer: Uric acid

Q15. The nitrogen atoms in the purine ring are obtained from

Answer: Glycine , Glutamine , Aspartate

This post includes important one-liners from chapter Metabolism of Nucleotides of Biochemistry. This describes the chapter in short.

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